The Larco Museum has become one of Lima’s must-dos. It displays an important collection of pre-Columbian art of more than 45,000 pieces and provides an excellent overview on 4000 years of development...

The Parque de las Leyendas (Zoo) houses within its collection 2100 animals of 268 different species.  Of those, 87 are mammals, 103 birds, 32 are reptiles, 42 are fish, and 4 are amphibious.  The...

This church and monastery of St. Francis (circa 1674) is known for its catacombs that contain the remains of more than 70,000 people and a magnificent library that houses thousands of antique texts.

Museum features the private collection of Mr. Yoshitaro Amano that contains selected pieces of ceramics and textiles, arranged chronologically to illustrate the development of weaving throughout Peru's pre-Columbian cultures, featuring special items from the Chancay culture.

Once considered the heart of old Lima, this grand plaza features many important architectural monuments and buildings including a magnificent bronze fountain dating from 1650, the Archbishop's Palace with its elegant balconies and the Government Palace dating from 1924.

Human beings began populating the planet five million years ago, but it was only six thousand years ago that they started to build urban centers. Only six societies in the whole world were able to...

Miraflores is one of the top tourist districts of Lima. The main hotels in this beautiful city are located by the Pacific ocean.  Within the past few years, there have been a lot of new developments...

This museum maintains an extensive private collection of colonial art featuring paintings, sculptures, silverware and furniture from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries.

Pachacamac (whose name means Lord of Earthquakes) is an archaeological citadel with strong sacred character, this place has original pre-Inca and Inca structures, and is the best example about...

Barranco district was founded on October 26th, 1874. Its the smallest district of Lima and was always an attractive summer resort for middle and upper class residents of Lima and foreigners. Its known

Lima's largest museum features scale models of temples, ruins and archaeological sites that tell the story of Peru's long history from prehistoric times and ancient civilizations to the advanced civilizations of Huari, Chimu and Paracas and the Inca Empire.