The following is a list of important sites of interest in and around the city of

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

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Beaches and waterfront

* Ancón *

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Chancay Chancay is a small city located north of Lima. Its population is 63,378. The Chancay culture was a pre-Columbian archaeological culture, later part of the Inca Empire. History It was founded in 1562 under the name of Villa de Arnedo. The ma ...

Pucusana Pucusana is a town in Central Peru, capital of the district Pucusana in the province Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of ...

* 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 A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that Preservation (library and archival science), cares for and displays a collection (artwork), collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, culture, cultu ...

(Museo de la Nación) * Gold Museum of Peru and Weapons of the World * Arts & Peruvian Popular Traditions Museum * Japanese Immigration Museum *

Larco Museum The Larco Museum (officially known as Rafael Larco Herrera Archaeological Museum, in es, Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera, links=no) is a privately owned museum of pre-Columbian art, located in the Pueblo Libre District of Lima, Peru. The ...

(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 The Walls of Lima were a fortification consisting mainly of walls and bastions whose purpose was to defend the city of Lima from exterior attacks. It was built between 1684 and 1687, during the Viceroy Melchor de Navarra y Rocafull (Duke of Pa ...

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
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Museum of Italian Art The Museum of Italian Art (Spanish: Museo de Arte italiano) is a public museum in Lima, Peru, under the administration of the National Culture Institute. It's the only European arts museum in Peru. History The Museum of Italian Art was the gift f ...

Museum of Natural History, Lima The Natural History Museum (Museo de Historia Natural) in Lima, is Peru's most important museum of natural history. It was established in 1918 and belongs to the National University of San Marcos. History The museum was founded in 1918 by the Fa ...

(Museo de Historia Natural) * Presbítero Maestro cemetery * Ricardo Palma House-Museum * Museum of the Inquisitionbr>Museo de la Inquisicion
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Real Felipe Fortress The Real Felipe Fortress was built to defend the main Peruvian port and the city of Lima from pirates and corsairs during colonial times. The fortress was pivotal in the 1866 naval battle between a Spanish fleet sent to South America to "reclaim" ...

* Nicolini Auto Museum, La Molin
(Museo de Autos Nicolini)
''Full List of Museums of Lima:'' Museos de Lima

Shopping centres

* Plaza Norte, Independencia (The biggest) * Real Plaza Puruchuco,

Ate Ate or ATE may refer to: Organizations * Active Training and Education Trust, a not-for-profit organization providing "Superweeks", holidays for children in the United Kingdom * Association of Technical Employees, a trade union, now called the Nat ...

Plaza San Miguel 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. ...

, San Miguel (The oldest) * Jockey Plaza,

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, Mirafl ...

(The most visited and 2nd biggest) * Larcomar, 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 Lim ...

* Mall del Sur,

* Open Plaza La Marina, San Miguel * Plaza Lima Sur, Chorrillos * Primavera Park Plaza, San Borja * Real Plaza Centro Civico,

* Real Plaza Salaverry, Jesús María * Real Plaza Santa Clara,

* 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 Located principally in the city centre or Cercado de Lima and Rímac areas, the Historic Centre of Lima is among the most important tourist destinations in Peru. Foundation The city of Lima, the capital of Peru, was founded by Francisco P ...

* 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 * 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 * Segura Theater *

Torre Tagle Palace The Palacio de Torre Tagle is a building built during the colonial era of Peru that currently serves as the main headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru. It is located in the Jirón Ucayali in the historic center of Lima, two blo ...

* Plaza de toros de Acho * 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 Pucllana or Huaca Juliana (possibly from Quechua ''wak'a'' a local shrine to a protector deity, a sacred place, sacred, ''pukllana'' game) is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, buil ...

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 El Frontón is a deserted island and former penal colony off the coast of Callao, Peru. Geography Dry, deserted and without vegetation, it is located 7 km from the coast, to the west of La Punta District and to the southeast of San Lorenzo Islan ...

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 Pachacámac ( qu, Pachakamaq) is an archaeological site southeast of Lima, Peru in the Valley of the Lurín River. The site was first settled around A.D. 200 and was named after the "Earth Maker" creator god Pacha Kamaq. The site flourished f ...

Amusement parks

* Park of the Exposition,

Park of the Reserve The Parque de la Reserva (English: ''Park of the Reserve'') is a park located in downtown Lima, in Peru. Built in an irregular shape, it is located between two of the city's principal streets, the Paseo de la Republica expressway and Arequipa Aven ...

(Largest Fountain Complex in the World),

* 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 Lurigancho-Chosica is a district of Lima Province, Peru, located in the valley of the Rímac River which it shares with neighboring Chaclacayo and Ate districts. It was created on January 2, 1857. Its capital is the town of Chosica. The district h ...

* Alameda de los Descalzos,

Rimac The Recreation, Intramural, and Athletic Complex (RIMAC, ) is a sports complex at the University of California San Diego comprising an arena, a weight room and various other event and athletic facilities. It is one of the largest college athleti ...

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 ...

* Kennedy Park, Miraflores *

Love Park LOVE Park, officially known as John F. Kennedy Plaza, is a public park located in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The park is nicknamed LOVE Park for its reproduction of Robert Indiana's 1970 ''LOVE'' sculpture which overlooks the pla ...

, 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 ''Barranco'' (), which is Spanish for "ravine", may refer to: Places * Barranco, Belize, a village in Toledo District, Belize * Barranco, Spain, a village south of Jijona, Alicante, Spain *Barranco District, Peru *Barranco de Loba, Colombia Perso ...

, VIDENA, San Luis *

, Miraflores * Pantanos de Villa, Chorrillos

Zoos

* Centro Ecológico Recreacional de Huachipa,

Parque de las Leyendas Parque de las Leyendas is a zoo in the San Miguel district of Lima, Peru. The zoo contain 215 species of mammals, reptiles and birds, with a total of 2071 animals. References External links * Zoo A zoo (short for zoological garden; als ...

, 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 * Bridge of Sighs, ''Puente de los Suspiros''

Barranco District Barranco is one of 43 districts in Lima, Peru. Its current mayor is José Juan Rodríguez Cárdenas. The district is considered to be the city's most romantic and bohemian, being the home and working place of many of Peru's leading artists, music ...

* Grand National Theatre of Peru
Free Walking Tour of Lima

References

* Lima sites of interest Lima Metropolitan area Lima-related lists