Trujillo

Trujillo is a city of 790,000 people (2014) in Northwestern Peru, very close to the Pacific Coast. Trujillo was founded in 1534 among 4 Chimu settlements to enable the Spanish to ally with them against the Incas. Wikivoyage

Population 919,899 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Peru

• 105PolicePolice
• 106AmbulanceAmbulance
• 111AnyAll emergencies
• 116FireFire
• 117AmbulanceAmbulance
• 911AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Peru

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

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• Casa del Mayorazgo de Falcalá Attraction · 570 m
• Museo de Zoología Juan Ormea Rodríguez Museum · 660 m
• Casa Bracamonte Attraction · 750 m
• Monumento a La Libertad Monument · 750 m
• Casa Urquiaga Museum · 750 m
• Huaca Parana Archaeological site · 780 m
• Catedralicio Museum · 840 m
• Casa de Mariscal deOrbegoso Attraction · 840 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

• Pizza 4
• Peruvian 3
• Chicken 3
• Chinese 2
• Potato 1
• Burger 1
• Regional 1

All 41 places to eat

Getting around

• Paradero de Taxi Santa Clara 880 m
• Empresa de Transportes 14 (bus to Huaraz) 970 m
• Movil Tours 1.1 km
• Transportes El Sol 1.1 km
• El Sol 1.1 km
• Terminal ITTSA Bus 1.2 km

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