Motorhead concert confirmed for April 26 at the Monumental staduim in Lima. One of the most famous bands in musical history will be in concert in Lima, giving the public the best of classic albums like ‘Ace of Spades’, ‘Overkill’, among others. The band considered as many as the pioneer of trash, Motorhead, will take [...more]
The video campaign “Drug Trafficking i n South America: Easy Cash? Easily Caught!” was launched by the British Embassy in Lima. The campaign aims at making those tempted to get involved in drug trafficking aware of the high possibilities of being arrested and the consequences that this crime entails. Three prisoners’ personal testimonies are included [...more]
Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2011 chose the Andean city of Ayacucho, in Southern Peru, as one of the ten greatest comeback cities in the world. “Now it’s a colonial gem of the Andes rivalling Cusco for majesty,” reads the description of Ayacucho in the Lonely Planet’s website. Thirty years ago Ayacucho was the birthplace [...more]
Tomorrow, Lima’s Jockey Plaza Shoping Mall will inaugurate, Boulevard Jockey, tagged the most luxurious shopping place in Peru, reports El Comercio. Top notch brands such as Carolina Herrera, Hugo Boss, Montblanc, Calvin Klein, Armani, Salvatore Ferragamo, Ermenegildo Zegna, will open their stores, starting tomorrow, in this new shopping area in the eastern side of Lima. [...more]
It was brought from France, 200 years ago, and it is unquestionably one of Arequipa’s biggest touristic attractions. The “Winged Devil” is without doubt one of the most curious, intriguing and famous wooden sculptures situated in Arequipa’s Cathedral. Culture regional director, Franz Grupp, explained to RPP it is an iconographic curiosity made in France at [...more]
By Alberto Villar Campos, El Comercio Translation confirmed from Spanish by Angela Del Aguila Vargas The Marriott hotel in Lima recently celebrated its tenth anniversary and redecorated all 300 rooms, common spaces and restaurants . Now finished, it is time to look into the future. Alfonso Brazzini Díaz Ufano, general manager of Inversiones La Rioja, [...more]
Yale’s University president, Richard C. Levin, clarified that a full agreement with Peru’s government was not in place, but only the “framework” of one, reported the Yale Daily News Saturday. Levin’s comments came after Peruvian president, Alan García, announced Friday that Yale had agreed to return more than 4,000 Inca artifacts to Peru, discovered and [...more]
The Export and Tourism Promotion Board (PromPeru), will promote Peru’s tourist attractions in Germany in late November, reported Andina. Promperu representatives will attend an event called “Door to Door in Germany” from November 22-27 in the cities of Frankfurt, Kiel, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, and Munich. This event is aimed at tour operators and tourism professionals, in [...more]
Peruvian Trade & Tourism Minister Eduardo Ferreyros said about 1 billion soles ($357 million) will be invested in infrastructure in the next three years to spur tourism in the north of Peru, El Peruano reported. The outlays are designed to attract investment in hotels and restaurants, Ferreyros said, according to the state-owned newspaper. The government [...more]
Peru’s president, Alan García, announced yesterday that Yale University has agreed to return thousands of artifacts taken away from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu nearly a century ago, reported Associated Press. The university issued a statement a few hours later expressing satisfaction at the results of its talks with Peru. The artifacts had been [...more]