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Monograms provides travelers access to a Local Host, so you will have someone on hand to answer those vacation questions pertaining to Lima. No waiting in line at the concierge desk or trying to ask your waitress at breakfast directions to the shopping district. Simply ask your Local Host about Lima and you'll be on your way in no time. Plus, your Local Host will share local Lima insights and share suggestions for getting off the beaten path, leaving you more time to create lasting vacation memories that are yours alone.
Rafael Larco Herrera Museum
The world’s largest collection of pre-Columbian art is housed in this museum. Marvel at the 45,000 pieces of ceramics, textiles, and jewelry from the Moche Dynasty.
Casa Hacienda Moreyra
The setting here is as delightful as the Peruvian cuisine. Dine in a 350-year-old colonial mansion adorned with paintings on loan from the Institute of Culture.
T’anta
For a bite on the run, this gourmet market is the place. Grab a salad or sandwich to go—or, if you have the time, linger over a passion fruit tart in the café.
Canta Rana
Peru is famous for its ceviche, a seafood dish marinated in citrus juices and served with roasted corn and onions. Canta Rana serves some of the best in Lima.
Killari
For handicrafts made in Peru, this shop in Miraflores offers a unique collection of weavings, ceramics, and silver.
La Posada del Mirador
Peru’s most famous cocktail is the Pisco Sour, made from pisco, a regional grape brandy. You can enjoy one on the garden patio of this watering hole in the Barranco neighborhood. Occupying an old house overlooking the ocean, the setting is as great as the drink.
Barrio Chino
This neighborhood in Lima is home to South America’s largest Chinese community. Visit any number of neighborhood chifas for Chinese cuisine with a Peruvian twist.
Caballero de Fina Estampa
You can’t visit Lima without seeing at least one peña, a show at a criollo music club with inspiring vocal and dance performances. This criollo club, named after a famous Peruvian song, offers a terrific show.
Miraflores Jogging Path
It’s difficult to maintain your exercise routine on vacation. It’s even more difficult in a traffic-heavy city like Lima. The biking and jogging paths along the malecón in Miraflores offer a great way to get some exercise and see the city at the same time.
Country Club Lima Hotel
Experience the grandeur of this 1927 hacienda-style hotel. Enjoy afternoon tea under the light of elegant chandeliers as a pianist provides enjoyable background music.
Museo de la Nacion (National Museum)
The most important aspects in the development of ancient Peru are exhibited in this museum’s impressive halls. Exhibits include replicas of archaeological sites, engravings and dioramas, and an extensive collection of ancient items.
Pachacamac Pilgrimage Center
Built around 700 AD as a temple for the worship of sun god Pachacamac, it housed an oracle believed to be one of the main pilgrimage centers in pre-Columbian Peru and on a par with Cusco. Pilgrims flocked here to worship Pachacamac, the “creator of the world and its creatures.” The site includes palaces, plazas, and temples that have been painstakingly restored, and the on-site museum has a collection of local relics.
Barranco
Every major city has its bohemian district of artists and musicians—for Lima, this district is Barranco, which is also a fashionable beach resort. Originally a playground and place to spend the summer for Lima’s old aristocracy, the district is a cluster of houses, shops, and restaurants in and around a ravine near a cliff overlooking the beach. In Barranco, it is relatively easy to find a place to sip a coffee or a beer while enjoying a fine view over the ocean.
Islas Palomino
Enjoy an excursion to the islands of Callao, where you will encounter the yachts, warships, and merchant ships at anchor in Callao Bay, and will then sail into the open sea among sunken and stranded ships. Pass the Isle of San Lorenzo, with its long history going back to pre-Columbian times. Along the way you’ll see fishing boats at work and colonies of sea birds and Humboldt penguins. Stop at Palomino Island, where you can swim among seals and sea lions, before the scenic voyage back through impressively shaped islets and rocks.
Hacienda Mamacona
Not more than 25 km south of Peru’s capital city of Lima is a little-known hacienda where you can experience nature on the coast, ancestral customs, links with the Inca past, and the incomparable Peruvian paso horse (Tuesdays only).
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