City Tour Lima
Best Sellers
154 m.s.n.m.
Culture, history, city
Easy
Group tour
English & Spanish
4 hours
Huaca Pucllana, Historic Center of Lima, Plaza San Martín, Plaza de Armas, Government Palace, City Hall Building, Archbishop's Palace, Lima Cathedral, San Francisco Museum, Olivar Park, Larcomar and Love Park










You will begin your City tour in Lima with a panoramic visit of the "Huaca Pucllana Pyramid", the ancient administrative and religious center of the Lima culture, which was established on the central coast in the first years after Christ.
Then we will take you through the city to the Historic Center of Lima, full of impressive colonial and republican architecture. True works of art. Here you will be able to appreciate more than fifty monuments and buildings of the City of Kings, among which the Plaza San Martín, Plaza de Armas, Government Palace, City Hall Building, Archbishop's Palace, and Cathedral stand out, among others.
You will visit the San Francisco Museum, a sample of colonial religious art in America. Its main attraction is the visit to its underground crypts known as: "Las Catacombas", the oldest crypts in South America.
Finally, we will go to the Contemporary Zone of Lima where you will appreciate the main buildings and residential areas of Lima, the beautiful Olivar de San Isidro park, the streets and the boardwalk of Miraflores, Larcomar, and the Parque del Amor facing the sea.
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Why to book this tour with What a Trip?
• We pick you up from the hotel.
• A bilingual professional guide will accompany you along the route.
• You will know the ancestral, colonial and modern Lima.
• You will visit the famous catacombs of Lima.
• You will get to know the most exclusive residential areas of the city.
• You will travel on clean and comfortable transportation.
• Entrance ticket to the convent of San Francisco included.
• We pick you up at the hotel lobby.
• You meet the bilingual guide who will accompany you on this city tour in Lima.
• We begin by visiting the Huaca Pucllana Pyramid.
• We go by private bus to the historic center, going through different neighborhoods of the city.
• We explore the Center of Lima and we know its constructions and architecture.
• We visit the oldest Catacombs in South America at the San Francisco Museum.
• We headed on the bus to the contemporary area of Lima.
• We walked through the El Olivar de San Isidro park, one of the most beautiful in Lima.
• We visit the streets and the boardwalk of Miraflores, we know Larcomar and we will arrive at the Parque del Amor with views of the sea.
• We return you by private bus to the hotel.
• Bilingual guide.
• Clean and comfortable transportation.
• Entrance ticket to the convent of San Francisco included.
Food and beverages.
• Tips.
Centro de Lima Food Walking Tour: Explore the heart of Lima through the flavors hidden in its streets on this delightful gastronomic tour.
• Get to know the main historical sites in the center of Lima.
• Taste more than 12 food and drink options that Peruvians eat on a daily basis through the streets of the city.
• Visit Chinatown, one of the most emblematic of the continent.
• Explore the city's central market and uncover the variety of fruits, vegetables, and thousands of other products consumed in Peru.
• 1 water bottle and a snack.
• Sunscreen.
• Sunglasses.
• Comfortable shoes.
• Cash to buy souvenirs.
• It is ideal to take the tour on the first day of your visit to Lima.
• The itinerary of the tour may vary according to the opening hours of the attractions.
• Can I stay in Lima's Plaza at the end of the tour?
There are no additional payments, since the only one that has an entrance is the convent of San Francisco and it is already included in the cost of the tour.
• Are there any additional costs during the tour?
There is no additional cost. However, the visit is made from the outside. If you want to visit it inside, you can organize a visit on your own to this wonderful archaeological site within the city.
• Will we go down to the coast to see the sea?
No, we will stop by the boardwalk that has a view of the entire coast of Lima and the ocean.
• The Convent of San Francisco was built in 1535, it is considered a jewel of colonial art in the Baroque style. Its Catacombs, called Crypts of Lima, are considered the largest and oldest in all of South America and also the best preserved. Its vast expanse is second only to the famous Paris Catacombs.
• It is said that the Spanish Francisco Pizarro named Lima City of the Kings because it coincided with the date on which the Three Wise Men walked to Bethlehem. There is also the hypothesis that it is named after Emperor Charles V of Austria and I of Spain. Francisco Pizarro founded the city of Lima on January 18, 1535.
• Super flexible: Cancel this tour 48 hrs. before the start date of the tour and get a
refund of 70% of the sum paid. After that, we charge 100%.
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*The information and itinerary detailed in this guide may change without prior notice with the intention of providing a better service or regulatory changes in each destination.
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