Lima Travel Blog

Parque del Amor. (Photo: Encontrado.es/Flickr) Lima has quite a number of very romantic places, and if you are in the mood to find a very special spot to propose, we can help with some suggestions. Parque del Amor: this has become one of the spots most visited by couples in Lima, and you may find it...

Street vendor. Lima, Peru (Photo: Isabel Guerra) We assume you have learned at least some basic Spanish phrases before arriving in Lima. Anyway, some more help regarding this department is always welcome. Even if you walk by the streets with your pocket dictionary on hand, we will try to provide you...

Palacio de Gobierno (Government Palace) Photo: J. Enrique Molina Visiting Lima Downtown for the first time? This post focuses on the historic buildings surrounding the iconic Plaza Mayor, or Plaza de Armas (Main Square). These happen to be also very nice pieces of architecture, so let’s learn a...

Pasteleria San Antonio. (Photo: Luis Tamayo/Flickr) Your sweet tooth needs some cake, preferably with lots of icing. It is not difficult to find a good place for this in Lima, since Peruvians are very fond of desserts, and there are many new restaurants and gourmet cafeterias competing with each other....

Pachacamac used to be the main place of worship in pre-Hispanic Lima: the ancients Peruvians used to come here since more than 1,000 years before the Inca empire to honor and offer presents to Pachacamac god, “the one that gives life to the world”. Nowadays these ruins are open to the public,...

One of the oldest mansions in Lima, the Casa de Aliaga is still oldest family-owned home in South America: it has been owned during 17 generations by the Aliaga family (one of the Lima founding families) since 1535. One of the best-preserved colonial homes in Peru, it is pretty much a time capsule where...

This is still the newest shopping mall in its kind in Lima, and may be unique in the world due to a particular feature –it has been built on a wall of a high cliff, so that it is possible to have a nice view of the Pacific ocean from almost any of its stores. Larcomar Shopping Center’s architectural...

Lima is a city that has been destroyed several time by earthquakes and re-built once and again. Nowadays, however, its Plaza Mayor (or Plaza de Armas) houses the oldest and the most authentic monument in the city: its fountain, placed there in 1651, that has survived through earthquakes, social revolts...

Plaza Mayor, or Plaza de Armas. Lima Downtown (Photo: EdgarAsencios/Flickr) You have a few hours in Lima and you want to see some of the city instead of waiting at the airport. Well yes, it’s possible; there’s not much time and traffic jams in Lima can be horrendous, but there’s still...

Jiron de la Union and Norkys' restaurant (Photo: Isabel Guerra) So you are in a budget. And you need to make it last. Well, who doesn’t? Either you are a backpacker or not, here’s some tips on some very cheap or absolutely free activities to spend your whole day in Lima spending very...