The following is a list of important sites of interest in and around the city of Lima, Peru.

Beaches and waterfront

* Ancón * Asia * Chancay * Pucusana * Miraflores * Los Pavos * Playa Punta Roquitas * Playa Waikiki * Playa Makaha * Playa Barranquito * Playa Redondo * Playa La Estrella * Playa Arica * Playa El Silencio *

Playa La Herradura Playa (plural playas) may refer to: Landforms * Endorheic basin, also known as a sink, alkali flat or sabkha, a desert basin with no outlet which periodically fills with water to form a temporary lake * Dry lake, often called a ''playa'' in the s ...

* Playa La Pampilla *

Playa Agua Dulce Playa (plural playas) may refer to: Landforms * Endorheic basin, also known as a sink, alkali flat or sabkha, a desert basin with no outlet which periodically fills with water to form a temporary lake * Dry lake, often called a ''playa'' in the s ...

* Playa Punta Hermosa *

Playa Santa María Playa (plural playas) may refer to: Landforms * Endorheic basin, also known as a sink, alkali flat or sabkha, a desert basin with no outlet which periodically fills with water to form a temporary lake * Dry lake, often called a ''playa'' in the s ...

* Cerro Azul *Costa Verde Highway (Green Coast Avenue)

Museums

National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru The Museo Nacional de Arqueología Antropología e Historia del Perú (English: ''National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru'') is the largest and oldest museum in Peru, located on Plaza Bolívar in the Pueblo Libre district ...

(Museo Nacional del Arqueología, Antropología, e Historia del Perú) * National Museum of Perú - MUNA * Museum of the Nation (Museo de la Nación) *

Gold Museum of Peru and Weapons of the World Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile me ...

* Arts & Peruvian Popular Traditions Museum * Japanese Immigration Museum * Larco Museum (Museo Larco) *

Lima Art Museum The Lima Art Museum (Museo de Arte de Lima) is an art museum in Lima, Peru. The museum is located in the Palacio de la Exposición. The museum was inaugurated in 1961. The collection includes ceramics and textiles. MALI is a private organization s ...

(Museo de Arte de Lima; MALI) * Walls of Lima Walls and Museum * Metropolitan Museum, Lima (Museo Metropolitano) * Miguel Grau House-Museum * Morro de Arica soldiers Museum
Mario Testino Museum, MATE
* Museo de los Descalzos (Museum of The Barefoot) * Museo Pedro de OsmaMuseo Pedro de Osma
* Museum of Italian Art * Museum of Natural History, Lima (Museo de Historia Natural) * Presbítero Maestro cemetery * Ricardo Palma House-Museum * Museum of the Inquisitionbr>Museo de la Inquisicion
* Real Felipe Fortress * Nicolini Auto Museum, La Molin
(Museo de Autos Nicolini)
''Full List of Museums of Lima:'' Museos de Lima

Shopping centres

Plaza Norte A town square (or square, plaza, public square, city square, urban square, or ''piazza'') is an open public space, commonly found in the heart of a traditional town but not necessarily a true geometric square, used for community gatherings. ...

, Independencia (The biggest) *

Real Plaza Puruchuco Real may refer to: Currencies * Brazilian real (R$) * Central American Republic real * Mexican real * Portuguese real * Spanish real * Spanish colonial real Music Albums * ''Real'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2000) * ''Real'' (Bright album) (201 ...

, Ate * Plaza San Miguel, San Miguel (The oldest) *

Jockey Plaza Jockey Plaza is a shopping center located between the University of Lima and the ''Hipódromo de Monterrico'', in the district of Santiago de Surco, Lima, Perú. Shopping center A big hall (in Spanish ''nave central'') with two levels exists b ...

Santiago de Surco Santiago de Surco, commonly known simply as Surco, is a district of Lima, Peru. It is bordered on the north with the district of Ate Vitarte and La Molina; on the east with San Juan de Miraflores, on the west with San Borja, Surquillo, Miraf ...

(The most visited and 2nd biggest) *

Larcomar The Larcomar is a shopping center in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru owned by Chilean company Parque Arauco S.A. It was opened on 27 November 1998. It is frequently visited by international tourists, as well as by locals from Miraflores and ...

, Miraflores * Camino Real Mall, San Isidro * Risso Mall, Lince * Mega Plaza Norte, Independencia * El Polo,

* Royal Plaza, Independencia * Open Plaza Angamos,

Surquillo Surquillo District is a district in Lima, Peru. The district is bordered by the districts of San Isidro and San Borja on the north; by Miraflores on the south and west; and by Santiago de Surco on the east. Due to its central position, Surquil ...

* Open Plaza Atocongo,

San Juan de Miraflores San Juan de Miraflores is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. It is located in the Cono Sur area of the city of Lima. Is one of the new towns, that have been formed by the massive numbers of people moving from other towns of Metropolitan L ...

* Mall del Sur,

* Open Plaza La Marina, San Miguel * Plaza Lima Sur, Chorrillos * Primavera Park Plaza, San Borja * Real Plaza Centro Civico, Lima * Real Plaza Salaverry, Jesús María * Real Plaza Santa Clara, Ate * Mall Aventura Plaza Santa Anita, Santa Anita * Mall Plaza Comas,

Comas A coma is a deep state of prolonged unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound, lacks a normal wake-sleep cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. Coma patients exhi ...

* Arenales Mall, Lince

Historical buildings

Historical centre of Lima * Government Palace (Peru) *

Plaza Mayor of Lima The Plaza Mayor de Lima, or Plaza de Armas de Lima, is considered one of the birthplaces of the city of Lima, as well as the core of the city. Located in the Historic Centre of Lima, it is surrounded by the Government Palace, Lima Metropolitan Ca ...

Lima Cathedral The Basilica Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima and Primate of Peru, otherwise Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the Plaza Mayor of downtown Lima, Peru. This third and current Cathedral of Lima was built between 1 ...

* Catacombs and Monastery of San Francisco, Lima * Congress of the Republic * Basilica and Convent of San Pedro * Basilica of Santo Domingo * Casona of the San Marcos University *

Desamparados Station The Desamparados station ( es, Estación de Desamparados) is a railway station in Lima, Peru. It is situated on the left margin of the Rímac River, next to the Government Palace. The station was named after the church of ''Nuestra Señora de lo ...

* Italian Arts Museum * Lima's Art Center * Lima's Mayor House * National Culture Institute * Palace of Justice * Perez Aranibar Children House * Rimac Building * Riva Aguero House *

Rosa Nautica Restaurant Rosa or De Rosa may refer to: People *Rosa (given name) * Rosa (surname) *Santa Rosa (female given name from Latin-a latinized variant of Rose) Places *223 Rosa, an asteroid *Rosa, Alabama, a town, United States * Rosa, Germany, in Thuringia, G ...

* Monastery of San Francisco * Sanctuary of Las Nazarenas *

Sanctuary of Saint Rose of Lima The Sanctuary of Saint Rose of Lima ( es, Santuario de Santa Rosa de Lima) is a sanctuary dedicated to Saint Rose of Lima (born Isabel Flores de Oliva). It is located in the remains of Oliva's house, including the well used by the family, which ...

* Segura Theater * Torre Tagle Palace *

Plaza de toros de Acho The Plaza de Toros de Acho is the premier bullring in Lima, Peru. Located beside the historical center of the Rímac District, the plaza is classified as a national historic monument. It is the oldest bullring in the Americas and the second-oldest ...

* Plaza San Martin * University Park * Naval Heroes Park * Plaza Roberto F. Lund * Alameda Chabuca Granda * Lima's City Walls Park

Pre-Columbian Sites

The city has over three thousand antiquity sites spread throughout the city. Only ten percent have received preservation or study. * Pachacamac Temple * Huaca Pucllana *

Huaca Huallamarca Huaca Huallamarca (possibly from Quechua '' wak'a'' a local god of protection, a sacred object or place / sacred, ''Walla'' a people, ''marka'' village)Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regi ...

Islands

San Lorenzo San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Lawrence of Rome, Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to: Places Argentina * San Lorenzo, Santa Fe * San Lorenzo Department, Chaco * Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...

* El Frontón *

Palomino Palomino is a genetic color in horses, consisting of a gold coat and white mane and tail; the degree of whiteness can vary from bright white to yellow. Genetically, the palomino color is created by a single allele of a dilution gene called t ...

* Pachacamac

Amusement parks

* Park of the Exposition, Lima * Park of the Reserve (Largest Fountain Complex in the World), Lima * Lima's Monterrico Hippodrome,

Campo de Marte Campo de Marte Airport is the first airport built in São Paulo, Brazil, opened in 1929. It is named after Champ de Mars, in Paris, which in turn got its name from Campus Martius, in Rome. During a transitional period, the airport is jointly o ...

, Jesús María * Granja Villa, Chorrillos * Three Tires Pool, Puente Piedra * M&M Park - Kart Circuit,

Magdalena del Mar Magdalena del Mar, commonly known simply as Magdalena, is a seaside district of the Lima Province in Peru and one of the districts that comprise the city of Lima. Its current mayor is Carlomagno Chacón Gómez. Magdalena was officially establishe ...

* Park of the Friendship,

* Reducto Nº2 Park, Miraflores * Reducto Nº5 Park,

* Huampani, Lurigancho *

Alameda de los Descalzos An alameda is a street or path lined with trees () and may refer to: Places Canada *Alameda, Saskatchewan, town in Saskatchewan **Grant Devine Dam, formerly ''Alameda Dam'', a dam and reservoir in southern Saskatchewan Chile * Alameda (Santiag ...

, Rimac *

Paseo de Aguas The Paseo de Aguas is a promenade located in Jirón Madera of Rímac District, Lima, Peru. It was built between 1770 and 1776 by List of viceroys of Peru, Viceroy Manuel de Amat y Juniet. Located nearby are the Alameda de los Descalzos and the Pl ...

, Rimac * Kennedy Park, Miraflores * Love Park, Miraflores *

Sports Center ''SportsCenter'' (SC) is a daily sports news television program that serves as the flagship program and brand of American cable and satellite television network ESPN. The show covers various sports teams and athletes from around the world and o ...

, Barranco *

VIDENA ''Videna'' is a genus of terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Videna H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marines ...

San Luis San Luis (Spanish for "Saint Louis") may refer to: Places Argentina * San Luis Province * San Luis, Argentina, capital of San Luis Province Belize * San Luis, Belize, in Orange Walk District Colombia * San Luis, Antioquia, a town and municipality ...

, Miraflores * Pantanos de Villa, Chorrillos

Zoos

* Centro Ecológico Recreacional de Huachipa, Ate * Parque de las Leyendas, San Miguel

Other places

Chinatown, Lima Barrio chino () is a neighborhood in Lima, Peru that is centered on two blocks – 7 and 8 – of Jirón Ucayali (Ucayali Street) in downtown. The neighborhood was founded in the mid-19th century by Chinese immigrants, but it was heavily damaged i ...

* Jirón de la Union *

Larco Avenue Larco Avenue ( es, Avenida Larco) is a major avenue in the district of Miraflores, an affluent district in Lima, Peru. It originates at the Óvalo de Miraflores, a roundabout in the center of the district, and runs south, towards Avenida Armend ...

* Bridge of Sighs, ''Puente de los Suspiros'' Barranco District * Grand National Theatre of Peru
Free Walking Tour of Lima