Cathedral Museum

The Cathedral Museum in Arequipa is fantastic! The guided tour is super informative, and you get to see beautiful religious art, historic artifacts, and even access parts of the cathedral you wouldn’t normally see. The highlight is visiting the upper balconies and getting unique views of the Plaza de Armas. A really interesting and well-organized experience!

Amazing cathedral and museum to visit. The jewlery are fabulous with many many precious stones ( can't take photos here) You climb up the vathedral and can see arequipa from above. Beautiful tour !

Very good tour. Can tell the guide really loved her job, tip at the end. Tour was full of information and history about the church and city. So many parts of the church and artifacts inside came from all over the world. The devil pulpit was the most interesting I think. They don't know how much the gold and silver pieces are worth, and that's the area where no photos are allowed. The tour took a bit over 1 hour and guide spoke very good English and Spanish. Tours every 10 minutes or so. As someone who's not religious, this was the most interesting church visit I've done yet.

Very reasonable/low price entry. Mandatory tour guide that takes 30-60m is very good overall & informative. Extra bonus with this museum tour is the rooftop with spectacular views of the mountains and plaza

Entry was 10 soles, guided tour is free(volontary contribution) Nice place to look at. There are good spots to take pictures on the roof also. Only way to visit the catedral outside the 17:00 to 18:00 free visit window.

Great idea to do if you are in Arequipa. General overview: Center of the city. Gives you a view of the cathedral when it’s closed to the public. So less people. A tour around the museum looking at old religious bits. Fairly interesting The history of the earthquake that meant they had to rebuild some of the church. Rooftop view of the city and the 3 volcanos. Practical bits: Cash only tickets 10sol per person Also strong recommended that you pay the guide - others have said 5 sol. We have 5USD for two, as we did not have any sol at the time. (they make a bit of a point about saying they are not paid, and rely on tips) If you get a good guide, which we did, and just 4 of us in the group. Really good tour. Recommended even just for the roof top views!

Worth visiting. Ticket comes with an inhouse guide. Museum entrance is at the left. The museum includes access to tje church interior, roofdeck, and belltowers. No picture taking of the church's gold and silver collections at the galleries. The exit will lead you at the back lined with different cafes and dinning options.

The tour guides weren’t very enthusiastic and kept harping me for a tip at the end which I found unprofessional. The church was beautiful and a good way to spend an afternoon. Incredible views of the 3 volcanoes on the roof.