Tips & Tricks
Miraflores (Lima) – this is Lima’s most tourist-friendly and upscale district. Like other coastal areas by Lima like Chorrillos and Barranco districts, Miraflores attracted weathy settlers especially during the 19th century. Major thoroughfares like Via Expresa, also known as Paseo de la República or Zanjón (the express highway), and the Circuito de Playas de la […]
Lima Golf Club (Av. Camino Real 770, San Isidro) – this 18-hole golf course is considered one of the oldest in South America’s Pacific coast. Both the local elite and foreign individuals play here. Various tournaments, such as the PGA series, and Audi Quattro Cup, and the Peru Open are held here. See the course’s […]
Parque de la Amistad (Av. Caminos del Inca, block 21, Lima) — visitors going through this park will come across a traditional mountain train station, including an original 1926 steam engine with 3 trucks for touring several areas of the park. The site also has a navigable artificial lagoon and a 29-metre high Moorish arch. […]
Surfing — given the country’s lengthy coastline, which faces the Pacific Ocean, it’s expected that surfing is a major recreational activity. Archeological artifacts suggest that the sport actually goes back hundreds, if not thousands of years in Peru. The country’s central coast has great surfing opportunities from April to September, while the north coast (towards […]
La Casa del Chocolate (Calle Berlín 375, Miraflores, Lima) — At ChocoMuseo we decided to make chocolate in countries where cacao grows (from Peru to Dominican Republic): We source the best quality cacao beans and then process them artisanally to obtain delicious chocolate. At ChocoMuseo we offer you a range of activities varying with how […]
Los Andes Golf Club (Carretera Central km. 23 – Hacienda Huampani, Lurihancho, Chosica) — located in Huachipa and surrounded by the Andes foothills east of Lima, this course enjoys sun and good weather all over the year. Opened 1969, the unique 9-hole course, which is played twice over with different finales, was intentionally designed to […]