"Transportantion from Lima to Trujillo"

Jorge Chavez International Airport:

  

Peru does not have one clear national airline, but rather various different airlines offering service to Peru from North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Some of the most popular airlines are LAN Perú (domestic and international), TACA Peru (international), and Star Peru (domestic). The country's airports are also served by many international airlines from other nations. The Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima is the nation's leading international airport. Domestic air travel serves as a major method for tourists to traverse the country with multiple airlines offering service between many of Peru's cities.

Highways:

Additionally, Peru has land borders with five countries. International bus routes are operated on each of these highways providing service from Peruvian cities to other South American cities. Domestically, the highway system is extensive and covers nearly the entire country excluding the department of Loreto which can only be accessed by boat or airplane. There are frequent buses traveling throughout the country. The buses range in size and comfort but they usually have cushioned reclining seats and a form of onboard entertainment, such as a movie or music. Many offer bus-camas, or sleeper buses, with seats that recline to become beds. But the terrestrial travel linia most reliable are: Line, Entrafesa, Southern Cross and America Express and you can choose one of them.

"Huanchaco Beach and Climate"

Trujillo is one of the most representative coastal cities of Peru, a place where you can relax and enjoy with a wonderful view is the beach of Huanchaco, and you can't stop to visit it.


Huanchaco:


It is located 14 km. northwest of the city of Trujillo. This former fishing village retainedthe ancestral use of so-called "caballitos de totora", which were used by the Moche and Chimu. So its importance was depicted on the ceramic and the walls of Chan Chan. Huanchaco name used since the 18th century. There are several version about the origin of the name. You may Waucocha or Huaycocha resulting from, the meaningwould have been "fishing pond", possibly by a semi-circle that has the beach. Anotherversion is that the old fishermen, before coming to fish, painted red chest, imitating the color of a bird called huanchaco, for they were know as "huanchaquero" and the place where they lived as Huaycocha. 

Huanchaco was during the colonial a port lost its importance around 1870, when it was founded Salaverry port. In 1891 he built a wharf of 108 metters, which has been preserved until now. On top of the hill stands the temple of the Virgen of Perpetual help, which was built on a Huaca Chimu. Inside lies the image of the Virgin de la Candelaria del Socorro, a gift from King Charles V. He arrived in Huanchaco on February 2, 1537, considered by it as the first and oldest image of Latin America.

Currently, Huanchaco is the busiest beach of Trujillo. It is also a great place for surfing. For seafood lovers is the ideal place, for the waterfront restaurants offer delicious dishes and flavor, prepared with the most select seafood. Sober hotels are home to those who enjoy a night with the sound and the sea breeze. There are so many reasons and few excuses for not visiting Huanchaco, at least once in their life. 

Climate:

Trujillo has a dry climate with an average temperature of 21°C (70°F). The summers can reach temperatures over 32°C (90°F) and the winters are never colder than 14°C (57°F). Most of the year, the temperature stays in the low to mid twenties.

Trujillo is known as The City of Eternal Spring, because of its sunny and pleasant weather year-round. The International Spring Festival in early October attracts visitors from all over Peru and the world

"The historic centre of Trujillo"

Trujillo, in northwestern Peru, is the capital of the La Libertad Region, and the third largest city in Peru. The urban area has 811,979 inhabitants and is an economic hub in northern Peru. The city is located at the banks of the Moche River, near its mouth at the Pacific Ocean, in a valley of great cultural hegemony.

Its downtown is possibly its most visited attraction, with a huge variety of places available for tourists. Some of those places are: Churches, Colonial houses, restaurants, etc.

Churches:

Catedral: It was established as the main religious site since the foundation of the city in the fifteenth century. However, the first construction was very simple. In 1616, with the erection of the Diocese of Trujillo, the church became a cathedral, built according to its rank. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1619. The temple was rebuilt between 1647 and 1666. It is located on the corner of Orbegoso and Independence streets. It’s charaterized by its sober architecture, silerio valuable treasures and Baroque and Rococo style retablos. In the cathedral museum, exhibits of valuable paintings, murals, sculptures, books and a mysterious crypt can be found.

The Merced Church: It is located on the 5th. block of Jiron Pizarro. Is one of the most beautiful pieces of architecture in northern Peru, It has an architectural facade and paintgs that represent various scenes of San Pedro Nolasco's life.

San Francisco Church: At the corner of the shreds Gamarra and Independence. Its architectural structure of a Latin cross with a nave, has cruise and side chapels, navevaults covered on arches and elliptical vaulted chapel. Transept arms are barrel vaultsand has wonderful lunettes give particular grace in his old monastary, where San Francisco Solano predicted the earthquake in 1619, currently operates local school old San Juan.  


The Carmen Monastary: At the corner of Colón and Bolívar streets. It’s considered the most important architectural work in the region. It has a stunning interior, preserving precious altarpieces, liturgical furnishings and a unique art gallery with paintings of the Quito school.

San Agustin Church: At the corner of Bolivar and Orbegoso Streets. Built in the XVII century. Its interior works of arts cause deep admiration.


Santo Domingo Church: At the corner of  Pizarro and Bolognesi streets. Its win towers stand on a wide volumetric landscape. It owns a notable piece and the Virgen del Rosario, as well as a higher crypt decorated with colorful murals.

Old Houses: 

Guimaraes House: Built on one floor, its front or main facade has two levels. There's a beautiful and well proportioned balcony of colonial style.


Ganoza Chopitea House: Located at 630 Independence Jr. Also called Home of the Lions, whose facade is decorated with a portico of Tuscanorder. It has nineteenth century ceilings and beautifully painted Hispanic tiles.

Iturregui Palace:Located at Jr. Pizarro 688. Its considered the most beautiful palace in South America. It was built in 1842 in a neoclassical style. The house is a replica of a Florentine Renaissance palace.

Plaza de Armas: Beautiful historic setting. At first the place seemed deserted, without any monument,until in 1841, when Don Pedro de Mandalengoitia Sanz Zarate got a pool made of white stone. In 1867 the pool was illuminated with eight davits with their lanterns and installed an iron fence to protect it. At the center is the Monument of Liberty. It was opened on July 4, in 1929.


Restaurants:


El Sombrero:
Top local and international cuisine in a large room. Dancing Display weekend sailor. It's located at Mansiche Avenue N º 267 Phone: 232 394 


Mochica:
Tipical food. It's located at Av La Marina S / N - Moche Phone: 465022 Jr. Bolivar N º 462 - Trujillo Phone: 293441


Demarco:
Specialising in Italian Food and International. Located in Francisco Pizarro N º 725 - Trujillo Phone: 23425

"Sol y La Luna"

The Temples of the Sun and Moon are well-known Peruvian monuments, located about five kilometers south of Trujillo, in the district of Moche. These sites physically represented the archaeological capital of the Mochica culture from the first century C. until the ninth century. 


Just a few theories can be found, but the most convincing ones are those who claim that the structures were specially built for politics and religion. At the bottom of their walls,  a middle-class city remains. 

Huaca Del Sol: The Huaca del Sol is an ancient edifice, built for administrative purposes, consisting of a  43 meters tall stepped pyramid. It has five eighty feet long terraces, on a 228 long by 136 wide basis, and its platform is 18 meters high. It is crowned by a 23 meters high pyramid, which has a 103 meters across squared base. According to a legend, this monument was constructed in three days by a quarter of a million men who used approximately 130 million bricks. The Huaca was the political and administrative center of this culture, and the residence of high Moche society.

Huaca de La Luna: The Huaca de la Luna interesting wall paintings, preserved in 5 colors (white, black, red, blue and yellow), can be appreciated in the over 1500 years old courts and ceremonial plazas. In the front a serie of characters can be seen, and each figure is connected with the worship of water, agricultural fertility and the sacrifices made in this temple.

"Chan Chan"

If you want to know about history you can visit the small town: 

"Chan Chan"

The largest Pre-Columbian city in South America, Chan Chan is an archaeological site located 5 km. west of Trujillo. 

Chan Chan covers an area of approximately 20 km², Chan Chan was constructed by the Chimor (the kingdom of the Chimú), a late intermediate period civilization which grew out of the remnants of the Moche civilization. Chan Chan was added as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1986.

The city is composed of ten walled citadels which housed ceremonial rooms, burial chambers, temples, reservoirs and some residences. Chan Chan is a triangular city surrounded by walls 50-60 feet high. The walls themselves were constructed of adobe brick and were then covered with a smooth surface into which intricate designs were carved.