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City Tour in Lima |
The exact starting time of the tour depends
upon the agreement between the guide and the passenger (tourist).
The passenger will be picked up at a place he/she indicates
(but it’s understood that it has to be from the districts
of Miraflores, San Isidro or the adjacent areas). Afterwards
this tour is considered “PRIVATE”, which means
it can be adapted to accommodate the client’s needs. |
| Itinerary of the tour: |
| We begin to show the modern part of Lima,
San Isidro, the Oliva Park and the gulf area. Then we drive
through Miraflores, where we’ll see “HUACA PUCLLANA”,
the central park of Miraflores, the city hall, church and
the neighborhood. Later on we’ll walk around “the
park of love” on the beach, see the “Malecon
Armendariz”, pass along the “Larco Sea”
and, go down to the beaches, from where we can admire the
restaurant “La Rosa Nautica”. We continue along
the beaches of Barranco and Chorrillos and go up to “Morro
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There we’ll see the tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
the solar planetarium, Lima’s observatory and the
cross, besides enjoying a beautiful view of Lima’s
beaches. From there we’ll drive down along the “Herradura”
and on the way back pass through the district of Barranco
where you can see the “Bridge of Sighs”.
Afterwards we are going to head for the “Historical
center of Lima”. |
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Main Square |
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Here we can admire “the great park of Lima”,
the Museum of National Art, the “Grau square”,
the Museum of Italian Art, the Palace of Justice, the Sheraton
Hotel, the tower of Lima, the San Martin Square, the Hotel
Bolivar and finally arrive at the “Main Square”
where we’ll take a walk looking at some important
building, such as the OSAMBLEA house, Aliaga, the Palace
of TORRE – TAGLE, the Archbishop Palace and Government
Palace (where you may be able to watch the changing of the
guards, depending on the time).
We’ll also see the large central post office, then
the cathedral of Lima, where we’ll visit it’s
religious Art Museum and, finally the catacombs in the church
of San Francisco. |
This tour lasts approximately 3.5 to 4 hours.
This city tour includes: |
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Visit to the "Larco" Museum |
| We will up the tourist at the location he/she chooses
and drive to the “Larco” Museum at the “Pueblo
Libre”, n: 1515 Bolivar Street. This privately-owned
museum, which contains the most famous and complete collection
of approximately 45000 pieces of ceramics. Almost 70% of
those pertain to the MOCHICA culture which undoubtedly is
the most developed in that craft and well known for their
“Huacos Portraits” and their “Huacos Eroticos”
sculptures. |
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Larco Museum |
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This museum also displays different collections, such
as textiles, metal objects and a small rock (stone) collection.
But, of course, the most important is the ceramic one, which
actually can be an explanation and a guide through the history
of Peru from 8000 B.C until the arrival of the Spaniards.
After the visit at the museum we’ll drive our guests
back to the original pick-up location. |
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Full Day Lima Combined Tours |
We’ll combined the City Tour of
Lima with a visit to the “LARCO”
museum or a visit to the “Oracle of Pachacamac”.
This combined tour will last approximately 6-7 hours and could
include lunch at a price of a tourists menu, in accordance
with the tourist’s preference. In other words, the tourist
chooses if he/she wants the lunch included or not.
The itinerary (and detailed description) of the city tour
of Lima, of the visit to the “LARCO” museum and
to Pachacamac has been previously shown and explained. |
Tour package includes:
- Private transportation
- Admission to the museums we visit
- Bilingual guide (English/Spanish)
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Tour to Pachacamac |
We will pick up the tourist at hotel or the desired location
and drive to the “Oracle of Pachacamac”, located
32 km. south of Lima and about 25 min. from Miraflores.
On the way to Pachacamac we’ll proceed through the districts
of Barranco and Chorrillos, where we’ll see the Ecological
Park, which, as the marshes (or swamps) of villa is a place
where one can watch different birds migrating from place to
place. In this archeological site we’ll see different
temples built during four cultural epochs: Lima, Wari, Ischmay
and finally the epoch of the Inka culture. |
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Pachacamac |
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There ere various temples with ramps. We’ll visit
one of those.
There is also a north-South Street and a east-West Street
which divide the Oracle into four parts. Later we’ll
see the Palace of Tauri Chumbi, the last Inka administrator
and, we’ll, of course, see “the painted temple”
or the temple of Pachacamac, the temple of the sun and the
temple of the Moon, where we’ll be able to take a nice
walk. And finally we’ll visit the Museum of this place
where they display the “Idol of Pachacamac and some
artifacts excavated on that site.
This concludes our tour. After finalizing it we’ll return
each tourist (guest) to the original pick-up location.
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Pachacamac |
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| Our tour includes: |
- Private transportation
- Entrance admission to Pachacamac
- Bilingual guide (English/Spanish)
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