Overview
Most travellers fly in and rush out — a mistake. Lima sprawls along dramatic ocean cliffs and hides two of the world’s 50 best restaurants, a beautiful colonial centre and the bohemian streets of Barranco. The clifftop Miraflores district is a safe, walkable base with paragliders drifting over the Pacific.
Top things to do
Malecón of Miraflores
A clifftop park promenade running for kilometres above the Pacific, with paragliders launching overhead.
Barranco
Lima’s artsy quarter — colourful mansions, the Bridge of Sighs, street art and the best bars.
Plaza Mayor & colonial centre
The UNESCO historic core of balconied palaces, catacombs and the grand cathedral.
Eat your way through the city
From cevicherías to world-ranked tasting menus, Lima is the reason food-lovers come to Peru — book the big tables ahead.
Paraglide the coastline
Tandem flights launch right from the Miraflores cliffs over the ocean and the city.
Barranco food & art walk
A guided evening through the galleries, pisco bars and anticucho carts of the bohemian district.
2-day sample itinerary
- 1
Miraflores & the coast
Walk the malecón, lunch on ceviche, sunset over the Pacific.
- 2
Centre & Barranco
Colonial centre by day, Barranco bars and dinner by night.