Santa Catalina Monastery

Arequipa · Peru

Santa Catalina Monastery, Peru
Photo: Jialiang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Year-round
Budget
$$
Accessibility
limited
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A vast walled convent within Arequipa, a self-contained miniature city of blue and terracotta lanes, cloisters, and courtyards where cloistered nuns lived for centuries. Its jewel-toned walls make it one of the most photogenic religious complexes in the Andes.

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