Day 2
Lima Unveiled: A Journey through the City of Kings
Begin your Lima journey at Plaza San Martín, a grand early 20th-century square in the heart of the city, lively with monuments, artisans, and street performances. Continue to the Palacio de Gobierno del Perú in Plaza Mayor, the official residence of the President, featuring French-inspired neo-baroque architecture. Nearby, the Cathedral of Lima captivates with its 15 decorative chapels, vaulted ceilings, marble floors, and ornate wooden balconies.
Visit the Church of San Francisco, a late 17th-century baroque masterpiece with gilded altars, a historic monastery, and fascinating catacombs beneath. Enjoy a stroll through El Olivar de San Isidro Park, home to a 16th-century olive forest, a museum, a library, and tranquil natural surroundings. Explore Miraflores, a trendy district famous for its beaches, gardens, parks, and the scenic Malecon cliffside promenade. Conclude your day with a Cocktail Class at Hotel B, learning to craft the hotel’s signature Peruvian and Mediterranean drinks, all perfectly paired.
Enjoy a full day discovering Lima, the ‘City of Kings,’ in an experience carefully designed with years of expertise and guided by a seasoned local expert. Once the heart of Spanish power in South America, this journey through Peru’s fascinating capital will encompass both its historic center and its modern quarters.
Your exploration of the “Centro” will take you along streets lined with handsome wooden balconies, across attractive plazas with their imposing statues, past the country’s most important civic buildings, and into religious complexes full of gold, artistic treasures and traditions.
Your knowledgeable guide will accompany you into the country’s largest Cathedral, an important cultural and religious center during colonial times, home to an expansive collection of religious paintings, sculptures and liturgical objects. You will also visit the San Francisco Monastery, known for its Baroque and Neoclassical design, richly decorated altars, impressive, carved stone façade, and extensive underground crypts — a glimpse of Colonial-era burial methods.
You will discover the elegant district of San Isidro, where you will enjoy a peaceful stroll through El Olivar Park, a quiet green space with centuries-old olive trees, a contrast with the city’s vibrant pace. This place, once part of a colonial-era olive grove, is now a favorite among locals.
Your Lima discovery includes the charming district of Miraflores, with its ocean breezes, blooming gardens, welcoming parks, and artistic flair, the ideal neighborhood to stroll and explore with your local connoisseur to guide you.
Make a stop at Larco Herrera Museum, for an excellent overview of Peru’s ancient past as it holds the best private collection of pre-Columbian art in the country. You will get have the chance to tour through this old Hacienda House in the Pueblo Libre district, which was built upon a pre-Incan sacred site (huaca), housing the private collection of a great Peruvian scholar: Don Rafael Larco Hoyle.
The Larco Herrera Museum is one of the few museums in the world that allows such intimate access to its deposits, in this case around 45,000 pieces. Another attraction of the museum and of great interest to visitors is the exhibition of erotic pre-Colombian art.
Enjoy a delicious lunch at the Larco Museum restaurant, featuring the best of Peruvian and International cuisine, in a cozy and welcoming atmosphere surrounded by gardens.
After the day’s experience, you will be transferred back to your hotel.
Expert Tips
- Depending on the day of the week of your tour, the visit to the Cathedral will be changed for the Santo Domingo Convent. Known as an artistic jewel in the heart of the city, this convent captivates its visitors with its Colonial, Gothic and Baroque architecture, sacred relics, and centuries of Dominican tradition.
Hotel:
Innside Lima Miraflores, Lima
