3 days in Lima
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A 3 day visit to Lima and its Restaurants, Museums, Pre- Inca ruins and important sites.
Author: Jennifer
Day 1 - Lima
A full day to be spent in downtown Lima.
Start at Plaza de Armas at around 9 am. Get there by taxi or private tour for the day.Do not carry jewelry or be to flashy to avoid pickpockets.
See architecture of Palacio Municipal and Arzobispado, important to note the wood balconies. Visit the Cathedral and the museum inside. Walk towards San Francisco church and catacombs. If hungry, have sandwich at Cordanos. Walk towards the river and see Alameda Chabuca Granda and the old walls of the city.Go back towards the Plaza and via the desamparados old trains station and then the Post office going towards Santo Domingo Church and convent.Go back to Plaza an do the Calesa ride or go to the bus to he top of San Cristobal mountain.Walk to the Inquisition museum and Torre Tagle Palace. Keep on going towards Chinatown and visit the Congress building.Stroll around Chinatown and have lunch at Wa Lok chifa restaurant.
Get back on the taxi and visit Paseo Colon, Palacio de Justicia and other sites around downtown Lima.
Ensure early reservations at Astrid & Gaston for a nice dinner.
Maybe a nightcap at Bartini later.
Call it a full day.
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Alameda Chabuca Granda
LM 01 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 315 1300
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Jirón Paruro 864
Barrio Chino
Lima, Peru
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51 1 427 2656
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Jr, Ancas s/n
Lima 1 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 270181
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Jirón Camaná 459
LM 01 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 427 7678
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Avenida Nicolás de Piérola,
cuadra 9
Lima, Peru
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+51 1 574 8000
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Plaza Mayor
Centro Urbano
Lima, Peru
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+51 1 315 1300
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Esquina Avenida Wilson y Avenida 9 de Diciembre
LM 01 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 574 8000
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Jirón Ucayali 363
LM 01 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 311 2400
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Avenida Paseo de la República
, cuadra 2
Lima, Peru
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Plaza Mayor
LM 01 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 444 3027
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Jirón de la Unión sin número, Plaza de Armas
LM 01 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 574 8000
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Plaza de Armas de Lima
Costado de la Catedral
Lima, Peru
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+511 4275980
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Near the Rimac River
Lima 1 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 315 1300
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Conde de Superunda 200
Lima 01 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 427 6793
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Azángaro 451 and Ucayali
Lima 1 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 428 3010 , 428-3017
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Plaza de San Francisco
Lima 1 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 4271381
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Jirón Ica, cuadra 2
Cuadra 2
LM 01 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 574 8000
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Jirón de la Unión 224
LM 01 Lima, Peru
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Lima Tours: +51 1 617 6000
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Alameda de los Descalzos s/n
Lima, Peru
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+51 1 444 3027
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Calle Paruro
LM 01 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 574 8000
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Plaza Mayor
LM 01 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 444 3027
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Plaza Mayor
LM 01 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 574 8000
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Plaza Mayor
Lado este de la Plaza Mayor de Lima, Jirón Carabaya
Lima 1 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 427 9647
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366 Barranco
Barranco
Lima, PE
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51 1 477 5021
Day 2 - Lima
A day to visit other Lima neighborhoods and some Pre Inca Ruins.
Walk from hotel to Puente de los Suspiros and the monument to Chabuca Granda in Barranco.
Take a tour to Pachacamac ruins. All morning.
Lunch at Kapallaq seafood restaurant, make reservations just in case. Do not miss a Tiradito with toasted Garlic.
In the afternoon visit Miraflores, and San Isidro disytricts. Go via the Circuito de Playas road. Visit the Olive tree woods and the Parque del Amor. HuacaPucllana and Huaca Huallamarca.
Go to the gold and arms museum and the Larco Herera museum (do not mix with the Larco Herrera orphanage)
Maybe a movies at Larco Mar.
Reserve a place at La Dama Juana in Larcomar for dinner and Peruvian music show.
A night cap at Bartini afterwars ?
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Puente de los Suspiros
Calle Ayacucho y Bajada a Los Baños
Lima, Peru
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+51 1 315 1300
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MIRABUS - Miraflores Central Park
(Tourist Information Office)
Lima 18 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 2426699, 4764213
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Barranco
Costa central de Lima
Lima, Peru
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San Isidro
Costa central de Lima
Lima, Peru
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+51 1 432 3559
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Desde Magdalena hasta Chorrillos
Lima 18 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 574 8000
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Avenida Pedro de Osma 423
\ Lima, Peru
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+51 1 467 0063 / +51 1 467 0141
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Calle Alonso de Molina 1100
LM 33 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 435 2917
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Av. Javier Prado Este 2465
San Borja
LM 41 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 476 9875
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Avenida Bolívar 1515
Lima 21 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 461 1312 , 461 1835
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Miraflores
Costa central
Lima 18 Lima, Peru
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+51 1 6177272
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Nicolás de Rivera 201
Lima, Peru
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+51 1 222 4124
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Autopista Antigua Panamericana Sur km 31
Lima, Peru
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+51 1 574 8000
Day 3 - Lima
In the morning get a cab and go to El Callao port area.
Hire a tour to visit Isla Fronton and San Lorenzo islands and enjoy the marine life. At least 2 hrs for this activity.
Go to Real Felipe fortress and visit. Go to the Navy mseum as well.
Have lunch at one of the excellent seafood restaurants in the area,the Rana Verde.
In the afternoon go back to Miraflores area and visit the Indian Museum for some shopping for handicrafts or Larcomar for top class stuff.
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Puerto del Callao
14 km del centro de Lima
Lima, Peru
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+51 1 315 1300
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Isla San Lorenzo
Al noreste del Callao
Lima, Peru
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+51 1 574 8000
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Avenida Jorge Chávez 121
Lima, Peru
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+51 1 429 4793
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Isla El Frontón
A 7 kilómetros del Callao
Lima, Peru
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+51 1 315 1300
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Plazuela de la Independencia
CA 1 Lima, Peru