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Piura in Peru, from South America region, is best know for Beaches. Discover best things to do in Piura with beautiful photos and great reviews from traveller around the world here!
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1. Vichayito Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 181 reviews
Reviewed By Toddy098 - London, United Kingdom
Diving birds and horses might disturb this peaceful place. It is somewhere to go to switch off, but don't expect internet or phones to work. You can cut yourself off here completely.
2. Basilica Catedral de Piura
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 160 reviews
Reviewed By FyingKiwi - Christchurch, New Zealand
A beautiful church from the outside, with a wonderful ornate and spectacular interior. Well worth the time to visit, and explore its many areas where hidden treasures are often discovered.
3. Plaza de Armas
Overall Ratings
4 based on 312 reviews
Reviewed By Chriss999uk - London, United Kingdom
Plaza de Armas in Piura is very nice, there are always people walking and sitting around it, there is a lovely vibe, specially at the weekends, the main square is the city centre, the only downside could be sometimes you can see some female and male prostitutes. During the day is a very good place to sit, relax and see people passing by
4. Casa Museo Almirante Miguel Grau
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 93 reviews
Reviewed By marliayu7811 - Lima, Peru
The Museum open from Monday to Friday from 9AM to 12PM then 3:30PM until 6PM Saturday and Sunday 9AM - 12PM. Entrance fee 2 Soles for Adults and 1 Sol for Children but no tickets were given. Old pictures, replicas of letters, furnitures, brought us back to the past for awhile, to know more about Miguel Grau, his life and his family. All explainations are in Spanish, no guide offered.
5. Universidad de Piura
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 67 reviews
Reviewed By Chgomez3 - Talara
Is a beatiful university campus in the dry forest of Peru north. The lung of Piura city. You can practice bird watching, take pictures to foxes, deer, peacocks. Also you can pray in the Chapel. This study center was founded by San Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer
6. Playa Lobitos
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 60 reviews
Reviewed By Alexander L - Piura, Peru
Lobitos is a weird town, once home to a now-abandoned military base and site to many oil rigs. It´s growing, and home to excellent surf and pretty sunsets, but still lacks in infrastructure (restaurants, stores) and easy transportation (it suffers on Sundays). But it´s a hidden gem among other Beaches in Piura, and highly recommended despite being off the beaten path.
7. IIglesia de San Francisco
Overall Ratings
4 based on 33 reviews
Reviewed By FyingKiwi - Christchurch, New Zealand
A simple and not particularly elegant church from the outside. A beautiful altar and lovely stained glass windows, along with a historic feel to the entire internal structure, make this church a worthwhile visit.
8. Iglesia Maria Auxiliadora
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By Jesus A - Lima, Peru
Iglesia dedicada a la Virgen Maria Auxiliadora que esta ubicada en el centro de Piura muy cerca de la Av Sanchez Cerro, de estilo europeo con un enorme reloj en una de sus torres, que cada con un altar hecho en mármol de Carrara
En mayo de cada año se convierte en el centro de la celebración de la Virgen de María Auxiliadora
9. Museo de Sitio Narihuala
Overall Ratings
4 based on 41 reviews
Reviewed By Iowasims - Cedar Falls, IA, USA
We visited this site with friends from Piura. It's a site of the Narihuala people who lived between 900-1400. It was a matriarchal society that practiced animal sacrifice. The ruins have been degraded by erosion, but you can still see the altar and main court. A Spanish Catholic Church was built on top of the site, but it was abandoned after an earthquake collapsed the floor into a graveyard. The structure remains.
If you want to see a real hairless Peruvian dog, this is one place where they came from and still live today.
Our tour guides were 10 and 6. They only spoke Spanish, so one of our family members translated what the charming boys explained to us. Most tour guides will be older youth or adults, but none will speak English.
If you are visiting Catacaos for shopping, this isn't very far away and is well worth the visit and the small entrance fee. Some of the artifacts are unique and interesting.
10. Museo Municipal Vicus
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 19 reviews
The Municipal Museum Vicus task of accepting those that search in the reconstruction of the past to all persits in its challenger and the interpretation of the patrimony an option pleasing of knowledge and comfort.
Reviewed By Marie T - Huaraz
This museum is quite large and set on different floors, but there is not much to see on the upper floors, where artefacts are not well displayed and the setting is rather old-fashioned. But what makes a visit here really worthwhile is the fantastic collection...MoreThanks for your opinion, it's important for us. And we're please that you had a good stay.
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