Lima Day Tours – 1 Day

Day 1 – Land Lima, collection & transfer to your Hotel in Miraflores.

Day 2 – 9:30 a.m. From the hotel, transfer to the Center of Lima, and you’ll cross the districts of Miraflores: Parque del Amor: a beautiful place inspired by the Güell Park in Barcelona, ​​a famous work by Gaudí. This park was made by the famous Peruvian artist Víctor Delfín. A flowered park facing the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by tiles and romantic poems. In the middle of the park, there is a huge sculpture made of cement, clay, and red pigment, called “El Beso“.

Huaca Pucllana’s panoramic view of construction dates from the years 200 to 700 AD and belonged to the Lima culture, here a cemetery was also found for the elite of the Wari Empire, and later the evidence of worship of Pachacamac by the members of the culture Ychma. In our tourist transport you’ll go to the district of San Isidro: El Olivar park, this park dates from the year 1560 when it was a Spanish hacienda, currently it has 1500 olive trees and 22 types of birds, then you’ll take Arequipa avenue (The first avenue de Lima) to go to the Center of Lima: a historic area of ​​Lima that was declared by UNESCO in 1991 as Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Walking through its streets that tell us their stories through colonial houses and from the beginning of the Republic, you’ll arrive at Plaza San Martín: founded in 1921 to celebrate 100 years of the Independence of Peru. Originally its surrounding constructions were a residential area for the high society of Lima, also founded the first luxury hotel in South America, currently, its surroundings are commercial, it is touristic and it centers people from various parts of Peru, an important place for Peruvians.

Walking through several blocks of the Jirón de la Unión until reaching the Plaza de Armas: originally surrounded by buildings of the Inca empire, in 1535 Lima, the city of the Kings, was founded here as the capital of the Spanish conquest; It is one of the most beautiful squares in Latin America surrounded by important neo-colonial buildings such as the Government Palace and the Municipal Palace, as well as the old colonial Cathedral. On the way, you’ll visit a colonial church from 1535 called Virgen de la Merced and the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru with pre-Inca and Inca pieces, as well as enter its vault.

Then continue on to the Monastery of San Francisco de Asís: a cloister of the Franciscan order whose construction dates from the mid-16th century, a survivor of strong earthquakes, a good example of colonial religious art. Visiting its various environments as well as its mysterious cemetery through the underground Catacombs, you’ll also visit its original dining room and its old English-style library.

Or a visit to the Convent of Santo Domingo: a construction from the mid-16th century, a survivor of strong earthquakes, it still preserves its main patio with tiles from 1604-1606, as well as its old tower where we will climb its 133 steps and observe its bell tower, it was the tallest tower in South America. Currently, the place is known as “The Sanctuary of the Peruvian Saints“, since it houses the remains of two saints from colonial times and who are very important to the Catholic world in Peru.

2:00 p.m. Lunch in the Center of Lima, restaurant “La Muralla“: you can find fish, shellfish, Creole food, and even the best-salted loin in the Historic Center chosen by Gastón Acurio!

With the tourist transport you’ll go to Barranco: the bohemian district of Lima, where many of our artists live, a place full of art galleries, good restaurants, and colorful streets; here you’ll have a walking tour arriving at the well-known Bridge of Sighs: a traditional wooden bridge combined with an air of romanticism. Finally, walking to visit the Dédalo art gallery to enjoy a good example of contemporary art combined with ancient Peruvian art.

5:30 p.m. Back to your hotel.

Day 1 – Land Lima, collection & transfer to your Hotel in Miraflores

Day 2 – 08:30 a.m. From the hotel, transfer by tourist transport to the old district of Pueblo Libre to take a short walk around its surroundings. You’ll visit the Huaca Mateo Salado: this is a pre-Inca Huaca made 900 years ago, in this place it is possible to visit the 03 stepped pyramids of the Yschma culture that are in an excellent state of conservation, you can also appreciate part of the Inca road called Qhapaq Nan.

Later you’ll visit the Larco Museum: built on a truncated pre-Inca pyramid, founded in 1926; Currently ranked 22nd among the best 25 museums in the world, it has a private collection of nearly 45,000 pieces, many of them from the Mochica culture of 2,000 years ago, who tell us about their daily routine through their magnificent ceramics. ; it is possible to visit the storage of the museum.

Then visit a local market, clean and pleasant, with varied foods such as vegetables, fruits, and meats from different parts of Peru. You’ll have a tasting of some fruits that our visitors do not know, such as passion fruit, custard apple, lucuma, and pacae.

2:00 p.m. Back to your hotel.

Day 1 – Land Lima, collection & transfer to your Hotel in Miraflores

Day 2 – 9:30 a.m. From the hotel, transfer to the Larco Museum: built on a truncated pre-Inca pyramid, founded in 1926; Currently ranked 22nd among the best 25 museums in the world, it has a private collection of nearly 45,000 pieces, many of them from the Mochica culture of 2,000 years ago, who tell us about their daily routine through their magnificent ceramics; it is possible to visit the storage of the museum.

Towards the Center of Lima… a 1 hr 30 mins walking, and an informative, pleasant, and fun time. This is a historic area of ​​Lima that was declared by UNESCO in 1991 as a Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Walking through its streets that tell us their stories through colonial houses and from the beginning of the Republic, you’ll arrive at Plaza San Martín: founded in 1921 to celebrate 100 years of the Independence of Peru. Originally its surrounding constructions were a residential area for the high society of Lima, we also found the first luxury hotel in South America, currently, its surroundings are commercial, it is touristic and it centers people from various parts of Peru, an important place for Peruvians.

Then walking through several blocks of the Jirón de la Unión until reaching the Plaza de Armas: originally surrounded by buildings of the Inca empire, in 1535 Lima, the city of the Kings, was founded here as the capital of the Spanish conquest; It is one of the most beautiful squares in Latin America surrounded by important neo-colonial buildings such as the Government Palace and the Municipal Palace, as well as the old colonial Cathedral. On the way, you’ll visit a church from 1535 called Virgen de la Merced.

2:00 p.m. Back to your hotel.

Day 1 – Land Lima, collection & transfer to your Hotel in Miraflores

Day 2 – 9:30 a.m. From the hotel, transfer to Miraflores, to visit the Huaca Pucllana where you’ll have a dynamic walking tour inside a construction that dates from the years 200 to 700 AD and that belonged to the Lima culture. Here you’ll discover a cemetery for the elite that was also found in the Wari Empire and later the evidence of worship of Pachacamac by the members of the Ychma culture.

Walk through the Parque del Amor: a beautiful place inspired by the Güell Park in Barcelona, ​​a famous work by Gaudí. This park was made by the famous Peruvian artist Víctor Delfín. A flowered park facing the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by tiles and romantic poems. In the middle of the park, there is a huge sculpture made of cement, clay, and red pigment, called “El Beso“.

Next heading towards Barranco where you’ll visit the House/Workshop of the artist Víctor Delfín: a fantastic place embedded in a hill facing the Pacific Ocean, home of one of our best representatives of Peruvian art, recognized and admired for the variety of materials he uses as wood, bronze, ceramic, oil, etc. He was born in 1927 and still works daily on various works of art. He was the one who made the Parque del Amor.

At the end of the visit, you’ll walk to the Puente de los Suspiros area. From 1876, a traditional wooden bridge combined with an air of romanticism in the middle of a picturesque and historical place. You’ll have a moment to take some good photos in the middle of great artistic graffiti, a magnificent example of good urban art captured in large murals.

Then you’ll go to a restaurant to taste the rich anticuchos, picarones & chicha Morada: a very traditional dish in Peruvian food, fusion with African, together with a delicious juice based on our famous and eccentric purple corn.

3:00 p.m. Back to your hotel.