COLONIAL AND MODERN LIMA + LARCO MUSEUM

Learn from the hand of a local guide the ancient city of Lima full of stories, curiosities and traditions and the contrast of its modern districts of Miraflores and San Isidro located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean and where you will live a unique experience through the history of Peru and the archaeological evidence that Larco Museum keeps.

• PRE-HISPANIC LIMA: shows us a pre-Inca temple called «Huaca Pucllana» imposing ceremonial and religious center built in the 4th century AD. where today the district of Miraflores has grown and where part of our culture and history is still preserved.

• COLONIAL LIMA: we walk through the Historic Center of Lima where you will appreciate its streets full of monuments and colonial buildings from the 17th century and considered the capital of the Viceroyalty during almost 300 years of conquest.

• CONTEMPORARY LIMA: we will visit the most traditional residential areas of the city of Lima as: The Olivar Park in San Isidro that protects more than 1600 olive trees and Parque del amor in Miraflores, where an imposing sculpture of «El BESO» stands out with a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean from the cliff.

• LARCO MUSEUM: Impressive private collection of 45,000 pieces among ceramics, textiles and metals corresponding to diverse pre-Hispanic cultures that stands out in Latin America, it is also worth mentioning its Erotic gallery and the garden that decorates the Museum of the XX century.

 Places to visit: MIRAFLORES-LIMA-MUSEO LARCO 

• Archaeological Site “Huaca Pucllana”
• Love Park and Kennedy Park
• “EL Olivar” Olive Park
• San Martin Square
• De la Unión Walking Street
• Main Square of Lima (Cathedral and Government Palace)
• Chocolate Museum (peruvian cacao beans)
• Larco Museum (private collection of prehispanic art)

DURATION: 04 ½ Hours