Colonial historic center
2.2 km · half day · Historic center · 6 stops
- Plaza San Martín
- Jirón de la Unión
- Plaza Mayor
- Lima Cathedral
- Casa de la Literatura (book museum)
- San Francisco (catacombs)
105 places · World's 50 Best, Summum, legendary cebicherías and viral spots · 5 walking routes · Metropolitano included
Tap a route and it gets drawn on the map, stop by stop.
Tap a pin to see photos, rating and how to get there on the Metropolitano. Turn on a route to follow the numbered path.
This interactive map of Lima (Peru) brings together 105 hand-picked places: 29 attractions, 40 restaurants, 18 cafés and 18 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
· Curated by the HOLASIM team · How we make the maps
Tap a route to see it drawn on the map, stop by stop.
2.2 km · half day · Historic center · 6 stops
3.2 km · half day · Miraflores · 6 stops
4 km · lunchtime · Surquillo and Miraflores · 6 stops
2.6 km · afternoon + night · Barranco · 6 stops
3.8 km · last hour of the day · Costa Verde · 6 stops
Cercado de Lima
Lima was founded right here in 1535: the Palacio de Gobierno, the cathedral and wooden balconies all around.
Tip: Changing of the guard at the Palacio de Gobierno at noon; on Sunday they raise the flag at 8.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Jirón de la Unión station
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Pizarro's tomb and fourteen baroque chapels facing the Plaza Mayor. Go in with the audio guide.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Jirón de la Unión station
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You head down into catacombs where thousands of bones sit in circles. The library is a dream.
Tip: Guided entry only, departures every 20 min. Get your ticket early: afternoons fill with tour groups.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Jirón de la Unión station
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The oldest colonial house in the Americas, lived in by the same family since 1535. It stuns.
Tip: Visits by advance booking only; the Aliaga descendants still live on the upper floor.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Jirón de la Unión station
Featured in: Condé Nast
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Pizarro's House: a French-styled façade and the most pompous changing of the guard in South America.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Jirón de la Unión station
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Pedestrian street linking Plaza Mayor to Plaza San Martín: balconies, ice-cream carts and Lima's racket.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Jirón de la Unión station
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Art deco square with the Gran Hotel Bolívar next door: order a Catedral pisco sour at its bar.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Colmena station
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The old Desamparados railway station turned book museum. Free, with gorgeous stained glass.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Jirón de la Unión station
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Sevillian tiles, the prettiest cloister downtown and a tower looking out over the rooftops.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Jirón de la Unión station
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Calle Capón with its Chinese arch, ancient chifas (Peruvian-Chinese) and Mercado Central nearby.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Jirón de la Unión station
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Three thousand years of Peruvian art in the Palacio de la Exposición, pre-Columbian to contemporary.
Tip: The MALI garden café is the best break downtown. Closed on Mondays.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Estación Central
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Green lung with a lagoon, a Byzantine pavilion and a Chinese garden. Ideal before the MALI.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Estación Central
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Thirteen fountains with lights and music in Parque de la Reserva. A Guinness record and happy kids.
Tip: Open Wednesday to Sunday from 3pm; the Fuente Fantasía show runs at 7:15pm and 8:15pm.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Estación Central
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Pre-Columbian ceramics in an 18th-century mansion with a flowering garden and the famous erotic room.
Tip: Open until 10pm: go at the end of the day and stay for dinner on the bougainvillea terrace.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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This is where the Raimondi Stela and the Tello Obelisk from Chavín stand, in person, no glass.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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An adobe pyramid from the year 400 in the middle of Miraflores. Lit up at night it is another thing.
Tip: The night guided tour (Wed to Sun) is the best: no sun and the walls all lit up.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
Featured in: Google Top Perú
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Ten kilometers of clifftop over the Pacific with paragliders cutting across right above you.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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Víctor Delfín's El Beso and mosaic benches watching the sun drop into the Pacific.
Tip: Get there 40 min before sunset, then walk over to Larcomar along the malecón.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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The Miraflores square, famous for its dozens of stray cats and the weekend painters.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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The white lighthouse on the malecón: the best spot to watch paragliders take off over the sea.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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Down the cliff you land on the beach where limeños learn to surf. Rent a board.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station + walk down
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The wooden bridge Chabuca Granda sang about. Cross it without breathing and make a wish.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Cobbled lane dropping from the bridge to the sea between 1900s summer houses. Pure Barranco.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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The library, the ruined hermitage and the picarones: Barranco's bohemian heart is right here.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Testino's photographs, Lady Di series included, in a spotless republican-era mansion.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Cusco School viceroyal art in a small palace with a garden. Barranco's prettiest museum, by far.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Sacred adobe city facing the desert: 1,500 years of pilgrimage, 40 km from Lima.
Tip: Go early, there is no shade. The new site museum is one of the best in the country.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi or tour
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The largest Spanish fortress in the Americas, built to hold off privateers at the port.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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Port mansions painted by muralists: galleries, giant murals and a food court.
Tip: Go by day and stick to the mural circuit; the rest of Callao is not for wandering alone.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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Mitsuharu Tsumura's nikkei, best restaurant in the world 2025. Order the full Nikkei menu.
Tip: Book two or three months ahead; if you are solo, ask for a seat at the counter.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
Featured in: World's 50 Best
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Virgilio Martínez serves you Peru by altitude, from the sea to 4,000 m. Unrepeatable.
Tip: Book the day the calendar opens, three months out. Add the Amazonian pairing.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
Featured in: World's 50 Best
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Pía León cooks Peruvian ingredients with color and surgical precision. #2 in Latin America.
Tip: It shares the house with Central but is easier to book and quite a bit cheaper.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
Featured in: 50 Best Latam
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Juan Luis Martínez crosses Venezuela with Peru in a tiny room. Plates made for sharing.
Tip: Sit at the counter facing the open kitchen and go with whatever comes out that day.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
Featured in: 50 Best Latam
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Jaime Pesaque brings the Amazon and the Andes to the plate: it is on the World's 50 Best list.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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Gastón Acurio in a 17th-century hacienda. Best restaurant in Peru per Summum 2025.
Tip: If you don't want the long menu, hit the bar in the same courtyard: looser and cheaper.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Canaval y Moreyra station
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Rafael Osterling has cooked the most elegant food in Miraflores since 2001. The tiradito is a must.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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Relaxed chef-driven cooking, top 10 in Latin America. You go for the sharing plates and the bar.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Canaval y Moreyra station
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Party nikkei: sushi counter, tiraditos with ají and cocktails till late. Book, no excuses.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Canaval y Moreyra station
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Criollo cooking in brutal portions: order the ossobuco or the carapulcra and split it three ways.
Tip: No lunch bookings on weekends: show up at 12:30 or wait a long hour.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Acurio's cebichería, lunch only. Order the classic cebiche and a chilcano while you wait.
Tip: No reservations: arrive 12:30 or after 3pm. They close at 5pm, no dinner.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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Nine-stool counter where Tomás Matsufuji fires out dirt-cheap cebiche and chaufa. Pure cult.
Tip: Order the combinado: cebiche, chicharrón and chaufa on one plate. Bring cash and patience.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Angamos station
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Neighborhood cebichería with football pennants and conchas negras. Only until 5pm.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Osterling gone seafood and open-air: tiraditos, grilled octopus and good noise.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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Javier Wong fillets the sole in front of you in his own dining room. No menu, no fuss.
Tip: Lunch only and by phone booking. Bring cash and take a taxi to the door.
🚇 Metro Line 1 — Arriola station
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The cebichería topping Tripadvisor in Lima: generous portions, neighborhood prices.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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Family cebichería steps from the fishermen's pier. The fish landed two hours ago.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Escuela Militar station
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You pick a whole fish and they cook it three ways, at shared picantería tables.
Tip: Go as a four so you can order a big fish. Lunch only, they close at 5pm.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Angamos station
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Huge portions and a line at the door: the cebiche mixto here really does feed two.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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Acurio's chifa, dragon on the ceiling: order the house chaufa and the fried wantán.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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Historic chifa in Chinatown: order the trolley dim sum on Sunday at midday.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Jirón de la Unión station
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Old-school dim sum right on Calle Capón. You come for the siu mai and the Peking duck.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Jirón de la Unión station
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Elegant nikkei with a sushi counter and patio: the tiraditos in leche de tigre are terrific.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Canaval y Moreyra station
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Anticuchos, tamales and Acurio criollo with the grill in plain sight. Ideal for day one.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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A 1905 bar facing the Palacio: order a butifarra and a capitán at the wooden counter.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Jirón de la Unión station
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Since 1960. Its pan con chicharrón won 'best breakfast in the world' and blew up on TikTok.
Tip: Go before 11 and order it classic with salsa criolla. There are branches in Miraflores and Surquillo.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Quilca station
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Sandwich joint on Parque Kennedy open into the small hours. The chicharrón with camote, obviously.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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The queen of anticucho: grilled beef heart that TasteAtlas ranked first in the world.
Tip: Opens in the afternoon and the line builds. Order anticucho, pancita, choclo and a cold chicha morada.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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A 1937 bodegón with jamón del país and vermouth. Two tables, plenty of history, zero rush.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Best pollo a la brasa in Peru per Summum 2025. Order the quarter with fries and the three sauces.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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The pollo a la brasa every limeño knows: reliable, with anticuchos and good chicha morada.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Benavides station
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Northern cooking from Chiclayo: the arroz con pato and the grilled cebiche are from another planet.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Plaza de Flores station
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Acurio's bistro half a block from Plaza Mayor: causa, lomo saltado and air conditioning.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Jirón de la Unión station
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You dine looking at the lit-up pyramid. The food is fine; the view is unbeatable.
Tip: Ask for a table on the back terrace, the one facing the huaca, and book several days ahead.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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Restaurant on a Victorian pier pushed out into the sea. Come at sunset even just for a drink.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station + walk down
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A mansion with a courtyard and fine seafood cooking. One of Barranco's loveliest lunches.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Anticuchos, rachi and picarones half a block from the Parque Municipal. A night classic.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Reliable cebichería with malecón views: arroz con mariscos and octopus tiradito al olivo.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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Craft brewery with a terrace over Grau. Perfect for kicking off the Barranco night.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Republican mansion turned labyrinth bar. Order a maracuyá pisco sour and get lost inside.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Roasting since 1958 in a house on Pedro de Osma. Order a V60 of Cajamarca coffee.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Micro specialty café with beans from small Peruvian growers. The flat white is fine work.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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Peruvian barista champions work here. If you take coffee seriously, this is a required stop.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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Specialty coffee and brunch on Pardo y Aliaga: the sourdough comes out warm.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Canaval y Moreyra station
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They roast beans from five farms in northern Peru. Try the filter of the day and take a bag.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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Sourdough bakery and specialty coffee. The breakfast with avocado and eggs is a slap of flavor.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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Courtyard with trees, juices and healthy sandwiches: the mellowest breakfast in Barranco.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Plaza de Flores station
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Neighborhood bakery with homemade cakes and good coffee. You go once and come back next day.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Specialty café with tables outside and giant toasts. Perfect before the Bridge of Sighs.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Artisan gelato in Peruvian flavors: try lúcuma, chirimoya and the maracuyá one.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Legendary cart on the Parque Municipal: hot squash picarones with chancaca syrup.
Tip: Opens in the afternoon until the dough runs out. Bring coins and eat them standing, right there.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Churros filled with manjar right on Avenida Larco. With thick chocolate, a perfect finish.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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Lima's Italian ice-cream parlor since 1958. Order lúcuma with guanábana and sit on the sidewalk.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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The bakery of Lima's grandmothers: empanadas, alfajores and chocolate cake since 1959.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Angamos station
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Bougainvillea terrace at the Museo Larco. Have a coffee after the Moche ceramics.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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Reliable bakery-café to start the day: café con leche, a croissant and fresh juice.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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The prettiest Puku Puku branch: stools on the sidewalk and single-origin filters.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Canaval y Moreyra station
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Sweet and savory crêpes two blocks from the Bridge of Sighs. The coffee holds up too.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Mall built into the cliff with Pacific views: cinema, brands and sunset included.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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Lima's biggest mall: every brand, a huge food court and air conditioning.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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Courtyard mansion packed with Peruvian design: ceramics, jewelry and textiles. Bar at the back.
Tip: Walk through to the back patio: there is a café and sometimes live music on Fridays.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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The market where the chefs shop: thirty kinds of potato, ajíes and rare Amazonian fruit.
Tip: Go before 11 and try a mixed juice at the counter. Watch your backpack out on the sidewalk.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Angamos station
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Blocks of stalls with textiles, alpaca sweaters and masks. Haggle away, it is part of it.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Angamos station
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Real alpaca and vicuña, properly labeled. If you want a piece to last twenty years, it is here.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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Peruvian silver jewelry with contemporary design. The earrings are the gift that always lands.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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Bean-to-bar chocolate workshop and a shop of Peruvian bars. Kids love it.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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The Peruvian bars that win prizes in London. Take home the Piura Milk and the Lakuna.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Canaval y Moreyra station
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Tavern and winery from 1880: you buy pisco and wine, then stay for a chilcano right there.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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Lima's benchmark bookshop: Peruvian literature, essays and staff who know what to recommend.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Ricardo Palma station
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Indie shop with the best Latin American new-releases table and a café next door. Dangerous.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Canaval y Moreyra station
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Folk art gallery in a Barranco house: Ayacucho retablos you will not see anywhere else.
Tip: Ring the bell: it is Mari Solari's home, open Monday to Saturday, usually in the afternoon.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Neighborhood market with juice bars and food stalls. Have breakfast there before touring Barranco.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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Central, practical mall if you need a pharmacy, clothes or a SIM: less touristy than Larcomar.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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Antiques fair along Avenida Grau: records, coins and odds and ends with a past.
Tip: It runs mostly Saturdays and Sundays during the day. Haggle and pay cash, always.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Bulevar station
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The museum shop has the best design souvenirs in Lima. No ugly keyrings here.
🚇 Metropolitano BRT — Estación Central
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Giant supermarket for taking home coffee, ají amarillo paste and chocolate at local prices.
🚇 No direct transit — taxi
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