For its architecture, nighlife, archeological venters, museums and mainly its flavors, Lima is in the top 20 of the cities most visited bay tourist in the world.
Nearly five million people arrive at the Peruvian capital
each year. They are attracted by the certainty of being able to find contrasts
that go far beyond the supposed normal city full of history because its present
as a Latin American economic center opens its doors to a future that is already
in full development.
It is just an introduction to everything that can be done
in Lima to understand it and live it in the right way.
Take a Gastronomic Tour
The first thing that every tourist arriving in Lima
should have in mind is that the great strength of the city is in its flavors.
For this reason, it is always important to take a guided or improvised tour to
know the most emblematic restaurants and bars, for which there is a good
variety of tours that cannot be omitted.
The new generation of chefs of the country has added
unusual fusions to the almost 500
Peruvian typical dishes, and it continues surprising the world and
turned the city into the undisputed capital of Latin American gastronomy.
Going to Huaca Pucllana
Between the years 100 and 650 AD, It was developed the
current Peruvian capital culture. It was named Lima Culture, which has been
investigated in depth by a multidisciplinary team since 1981. Nowadays, it is
possible to enjoy its trail in Huaca Pucllana, an archaeological site in which
visitors can enjoy its extraordinary pyramid, as well as an exhibition hall, a
park dedicated to the flora and fauna of the place, and one of the best crafts
sales in Peru.
Visiting the Museo Larco
This museum shows 10,000 years of documented Peruvian
history. Visiting this museum is
important to understand completely the facts that has happened and which
performed the current country.
It has itinerant exhibitions of great global artistic
value, but there are also permanent exhibitions describing the history of Peru
by region.
Take a Bicycle Tour
Lately, it has become popular to take a bicycle tour
through urban areas to understand modern Lima. It is an experience that
connects the tourist with the Lima coasts and with emblematic places such as
Miraflores or the old town of Barranco, which continues progressing without
changing its essence. This tour combines art, history, architecture, beach, and
modernity.
Mario Testino Museum
This museum shows us the role of Peru in the world and
how such difficult history has not prevented the total rapprochement with the
most current of the rest of the world. Mario Testino is one of the most
important fashion photographers, and the museum that bears his name in Lima
permanently shows his most emblematic works with some of the most famous
celebrities.
National Museum of Archeology,
Anthropology and History
The interesting thing about this museum is that it shows
the different periods that Peru has lived and how these have been assimilated
by its people. The pre-Columbian, viceregal and republican periods are
portrayed in paintings, but also in tools and objects that describe how the
Peruvians adapted again and again.
In any case, this is just a little piece of the city. It
does not matter the reason, Lima has remained for more than a decade as one of
the most visited cities in Latin America. Thousands of years of history and an
indecipherable future make this city a mystery in which emerge adventures from
anywhere.