Far bigger than it looks from the outside, this cheap and functional little hotel overlooking the Plazuela El Recreo has spotless rooms with a warm color scheme and friendly service. While there is not much decoration and the bathrooms are too small, it's nevertheless a good deal.
Hostal El Pillkay
Trujillo
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
2.99 MILES
If there's one must-see archaeological site in the region, this is it. The Temples of the Sun and the Moon, attributed to the Moche period, are more than…
Complejo Arqueológico la Huaca el Brujo
23.35 MILES
This archaeological complex right on the coast, about 60km from Trujillo, consists of the Huaca Prieta site, the Huaca El Brujo, which has only been…
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3.24 MILES
Houses many objects excavated from Huacas del Sol y de la Luna and has descriptions in Spanish and English.
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Built around AD 1300 and covering 20 sq km, Chan Chan is the largest pre-Columbian city in the Americas and the largest adobe city in the world. Although…
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Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Moche
4.53 MILES
Not to be confused with the Museo Huacas de Moche at the Huaca de la Luna site, this museum on the main square in the town of Moche houses around 500…
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0.23 MILES
Northeast of the cathedral, this c 1735 mansion, also known as Casa de los Léones, is considered to be the best-preserved mansion of the colonial period…
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0.46 MILES
Owned and maintained by Banco Central de la Reserva del Perú since 1972, this beautiful colonial mansion’s history dates to 1604, though the original…
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0.26 MILES
This well-curated museum features a rundown of Peruvian history from 12,000 BC to the present day, with an emphasis on Moche, Chimú and Inca civilizations…
Nearby Trujillo attractions
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The Iglesia del Carmen and its charming monastery is home to an impressive Carmelite museum – the Pinacoteca El Carmen – but visiting is a real mission…
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This imposing gray early 19th-century mansion is impossible to ignore. Built in neoclassical style, it has beautiful window gratings, 36 slender interior…
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Northeast of the cathedral, this c 1735 mansion, also known as Casa de los Léones, is considered to be the best-preserved mansion of the colonial period…
0.26 MILES
This well-curated museum features a rundown of Peruvian history from 12,000 BC to the present day, with an emphasis on Moche, Chimú and Inca civilizations…
0.29 MILES
Now the Banco BBVA Continental, this building features a mishmash of colonial and Republican styles and is best known as the site where Trujillo’s…
0.29 MILES
This baroque central church was constructed in the late 16th century and is notable for its multicolored retable.
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Worth a flyby is the 17th-century Iglesia de la Merced, which has a striking organ and cupola. Uniquely, an altar here is painted on the wall, an…