Treasures of the Mantaro Valley Capilla de la Merced Is the chapel where Peru’s Constitutional Congress assembled in 1830. One of the few colonial-era structures remaining in Huancayo, it houses a great collection of Cusqueño style paintings. Cerrito de la…

Huancayo is a thriving commercial city best known to tourists for its colorful Sunday crafts market, where warm alpaca sweaters and blankets abound for bargain prices. The bus journey to Huancayo by road takes travelers over a pass more than…