Welcome to LI MFilled with opportunities 2 Begin your tour here... Lima 360° Gastronomic Lima Lima, from the The table where 04 Andes to the 14 it all comes world together History Gastronomy guide An ancient The taste of Lima 06 city 16 Map Showcase 08 Historic A crucible of center 18 products Cultural Callao 10 industries 20 The historic All the arts port Adventure Tours Outdoor Lima itinerary 12 Lima 22 Schedule 24 Lima calendar A city that looks out over the Pacific Ocean from a natural balcony, home to nearly 10 million people with countless stories, immigrants from a thousand different places. A city with a past and future, with innovators and entrepreneurs, with art, handcrafts, and industry. A city that tastes delicious and knows how to celebrate life. Lima, a city filled with opportunities. 04 Jorge Chávez Internacional Lima 360º Airport Principal Port: El Callao Lima, from the Andes to the world Located on the central coast of South America, Lima brings together the variety and complexity of an entire country in a single vibrant and captivating metropolis. It is the only city that looks out over the sea yet begins in the Andes. 5000 years of history Spanish 0-5000 meters 19.4º founding: meters average 18 January 1535 9 886 647 154 Lima has inhabitants average elevation temperature (INEI, 2015) nd 2 Highest ranked in Latin America (2016) 18 848 207 passengers 176 865 aircraft Every Lima Politically, Lima 27 refers to a region, a airlines province, a city: Metropolitan + Info: lima-airport.com Lima, and a district. Greater Lima includes 43 districts (divided into Lima North, South, East, Central). A multicultural city Throughout its history Lima has been spurred on by migration from around the world and from other regions of the country. One could say that many bloodlines course her veins. Multiculturalism is her principal capital. Lima is home to the Km² largest Chinese population 2672.3 and the second largest is the total area of nikkei community in Metropolitan Lima Latin America. 06 History An ancient city Caral, the continent’s oldest civilization, arose 5000 years ago. Since that time, different Pre-Inca cultures have occupied the land that is today Lima. With the arrival of the Incas and later the Spaniards, the landscape became speckled with the huacas, churches, and monuments that today make up the historical patchwork that is our capital city. The huaca trail Pachacamac (AD 200) Gral. Borgoño 8th block, Jirón Carabaya (on the Modern buildings Was the most important Miraflores Main Square), Lima side-by-side with more than archaeological site on the Wed-Mon 9am-5pm Mon-Fri 9am-5pm | Sat 300 archaeological sites. central coast. 10am-1pm | Sun 1pm-5pm Be sure to visit these three: Old Panamericana The churches trail San Francisco Church and A tour on foot of the city’s Highway (South) Convent (1672) three most important Huallamarca (200 BC) Lurín (km 31.5) Its catacombs hold the churches. This archaeological Tues-Sat 9am-4:30pm | remains of more than 25 monument has the shape of Sun 9am-3:30pm thousand people. a truncated pyramid and Lima Cathedral (1535) houses more than 70 Pucllana (AD 400 to 700) The city’s principal church, Jirón Lampa, intersection funeral bundles. Constructed by the Lima it houses the Lima Museum with Jirón Áncash culture, this is the most of Religious Art. Mon-Sun 7am-12pm | Av. Nicolás de Ribera 201, visited huaca inside 4pm-8pm San Isidro the city. Tues-Sun 9am-5pm Museum of the Santo Larco Museum Audio guides Domingo Convent (1535) It presents an exceptional The museum holds the outlook of Pre-Columbian for the historic remains of San Martín de Peru and the museum also center Porres and Santa Rosa has an excellent Tour Lima’s historic center de Lima café-restaurant. using this series of seven audio guides: churches Jirón Conde de Superunda Av. Bolívar 1515. monuments, parks, con Jirón Camaná Pueblo Libre museums, balconies as if Mon-Sun 9.30am-6pm Mon-Sun 9am-10pm the city were telling its (01) 461 1312 own story. Lima through its museums Pedro de Osma Museum A tour of Lima’s 14 centuries of South most visited museums. Andean art presented in a splendid mansion in The National Museum Barranco, a fine example of Archaeology, of national heritage. Anthropology and History of Peru Av. Pedro de Osma 421, Caral, the cradle Of the most visited, this Barranco of the Americas museum is indispensable Tues-Sun 10am-6pm The oldest civilization on on the history trail. (01) 467 0063 the continent was founded in the Supe valley (to north Plaza Bolívar s/n, of Lima) 5000 years ago. Pueblo Libre Archaeological Its seven pyramids and Mon-Sat 8.45am-5pm | circular plazas cover 68 Sun and Public Holidays sites can be found hectares. 8.45am-4pm all over Lima (01) 321 5630 Amano Pre-Columbian LUM – Place of Textile Museum Memory, Tolerance, and This museum houses one of Social Inclusion the most interesting This museum is dedicated private collections in Lima. to the years of conflict during final decades of the Lima’s huacas Retiro St. 160, Miraflores 20th century. Download the map of Mon-Sun 10am-5pm Lima’s huacas containing all (01) 441 2909 Bajada San Martín 151, the information about the archaeological sites that can Miraflores. be visited in the city. Tues-Sun 10am-6pm (01) 719 2065 JR. SANCHO DE RIVERA 08 JR. TAYACAJA Map AV. EMANCIPACIÓN JR. MOQUEGUA Historic center AV. NICOLÁS DE PIÉROLA A World Heritage Site, the historic center of Lima houses, in a relatively small area, JR. INCLÁN dozens of attractions that have been witness to the city’s past: churches, convents, AV. EMANCIPACIÓN JR. QUILCA museums, and restaurants that simply must be seen. Enough for an entire day. JR. DÁVALOS JR. CAMANÁ JR. WASHINGTON JR. Main Square JR. DE LA UNIÓN JR. DE LA UNIÓN JR. HUALLAGA Muralla JR. JUNÍN Park Churches VEGA LA DE GARCILASO INCA AV. 1. Lima Basilica Cathedral Public spaces JR. ÁNCASH 2. San Francisco Church and JR. DE LA UNIÓN Historic center parks corridor Convent Consisting of the Juana Alarco de 3. Church of Las Nazarenas and JR. APURÍMAC Dammert, Exposition, and Reserve JR. AZÁNGARO Señor de los Milagros Sanctuary JR. CUSCO parks, this green corridor is home to JR. ÁNCASH the Museum of Italian Art, the Lima Art Museums Museum, and the Magical Water Circuit. AV. ESPAÑA 4. Museum of Italian Art It is located between blocks 1 and 8 of SánchezLuis Park Alberto 5. Municipal Theater Museum WASHINGTON JR. the Vía Expresa. AV. PARAGUAY 6. Lima Art Museum – MALI JR. APURÍMAC Universitario Barrio Chino Park JR. CUSCO Gallery This is Lima’s Chinatown, an area JR. AZÁNGARO in the historic center that Includes ESTACIÓN 7. Pancho Fierro Municipal Gallery BLANCO GUZMÁN AV. CENTRAL JuanaDammert Alarco de Park dozens of businesses and restaurants JR. COTABAMBAS inspired by the orient. The Central JR. SANDIA Cultural Centers WASHINGTON JR. JR. LETICIA Market is also nearby. Capón street AV. NICOLÁS DE PIÉROLA 8. House of Peruvian Literature is located in Jr. Ucayali (between Jr. JR. INAMBARI JR. SANTA ROSA (EX JR. MIRÓ QUESADA) 9. San Marcos Cultural Center Andahuaylas and Jr. Paruro). JR. CUSCO O B R E R O JR. ANTONIO BAZO ANTONIO JR. JR. GAMARRA JR. JR. SANCHO DE RIVERA JR. TAYACAJA AV. EMANCIPACIÓN JR. MOQUEGUA W N 3 E S AV. NICOLÁS DE PIÉROLA JR. INCLÁN AV. EMANCIPACIÓN 5 JR. QUILCA JR. DÁVALOS 7 JR. CAMANÁ JR. WASHINGTON JR. 8 Main Square JR. DE LA UNIÓN JR. DE LA UNIÓN JR. HUALLAGA1 Muralla JR. JUNÍN Park AV. INCA GARCILASO DE LA VEGA LA DE GARCILASO INCA AV. JR. ÁNCASH 2 JR. DE LA UNIÓN JR. APURÍMAC JR. AZÁNGARO JR. CUSCO JR. ÁNCASH AV. ESPAÑA SánchezLuis Park Alberto AV. PARAGUAY WASHINGTON JR. 9 JR. APURÍMAC Universitario Park JR. CUSCO JR. AZÁNGARO ESTACIÓN AV. GUZMÁN BLANCO GUZMÁN AV. 4 CENTRAL JuanaDammert Alarco de Park JR. COTABAMBAS 6 JR. SANDIA JR. WASHINGTON JR. JR. LETICIA AV. NICOLÁS DE PIÉROLA JR. INAMBARI JR. SANTA ROSA (EX JR. MIRÓ QUESADA) JR. CUSCO O B R E R O JR. ANTONIO BAZO ANTONIO JR. JR. GAMARRA JR. 10 Cultural industries All the arts All of the country’s artistic and cultural expressions converge in Lima. Museums, galleries, theaters and cultural centers all host Peruvian art’s past and present. Museums MATE Fórum Wu Galería The spaces where Peruvian Av. Pedro de Osma 409, Barranco Av. Larco 1150, Miraflores Paseo Sáenz Peña 129, Barranco art is son full display. Tues-Sun 10am-7pm Mon-Fri 10am-8:30pm | Mon-Fri 10:30am-7pm | (01) 200 5400 Sat 11am-2pm / 4pm-8 pm Sat: 3pm-7pm Museum of Italian Art (01) 446 1313 (01) 247 4685 Av. Paseo de la República MAC - Museum of 250, Lima Historic Center Contemporary Art Lucía de la Puente Pancho Fierro Municipal Tues-Sun 10am-4:30pm Av. Miguel Grau 1511, Barranco Paseo Sáenz Peña 206, Gallery (01) 321 5622 Tues-Sun 10am-6pm Barranco Santa Rosa Passage 114, Lima (01) 514 6800 Mon-Fri 11am-7pm | Tues-Sun 10am-8pm Municipal Theater Museum Sat 3pm-7pm (01) 632 1543 Jirón Huancavelica 338, Art galleries (01) 477 9740 Lima Historic Center Venues for young people Theaters Mon-Fri: 10am-1pm / and well-known Revolver Stages to enjoy Peruvian Av. El Bosque 291, San Isidro 2pm-6pm contemporary artists talent at its best. (01) 632-1300 ext. 1779 Tues-Sat 11am-8pm (01) 608 0884 Enlace - Gran Teatro Nacional MALI - Lima Museum of Art Contemporary Art Av.