Monasterio de Santa Catalina, Arequipa Region, Peru

4.5 (7.585 reviews) Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Price Range: from $14.50 Ranking #1 in Arequipa Speciality Museums

A city within a city

Considered a masterpiece of colonial architecture, this monastery is a large complex of rooms, picturesque plazas, ornate fountains and a maze of narrow, cobblestone streets.

Address

Santa Catalina 301 , Arequipa, Peru.

Mobile

+51 54 221213 Anexo 101

Website

http://www.santacatalina.org.pe/

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Friday, May 03, 2024, 14:53

Price range

from $14.50

User Ratings

4.5 based on (7.585 reviews)

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71%
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Reviews

  • 5Manuel V 5:00 PM Dec 15, 2021
    Amazing place!
    This is more than a religious place. First of all, get a guide! If you visit this place by yourself, you will miss all the details beyond history. This place originated many elements of the Arequipean culture (for example, the Queso Helado found in most city corners). Be nice and purchase something from the store of the Monastery, even if it's one chocoteja! Even if you are not religious, do it as a form of support to preserve the local history and culture.
  • 4ADRN 5:00 PM Jan 26, 2020
    Nice beautiful monastery
    Nice well kept monastery with a story. We took a tour with an English guide, her English was good and the yourguide explained a lot about the premisses. The different colours of the monastery and several quaters, kitchens, washrooms gives you a good idea about how life must have been in those days. The monastery was inhabited by the first daughters from rich families who brought their kids from the age of 7 ( unbelievable ) they were not allowed to have any contact anymore with the outside world. They were only allowed to bring their servants who lived with them. Ofcourse this life close to God had to be rewarded by big big and rich spendings of the family because there is one thing every church in the world loves .... A nice tour for the afternoon on a rainy day which will bring your fantasy alive
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