Best Self-Guided Walking Tours in Arequipa (2026)

Arequipa has 2 self-guided audio walking tours on Roamer, covering history. Every tour is free to start: the introduction and first stop play in full, and every later stop plays a short preview before you pay. The routes run from about 85 to 150 minutes and 0.9 to 1.9 km on foot, at your own pace with GPS-triggered narration.

White volcanic stone carved flat like cloth, El Misti over the cathedral roof, a walled monastery the size of a city block, rocoto relleno at a picantería lunch. A colonial city rebuilt in its own stone, earthquake after earthquake.

Self-guided walking tours in Arequipa

Tour	Focus	Length	Distance	Stops
Santa Catalina Monastery: A Bare Wall and the Town Inside	History	150 min	0.9 km	13
Historic Center: The White Stone and the Earthquakes	History	85 min	1.9 km	11

Every route above is free to start in the Roamer app: the introduction and first stop play in full before an optional purchase.

What each tour covers

• Santa Catalina Monastery: A Bare Wall and the Town Inside: Walk round Arequipa's Santa Catalina Monastery, from the carved Casa del Moral past its bare walls to San Francisco, then go in for seven stops among red and blue lanes. The outside walk works on its own.
• Historic Center: The White Stone and the Earthquakes: A loop from the Plaza de Armas round the sillar cathedral, out to the carved church doors of Santo Domingo and La Compañía, past the Casa Goyeneche and Juanita's museum, to San Agustín.

How much does a walking tour in Arequipa cost?

Every Arequipa tour is free to preview. A single tour is $4.99 for lifetime access. If you plan to take more than one, a 7-day pass is $12.99 and a 30-day pass covering every tour in every city is $19.99, which works out to well under a dollar a day. There is no group booking, no start time, and no tip.

Is Arequipa good for a self-guided walking tour?

Roamer's Arequipa routes cover about 0.9 to 1.9 km on foot, with up to 13 stops on the longest tour, so they are built for walking at an unhurried pace. Because the tours are self-guided, you choose when to start, how long to linger at each stop, and which stops to skip. That makes Arequipa easy to explore on your own, whether you have an hour or a full afternoon.

Related walking tour guides

This guide is part of self-guided walking tours in Peru.

More cities in Peru: Cusco, Lima.

By theme in Arequipa: History.

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