Huancavelica city is the capital of Huancavelica department, the city is  3680m height, it has a average temperature of 10°C, The station of the rains begins by the middle of November and it could extend even ends of April. The city has as principal river "Ichu" It originates in the Andes glaciers. The more convenient access routes are Lima - Huancayo - Huancavelica a distance of 460 Km and a average journey of 10 hours in car. Huancayo - Huancavelica route could be in train specially if you want to see better the beautiful Andes and country with average journey of 5 hours. Other route is Lima - Pisco - Huancavelica a distance of 500 Km and a average journey of 10 hours in car, you will see the beautiful Andes and country.

Huancavelica city is known historically like La Villa Rica de Oropesa the reason the gold, silver and mercury mines of the colony ages. The zone has a grant pre-inca and inca past. Thanks these factors there are  pre-inca, inca and colonial vestiges.

It's a typical city of the colony, you will find many churches very near and old houses.

Additional, in this zone you can find rests of old out volcanoes, thermal waters, and ancient fossils.

Huancavelica has a complete and ostentatious holy week in Peru (well-known for very few) with tradition and religious fervor begins with a Sunday "Domingo de ramos" they elaborate the most precious carpets of multicolor flowers, and ends in the next Sunday "Domingo de pascua". in holy week there are processions from the different colonial churches of holy traditional images, They shows the best of colonial art.

Huancavelica has many tourist attractions, the majority dates of the colony time and constitutes peruvian nation patrimony. The most important tourist places:

• La Plaza de Armas y la Catedral

• La Iglesia Municipal en los portales de la plaza de armas

• La Iglesia Colonial y plazoleta de San Juan de Dios

• La Iglesia de San Sebastián

• La Iglesia de San Francisco

• La Casona de Tambo de Mora

• El puente colonial de la Ascensión

• La Iglesia de la Ascensión

• La Iglesia de San Cristóbal

• La Iglesia de Santo Domingo

• La Iglesia de Santa Ana

• La Iglesia de Chaccyatacana (En año nuevo)

• Los Baños Termales de San Cristóbal (Piscina amplia y cómoda)

• El cerro Potocchi y el puente de Piedra

• La mina colonial Santa Bárbara

• Las Puya de Raimondi

• El Arco del Triunfo

• El Museo Daniel Hernández

Typical Dishes of the region:

• La Pachamanca

• La Patasca y El Mondongo

• El picante de Cuy

• El Chupe Verde

• El Puchero (Guiso de menestras, frutas, carne y papa)

• La Ropa Vieja (Guiso preparado calentando el Puchero)

• La Tamalada (Guiso de quinua con queso)

• El olluquito con charqui (carne seca de llama o alpaca)

• El chuño con queso.

• También podrá degustar las truchas de las lagunas de la Puna.

• La Mazamorra de Ayrampo (especie de valla silvestre de la zona)

• El Timpuchi (Dulce de Quesillo fresco y Arrayán)

• Dulce de Achita (Kiwicha) a base de clara batida y obleas

Typical dances and celebrations of the region:

• La trilla

• El huayno

• La danza de las tijeras, donde los danzantes realizan proezas que prueba su valor y resistencia al dolor.

• Fiesta del niño perdido de Lachocc  y La danza de los negritos

• La danza de los doctores

• La semana santa

• La fiesta de las cruces y las corridas de los toros

• La fiesta de Santiago

The handcraft:

• The talabarteros of the zone have the finer work of the country. Very appreciated.

• Fine fabrics in wool of alpaca really 100% pure

• Knitted in wool of sheep. mantels and carpets.

• fine work in skins of Alpaca.