Quite a unique experience in downtown Lima. The temple and monastery are also fantastic More

Convento San Francisco - Unesco site, that usually says alot - This is a great stop in the downtown of Peru. Interesting old Spanish Baroque architecture and a great tour. The library is very interesting - it was like an Indiana Jones movie with dusty books dating back hundreds of years. The church is a good tour and the catacombs... More

This was a beautiful place to visit. The plaza just outside was lively and colorful, the convent itself was a beautiful place to see. Though it's undergoing some restoration efforts, it's clear that this building is an architectural gem with detail at every corner. It's a beautifully preserved piece of colonial Lima. More

This was easily my favorite place in Lima. The catacombs were as expected, fascinating in an icky sort of way. You wonder about whoever decided to arrange the bones...But the rest of the site was suprisingly interesting too. We took a tour in English and the guide was able to answer all of our questions plus give us insight into... More

San Fransisco is a church with catacombs underneath and is morbidly fascinating. It was cool to see such old artwork (even if it wasn't especially well taken care of). Seeing the bones of the catacombs stacked in such a neat design is not something you can really find anywhere else (well, maybe Paris). The history of the church is also... More