- City tour of Lima
- Peruvian buffet
meals
In the morning, we'll embark on a city tour of Lima. Lima can be a chaotic city at the best of times, but our guide will help us to avoid the traffic and instead take in such delights as the Plaza de Armas and the Monasterio de San Francisco with its famous catacombs.
After several hours of sightseeing, we'll head to the quiet neighbourhood of Barranco. Here, we'll find a big restaurant serving typical Peruvian cuisine popular with locals. We might like to try a Chicha Morada, which is a local drink, a bit like hot red wine, but without the alcohol :-(
If we want to spend more time in Lima, we can explore more of the historical centre. We might want to do some shopping or visit the Museo de Oro before departing Lima for Pisco.
4 hour(s) (310 km)
Arrival in Peru
09/11/2008
We landed in Lima today in the morning, after a quiet, but also very long, flight. After the tiring search for our guide we finally found Alejandro. We drove to a little hotel in the city where we took our breakfast after a taking shower.
Ursula, our local guide, told us something about the history of Lima and Peru. We could look over the Pacific Ocean from the square of love. Afterwards we admired the impressive San Francisco convent.
At lunch we enjoyed our first Pisco Sour. Afterwards we drove to Pisco. In a very comfortable restaurant in Pisco we could evaluate our first day and first experiences in Peru. Before midnight we fell exhausted into our beds.
“We arrived – our suitcases too – where is our guide…?!”
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