|
|
Location:
North Coast.
Area: 35 891 km2.
Capital: Piura (29 masl)
Altitude: Minimum: 3 masl (Paita y Los Órganos)
Maximum: 2709 masl (Ayabaca)
Piura is such a merry city that its inhabitants talk in
singsong tones. It was here that Spanish Conqueror
 Francisco
Pizarro founded the first Spanish city in Peru, San
Miguel de Piura, in 1532. The city's colonial churches
house valuable collections of colonial art, while the
town of Catacaos is famous for its fine straw and cotton
arts and crafts, gold and silver filigree and delicious
dishes served up at local eateries called picanterías.
The coastal stretch of the department of Piura provides
a variety of circuits for visitors. Near Tumbes lies
Máncora, a beach resort with pure white sand and a
tranquil sea. Further south is Cabo Blanco, an ideal
spot for surfing as it boasts some of the best waves in
the Pacific Ocean. Cabo Blanco was famous amongst the US
jetset in the 1950s for its world records in deepsea
fishing, which attracted regular visitors such as
novelist Ernest Hemingway. Colán is the beach resort for
the city of Piura, a resort where the index.htms
 stand
on stilts by the sea.
Higher up in the Piura highlands lies the town of
Chulucanas, which is famous for its superb pottery. The
province of Huancabamba, meanwhile, is index.htm to Las
Huaringas, a chain of lakes whose waters are believed to
have medicinal properties. The area is the capital of
folk healing and traditional medicine.
info@peruexpediciones.com
MNS
perutour@hotmail.com
|
|
huacabamba, colan, piura, huaringas, piura, colan,
zorritos, positos, beach, mancora, positos, colan,
huaringas, lagoon, piura, colan, piuran, hotels,
lodges, hotels, piura, huancabamba, huaringas, cabo
blanco, chulucanas, mancora, piura, chulucanas,
huancabamba, huaringas, piura, colan, mancora, piura,
huaringas,, piura, mancora, |
|
