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Information about Lima

ONE OF THE BEST CUISINE IN THE WORLD

In Lima everything is in endless movement, and even the past is constantly being rediscovered. Lima offers an extraordinary range of emotions, sensations, colors and flavors: travelers can visit the city’s impressive cathedral, fly over the ocean, enjoy a photogenic sunset, or delight an unmatched cuisine.

Lima is a place of converging trends, created by its people and their living culture, where you will find every corner of Peru represented. One visit to Lima can never be enough. Lima, filled with colonial-era riches, is the only capital in South America that faces the sea, and it is hailed as the gastronomic capital of Latin America. With modern neighborhoods like Miraflores, San Isidro and Barranco, they are the perfect places to stay in, although Miraflores is becoming the most touristy area especially because of all of the stores, restaurants and its beautiful boardwalk area.

Lima is love at first sight. Not only because, it is the only South American capital built on the Pacific coast, but also because of its long and noble history.

The history of Lima can be traced back to long before its foundation by the Spanish in 1535. Evidence has survived in the form of huacas, truncated mud brick pyramids that now stand among modern buildings.

Right in the heart of Miraflores and San Isidro, respectively, stand the imposing Huaca Pucllana and Huaca Huallamarca, which were built to serve as ceremonial and funerary centers by the ancient Lima culture. They were constructed from small adobe bricks and straw, and the remains of tombs, pottery and mummies have been excavated.

To wander through its historic center, a World Heritage Site, is to commune with both the past and the present. Its beautiful squares and monuments; its imposing mansion houses with their colonial and republican balconies; its many churches filled with priceless works of art; and its restaurants and bars offering countless traditional experiences and flavors, are just some of the options that can be enjoyed on foot.

Lima has on of the oldest ancient archaeological sites in the world, it is «Caral», the origin of Andean culture. More than five thousand years old, Caral developed at the same time as other great cultures in Mesopotamia, Egypt and China.
This sacred city is situated in the middle of the Supe Valley, amid fertile lands close to the sea, and was inhabited by skilled fishermen, farmers and expert seafarers. Among its many mud brick structures and circular plazas, six main pyramids once stood.

Now a World Heritage Site, Caral was an imposing urban center, and its farming techniques and sustainable practices remain a reference point to this day.

It is a city you should not miss!

ALTITUDE:

450 feet above sea level

CLIMATE:

Min. 45 °F/Max. 100 °F