List of sites of interest in the Lima Metropolitan area
The following is a list of important sites of interest in and around the city of Lima, Peru.
Beaches and waterfront
Costa Verde of Lima
Playa Agua Dulce
- Ancón
- Los Pavos
- Playa Punta Roquitas
- Playa Waikiki
- Playa Makaha
- Playa Barranquito
- Playa Redondo
- Playa La Estrella
- Playa Arica
- PLaya El Silencio
- Playa La Pampilla
- Playa Agua Dulce
- Playa Punta Hermosa
- Playa Santa María
- Cerro Azul
Museums
The Museum of the Nation
- Gold Museum of Peru and Weapons of the World
- Arts & Peruvian Popular Traditions Museum
- Japanese Immigration Museum
- Larco Museum (Museo Larco)
- Lima Museum of Art (Museo de Arte de Lima; MALI)
- Walls of Lima Walls and Museum
- Metropolitan Museum, Lima (Museo Metropolitano)
- Miguel Grau House-Museum
- Morro de Arica soldiers Museum
- Mario Testino Museum, MATE
- Museo de los Descalzos (Museum of The Barefoot)[1]
- Museo Pedro de Osma[2]
- Museum of Italian Art
- Museum of the Nation (Museo de la Nación)
- Museum of Natural History, Lima (Museo de Historia Natural)
- National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru (Museo Nacional del Arqueología, Antropología, e Historia del Perú)
- Presbítero Maestro cemetery
- Ricardo Palma House-Museum
- Museum of the Inquisition Museo de la Inquisicion
- Real Felipe Fortress
Shopping centres
- El Polo, Santiago de Surco
- Jockey Plaza, Santiago de Surco
- Larcomar, Miraflores
- Mega Plaza Norte, Independencia
- Open Plaza, Surquillo
- Plaza Lima Sur, Chorrillos
- Plaza Norte, Independencia
- Plaza San Miguel, San Miguel
- Primavera Park Plaza, San Borja
- Real Plaza Centro Civico, Lima
- Real Plaza Salavery, San Isidro
Colonial buildings / historical
The cathedral at night
The Palace of Justice at night
Remaining walls of colonial fortifications in the Lima City Walls park
- Government Palace (Peru)
- Lima Cathedral
- Catacombs and Monastery of San Francisco, Lima
- Congress of the Republic
- Desamparados Train Station
- Italian Arts Museum
- Acho Plaza
- Lima's Art Center
- Lima's City Walls Park
- Lima's Mayor House
- National Culture Institute
- Palace of Justice
- Perez Aranibar Children House
- Plaza Mayor of Lima
- Plaza Roberto F. Lund
- Rimac Building
- Rosa Nautica Restaurant
- Saint Lorenzo Church
- Saint Rose of Lima Church
- San Martin Plaza
- Segura Theater
- Torre Tagle Palace
- University Park
- Naval Heroes Park
Islands
Amusement parks
Park of the Reserve, Lima
- El Campo de Marte, Jesús María
- Kart Circuit, Magdalena del Mar
- La Granja Villa, Chorrillos
- Lima's Hippodrome, Surco
- Lima's Zoo, San Miguel
- Park of the Reserve, (Largest Fountain Complex in the World) Lima
- Sports Center, Barranco
- Sports Center, Miraflores
Zoos
- Centro Ecologico Recreacional de Huachipa, Ate
- Parque de las Leyendas, San Miguel
Other Places
- Chinatown, Lima
- Love Park, ''Parque del Amor''
- Jiron de la Union
- Bridge of Sighs, ''Puente de los Suspiros'' Barranco District
- Grand National Theatre of Peru
External links
- Larco Museum
- (Spanish) Guide of Peru Museums
- (Spanish) Congress and Inquisiton Museum
References
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