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days for tourists, which include fireworks, procession and bullfighting with matadors from
Mexico and Spain in a traditional wooden construction, are from July 28 to August 3.
Hot springs
(admission S3)
and mud baths will help soothe aching muscles and can be
found at Llanguat, reached by a 30-minute drive. You can also take a 7am
combi
from the
Plaza de Armas (S5, 45 minutes) on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. It returns
around noon.
The Dutch-run organization
Proyecto Yannick
( 77-0590;
www.celendinperu.com
;
Jirón Unión 333)
offers volunteer opportunities working with children with Down syn-
drome, and the English-, German- and Dutch-speaking manager, Susan, also arranges
private transportation and tours to the hot springs. Visit the project office for a map and
excellent information about hotels, local sites and transport. Susan also rents a
room
(s/d
without bathroom S20/25; )
in her house just around the corner from the plaza.
Right on the Plaza de Armas,
Hostal Celendín
( 55-5041; Unión 305; s/d S28.50/
43; )
has more or less reliable hot water and worn but inviting rooms, a few with
balconies and grand plaza views, and a popular restaurant.
Hostal Turistas
( 55-5047;
Gálvez 507; s/d S45/60; )
is a new modern choice with nine rooms just around the
corner of the plaza.
La Reserva
(José Gálvez 420; meals S4-32)
is a popular eating choice, with multilevel
seating and a warm ambience.
Carbon & Leña
( 80-5736; Calle 2 de Mayo 416;
meals S4-28; 5-11pm)
uses, as its name indicates, charcoal and wood fires to roast
mainly chicken and pizza but can throw down special meat dishes, such as
chancho con
aguaymanto
(pork with Peruvian cherry sauce; S12), with advance notice.
Transportes Rojas
( 55-5108; Pardo 258)
has daily buses to Cajamarca (S10, four
hours) at 5am and
Royal Palace's
( 77-6872; Unión 313)
also has departures to Ca-
Cáceres 112)
, located behind the market, goes to Chachapoyas (S35, nine hours) via
Leimebamba (S25, four hours) at 9am and to Cajamarca (S10, 3½ hours) at 3pm.
Chachapoyas
041 / POP 22,900 / ELEV 2335 M
Also known as Chachas, Chachapoyas is a laid-back town awash in white and insulated
by a buffer of rough unpaved roads and high-altitude cloud forests. The town was an im-
portant junction on jungle-coast trade routes until a paved road was built in the 1940s
through nearby Pedro Ruíz, bypassing Chachapoyas altogether. The unlikely capital of the
