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Make sure to bring your appetite if you make the trip to Arequipa. Arequipeños are famous throughout Peru for their sumptuous cooking, and many restaurants in the area specialize in traditional regional specialties. The historic center is chock-full of great-value casual restaurants, and even the best eateries are affordable. Whether you’re in the mood for Peruvian, Turkish, French, Italian, or Mexican, Arequipa is ready to accommodate your taste buds (and your wallet). If you get a chance, try the most famous local dish: ocopa a la arequipeña. This traditional appetizer consists of boiled potatoes drenched in a cheese and peanut sauce. At some places you can dive into the mouth-watering dishes while your eyes feast on spectacular views of the surrounding volcanoes.
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El Cerrojo is one of the restaurants fortunate enough to be located in Arequipa’s Plaza de Armas, with seating in a second-floor terrace offering a scenic view of the square. They start with low-price items, such as sandwiches, going for 5 solés, or $1.70, with their costliest platter, “shrimp...
Arequipa, Peru
La Bóveda Social Club is more than just a restaurant and tavern; located on the Plaza de Armas, owner Jose Manuel Delgado has cultivated his establishment as a favorite of Arequipa’s literary, musical, and artistic community. An indoor theatre is used both for staging new works by young...
Arequipa, Peru
With its Moroccan theme, the café and tavern Ras El Hanout (subtitle: “and the 40 flavors”) is a perfect complement to the Spanish colonial architecture of Arequipa. Owner Egmond Gamero offers an elegant Moorish ambience, from the old-world incense in the air to classic North African dishes,...
Arequipa, Peru
They call themselves “your vegetarian house” and offer everything from soy sausages, soy pizza, curried soy, soy rolls, as well as tofu options galore. There are also a number of items featuring gluten, such as stir-fried gluten with broccoli. For those whose vegetarian palette includes milk...
Arequipa, Peru
This classy restaurant on the Calle San Francisco serves standard continental favorites, with some original items, such as Minestroni Argentino—with meat, chicken, sausage, cheese, and vegetables—along with some uniquely Arequipeña favorites such as shrimp omelette or fried guinea pig with...
Arequipa, Peru
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