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Useful data for the Route:
Lambayeque and its Royal Tombs – Peru |
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Altitude:
Lambayeque’s
altitude is 55 feet (22 m) above sea level.
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Climate:
This
area has one well marked season, the summer,
with little rain and temperatures reaching up
to 93ºF (34ºC). The rest of the year,
weather conditions are autumn-like, with
permanent winds and temperatures ranging
between 62ºF and 77ºF (17ºC-25ºC).
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Local
cuisine |
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Lambayeque,
and Chiclayo in particular, is considered the
land of fine eating and drinking. Its cuisine
dates back to ancestral times and its secrets
have been handed down from generation to
generation. They say here that a table
appealing to the palate must have two types of
dishes: piqueos (assortment of
appetizers, heavily seasoned and spicy) and nudos
(hearty main dishes).
Among the former are the chinguiriro,
the cebiches (raw fish marinated in
lime juice), chirimpisco, panquitas,
cecinas (salted and dried meat) and humitas,
all of them accompanied with boiled yuca
(cassava) and mote (boiled corn
kernels).
The latter include arroz con pato a la
chiclayana (roasted duck on rice) seco
de cabrito (kid meat in cilantro sauce),
several types of aguadito (rice and
chicken or duck soup), espesado
(ground corn and beef or fish stock), pepián
de pavo (a turkey and corn dish) and ray
omelette.
Not to be missed among the drinks are the chicha
de jora (fermented corn drink) and the llonque
(a spirituous liquor)
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Tourist
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Dirección Regional de Turismo (Regional
Tourism Bureau)
Av. Sáenz Peña 838 Chiclayo
(074) 233132 
(074) 238112
wasichot@llampallec.rcp.net.pe
- Tourist Protection Service
Promperu
24-hour help-desk
(Lima) 01-2247888 (Provinces) 0-800-4-2579
tour@indecopi.gob.pe
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