UJ#5 Paracas

EDITORIAL
Pre-Inca site minutes from the centre of Cusco, yet never crowded - Peru
Dear reader,
Peru has been called - deservedly so we believe - the world’s largest outdoor museum, thanks to its
ancient and vast heritage manifested in the form of fabled citadels, sacred pyramids, royal tombs, farming
terraces, giant calendars, cosmic temples, imperial roads, stone aqueducts, military fortresses and trading
centres located in deserts and valleys along our Pacific coast, mountain tops and high Andean plateaus, cloud
forests and low lands of the Amazon basin.
This issue of ULTIMATE JOURNEYS - Travel in Peru, focuses on our archaeological treasures, dating back over
5,000 years. It includes an enlightening interview with Andres Alvarez Calderon, who, as Director of the recently
renovated Larco Museum in Lima - home to the country’s best preserved and most complete pre-Columbian
art collection - is one of the few colleagues who understands the importance of fostering that very elusive
partnership between tourism and culture, business and academia, promotion and preservation, in order to
accomplish the sustainable growth and responsible development our industry and our nation require.
The featured destination in this edition is Paracas, a National Wildlife Reserve, where nature and history come
together to create an ideal holiday destination. Located in a privileged position on Peru’s southern coast, Paracas
is also the perfect gateway to the nearby and still enigmatic Nasca Lines, as well as the Ica vineyards, where
the production of Pisco, Peru’s signature brandy, has been a proud tradition of local producers for centuries.
Due to all its attributes, Paracas has enjoyed a recent investment boom in new resort hotels and apartment
buildings, airport and seaport facilities, and yachting and adventure travel services. The newest property, to be
opened at the end of 2013, is the Aranwa Hotel. Gabriel Alvarez, Deputy General Manager of Aranwa Hotels,
Resorts and Spas - the youngest and fastest growing upscale hotel chain in Peru, shares with us the vision of
this family-run hospitality and health services conglomerate.
Happy reading and learning!
Your Friends at Lima Tours
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