Peruvian Adventure -Lima
Cuzco
Paracas Marine Reserve Opening
Page Amazon Jungle
Nazca Lines
George Priola and Gloria Pajuelo at
the Presidential Palace in Lima
Any tour to Peru starts in the capitol city of Lima. A city built by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizarro on the banks of the Rimac River along the Pacific coast. Lima is a sprawling, dusty city of Spanish style architecture. It holds an abundance of churches, cathedrals. Lima has brilliant sunshine from December to May, when humidity goes up to 70 percent. The year-round temperature is characterized by a spring-like mildness. Taxi's average $2 soles a ride ( sole= 3.50 for $1.00 $US 11/2004). The average fare from the airport into Lima is $15.00
Bed & Breakfast Lima, Peru
Alfredo
Salazar 345, Miraflores, Lima 18, PERU
FAX/Phone: 51-1-422 7724
Listed below are
some good places to visit while in Lima. Be careful in the city center
at night.
Many thieves survive on the tourist trade .....
The Museo Nacional de
Antropologica y Arqueologica
This museum houses the nation's most extensive
collection of pre-Columbian artifacts, and the museum maintains an
outstanding international reputation for its curatorial and
presentational accomplishment. Ceramics, granite obelisks, and
textiles of the various pre-Columbian cultures--including the
Nazca--are displayed here, offering visitors an unmatched introduction
to the great civilizations that flourished in Peru thousands of years
ago.
Historical
Center
Historical attractions abound in Lima. There is the
City Center, with its
impressive colonial architecture; the Main Square, the Cathedral, the
Government Palace, the Municipal Theater, the "Desamparados"
Train Station and the old streets with their vice royal mansions and
moorish-style balconies.
The Museo de Oro
The "Gold Museum" is private museum, wholly
devoted to displaying the legendary treasures of Peru's ancient,
pre-Columbian civilizations. Its collection includes pieces from the
fabulous golden treasure of the Incas. Most Taxi drivers know where it is
The Indio Market (Mercado Indio)
Located between 6th and 10th on Avenida La Marina, this
colorful market specializes in crafts. Shoppers can bargain for fine
woolen clothing, carved wood, tooled leather cushions, stools, silver
jewelry, and other curios.
Parque Las Leyendas
At this zoo designed to showcase Peruvian wildlife,
visitors can discover the flora and fauna of Peru's three distinct
habitats: the Costa (the coast), the Sierra, and the Selva (jungle).
The
Church of San Francisco
One of the most remarkable of Spanish colonial
buildings. Its extraordinary, intricately geometric decoration is one
of the few examples in the Americas of the mudejar, or Andalusian
Moorish, design. The adjoining monastery's immense collection of
antique books, and the vast catacombs beneath the church's grounds,
discovered in 1951.
Petit Thouars Handicraft Market
Textiles, handmade wool sweaters, ceramics, silver and
gold jewelry, bamboo quenas, traditional outfits, alpaca carpets are
be bought and admired here. It is located in Miraflores, on Petit
Thouars Avenue. Beware of knock-offs, and people trying to sell you historical
artifacts, of course they are not real...... and should they be, It is illegal
to take them out of Peru. You will be arrested at the airport.
Bullfighting
Bullfighting in Lima is Spanish-style, meaning that the
bull is killed in the end. The arena at the Plaza de Ancho in Rimac,
the oldest in the Americas, serves as the stage for this unforgettable
spectacle, which takes place during the brief bullfighting season in
late October and November. I wouldn't go to the Bullfight, but enjoy
it if you like.........
