Most tours offered by travel agencies includes a visit to one or two churches, but if you would like to visit the city of Lima from another perspective and approach, we offer you a different tour. Most of our guides has more than 10 years of experience and will make sure that you will enjoy and maximize your staying in the capital of Peru.
Highlights
4 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
4 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Hotel pick-up and drop-off (San Isidro, Miraflores & Barranco)
Air-conditioned vehicle
English-speaking licensed tour guide
Important Information
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Most tours offered by travel agencies includes a visit to one or two churches, but if you would like to visit the city of Lima from another perspective and approach, we offer you a different tour. Most of our guides has more than 10 years of experience and will make sure that you will enjoy and maximize your staying in the capital of Peru.
Highlights
4 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
4 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Hotel pick-up and drop-off (San Isidro, Miraflores & Barranco)
Air-conditioned vehicle
English-speaking licensed tour guide
Itinerary
1
Plaza San Martin
The second most important square in the colonial area of Lima, buitl in the early 1900 and named after the Liberator Jose de San Martin (George Washington for peruvians), with delightfull buildings around it of beaux-arts architecture. Also the first 5-star hotel "Bolivar" (named after the second liberator), which was built by the peruvian arquitect Rafael Marquina who studied in the Cornell University.
15 minutes
2
Casa de La Cultura Criolla, Rosa Mercedes Ayarza
The first colonial house included in this tour, the place dates from the early years of the colonial period, it still preserves the original layout of the courtyard-houses (that is how the colonial houses are known), it was inhabited by a very popular composer "Rosa Mercedes Ayarza" who was the first female orchestra director in Perú.
30 minutes
3
Jiron de La Union
Union street was "the street" in the colonial times, for many years it was the most important street in the city, characterized as the most "aristocratic" and where the most famous inhabitants met. Nice stores, great restaurants, movie theaters, cafe-shops and offices made the street very fascinating to walk by.
20 minutes
4
Casa de Aliaga
Esta Casa data de la época colonial, construida en el siglo XVI a pocos años después de la conquista española. Don Jerónimo de Aliaga y Ramírez, fue un hombre de confianza de Francisco Pizarro y llegó a ocupar el cargo de Tesorero. Esta casona ha sido habitada por 17 generaciones y actualmente pertenece a la misma familia Aliaga, un caso único en América, el edificio ha tenido cambios y reconstrucciones a lo largo de los años.
45 minutes
5
Centro Historico de Lima
Luego de recogerlos nos iremos desde Miraflores (o el punto que nos indiquen) hacia el Centro Histórico de Lima, veremos las avenidas principales, Plaza San Martin, el Palacio de Justicia, monumentos, Plaza Mayor, Catedral de Lima (exterior), Palacio de Gobierno, Municipalidad de Lima y la Casa Aliaga.
