By air

Juliaca has an air terminal, the Inca Manco Capac International Airport located northwest of the city, which boasts the longest runway in Latin America with more than 4.5 km long and 45 meters wide.

By road

Highway South Interoceanic , in its section IV, connects the city with Brazil , the project is currently running and it is anticipated that by the year 2012 this road is fully operational.

By train

Railway Following is the Andean - Managed by Peru-Rail offers transportation to tourism and cargo to the cities of Puno , Cuzco and Arequipa , Juliaca also part of paved roads to Cuzco (North), Arequipa (South-Oste), Puno (South), Huancané (North East) Lampa (North West), among other places.

Church of Santa Catalina, Church of La Merced, Franciscan Convent, Christ Huaynarroque Mirador White, Chacas Lagoon

Church of Santa Catalina

Located in the Plaza de Armas, has a baroque architectural style indigenous start of construction by the Jesuits dates from the year 1649 was however not completed until 125 years later, example of this is the only bell tower, built entirely with ashlar stone brought from the quarries of Arequipa. is currently under the leadership of the congregation Franciscan .

Church of La Merced

This church is a beautiful piece of architecture at the time of the republic, is located on the west side of the Plaza Bolognesi in the center of the city. Carved in red sandstone and a specific structure of the modern era, as the mother church of Santa Catalina only has a symmetrical bell unlike the previous also it features a circular clock with four faces, and then you can see his ship Impression. It owes its construction to a group of devotees who commissioned the construction of Don Gregorio Layme, opened in 1959, remodeled in 1995 which included indigenous elements.

Franciscan Convent

Also called the Convento de Santa Barbara , is built on the hill Hatun Rumi or Santa Barbara  Spanish name, 40 m from the Plaza de Armas in Juliaca, has a style essentially Romanesque .

Christ Huaynarroque Mirador White

Located in a southeasterly direction with respect to the Plaza de Armas, on the top of the hill Huaynarroque , the White Christ stands towering on the horizon of Juliaca, this was translated into concrete and fiberglass, at the foot of the effigy, is a viewing point where you can see much of the non-urban and urban comprising Juliaca, this complex was built in just two and a half weeks, was opened in 1987.

Chacas Lagoon

Located 10 km northwest of the city of Juliaca in the area concerned the towns of Kokan and Chacas , is a lagoon surrounded by mountains like Iquinito clubs , the lagoon has a fusiform and an area of 6.2 km 2 approximately. This gap favors the existence of flora and fauna, various, mainly in the dry season (rainy season).

June - September

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