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Peru festivals, celebrations
and festivities on October
| When |
Where |
Description |
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2 to 16 |
Ica |
"Señor de Luren" Festivity. Religious worship
in honor of the Ica Patron. The central day is on the 17th. Procession
with the "Señor de Luren" Image with the attendance of thousands of
pilgrims. Popular fair. |
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1st week |
Piura |
Piura Tourist Week. The Miguel Grau homage
week, coincides with Piura's tourist week. Miss Tourism election, aquatic
competitions, hunting and underwater fishing championships. Parades. |
| 1st week |
Lima |
Lunahuana, The Medlar Festival. Adventure
sports competitions, rafting, kayak, mounting cycling, para-gliding,
popular marathon, rock concerts and typical food. |
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2nd week |
Piura |
Regional contest of the Peruvian "Caballos de
Paso". |
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7 to 14 |
Pasco |
Villa Rica's Tourist Week. The "Coffee Queen"
election and crowning. "Cintas" (Bands) tournament with the participation
of zone horsemen, cockfights, agricultural and industrial fairs, social
dances. |
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13 to 19 |
Huanuco |
Tingo Maria's Tourist Week.
Handicrafts exhibition of jungle products. Agricultural fair, queens
parades, popular dances, folk dancers. |
| 13 to 21 |
Ucayali |
Political anniversary of the Pucallpa's
Foundation. With several public-spirited and popular activities, Pucallpa
celebrates its anniversary. |
| 14 |
Moquegua |
Saint Fortunata Festivity. Moquegua venerates
this Saint since October of 1976, when her holy body was brought to this
place by Brother Tadeo Ocampo. The festivities give rise to religious and
folk demonstrations, as well as, to popular fairs and fireworks. |
| 18 to 28 |
Lima |
"Señor
de los Milagros" Festivity. The devotion to the "Señor de los
Milagros" is deeply rooted in the native spirit. The original image was
painted on a wall by a black slave in 1650. Since 1746 a painted canvas
goes out in procession followed by a multitudinous crowd of devotees in
purple habits. At present, the wooden portable platform completely covered
with silver and gold, weights more than a ton and is carried out on
shoulders on the streets of Lima by the loaders of the "Pachacamilla
Christ Brotherhood", and is followed by thousands of people. |
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4th week |
Ica |
Tourist Week of Chincha.
Artistic and entertainment activities. Agricultural fair, a queen
election, allegoric parade. |
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28 to 30 |
Huanuco |
"Señor de Burgos" Feast King and Patron of
Huanuco. It is celebrated with tremendous processions with the attendance
of all Catholic devotees. |
| 31 |
Lima |
National day of the "Canción
Criolla" (Native Song). This date is celebrated with native waltzes,
polkas, Creole music, marinera, etc. in night clubs and tourist
Restaurants, in Lima districts as Barranco, La Victoria, Rimac, Miraflores
and Barrios Altos. |
| Moveable |
Lima |
Great Taurine Fair. Each Sunday continues the
Bullfighting Fair in the "Plaza de Acho", the oldest in America and the
second one in the world after bullring of Seville. The best bullfighters
come together and compete for the "Golden Scapulary of the Señor de los
Milagros", a worthy and prestigious trophy. At the same time there are
folk shows of the three regions of the country. |
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Published articles and reviews about us
2009
Testimonials
Ajay
Parikh
Date:
Thu,16 Jul 2009
Hello all the folks at Peru Gateway Travel,
We had a fantastic time in Peru. We thank you all for making
our trip a success.
The only concern is that the accommodation in Cusco was below
average and we would not recommend the Emparada Plaza (?) to
anyone. Even though the staff was good, the room/bathroom,
breakfast was very bad.
Once again, thanks a lot for making our trip to your country a
memorable one. All the guides, especially Guillarmo in Lima
and Erica in Cusco, were excellent.
Kazuaki Kubo
Date:
Thu,16 Jul 2009
I want to thank
you and all of the staff of Peru Gateway Travel for the perfect
arrangement of my trip in June.
Everything was so fantastic and I was made to think about another
trip to Peru.
Sincerely, Denise Pratico
Date:
Mon, 6 Jul 2009
I am writing to let you know that we
enjoyed Peru very much. The city tour led by Marco was fantastic. We
will be happy to recommend your agency to other Americans
Jane
Date:
Mon, 6 Jul 2009
We have
completed our trip to Peru and are now back in New York City.
I want to thank you for all the arrangements you made. The
trip was wonderful and all our accommodations excellent. Thank
you for making our trip a success.
Best regards, Marcy
Date:
Mon, 6 Jul 2009
We arrived home at 4 o'clock in the
morning, very tired (we had a long lay-over in Amsterdam) but very
very happy. I am so pleased to tell you that our Peru vacation that
you planned for us was excellent! Everything was just as the
itinerary said it would be. We were very pleased with the hotels,
and the transfer people and guides were always there and everybody
was so nice and knowledgeable. We learned a lot about your very
exciting country and its history, particularly about the Quechua
culture. We will always remember the Inti Raymi festival in Cusco. I
am so glad we were able to see that. Of course Machu Picchu was also
a great highlight. And, Michael and I also very much liked Arequipa.
We didn't know much about that city, but we had a very great time
there on our free day and visited the cathedral, spent a lot of time
going through the Santa Catalina monastario and, of course, went to
the museum to see "Juanita". Beautiful architecture there too.
Really, every day was wonderful, and we would like to thank you so
much for all your efforts. Also please extend our thanks to Maria
Carmen who was so helpful on the phone and to Julia, who came to the
hotel our first night to explain many things to us and give us all
our tickets and vouchers. And perhaps you also had something to do
with our last night in Lima at the Libertador. We got a suite -- a
very big beautiful room! Thank you so much.
We wish you and your family all the best, and for sure we will be
recommending Peru Gateway Travel to our friends.
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