Peru's capital and its largest city, Lima dates back to 1535 when it was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro. Owing to its prominent colonial history, it is home to a good selection of old churches, cloisters and monasteries for visitors' enjoyment.
From the Lima Travel Guide
Great little place if you are on the budget. It's a quiet hostel, so if you are looking to social and party, this is probably not the best place. The owner Marko and his staff is super friendly and would go out of their way to make you comfortable. They arranged a ride for us from the airport. ... more
NOTE: the hotel did not have our reservation on file when we called the day before to arrange a taxi from Lima. Evidently Travellerspoint did not send them a confirmation email (or maybe it went to their junk mail and they missed it), so either call or email the hotel to make sure you have your room reserved. ... more
Ayahuasca in Lima
Hola I am visiting Lima in a couple of days and would like to try the ayahuasca plant. Can anyone recommend a place? Gracia ...
Lima to Cusco.
Hey Marc! Most people do it by bus here. The journey from Lima to Cuzco is about 10 hours I think, maybe more. I went to Nazca first, but two Irish girls I am with took the bus directly from Lima - they found the journey hard because they got quite sick with the altitude. I flew to Cuzco from Arequipa ...
Manaus to Lima
Hey All, I was wondering what the quickest way to get from Manaus to Lima would be. I can't seem to find any direct flights. Any advice would be great. Thanks, Dan ...
Lima
We arrived in lima at 5pm and our flight left at 9pm so it gave us a few hours to kill! We headed for one of the main squares and a football themed bar, with life size models of famous football stars! So we sat down and had a few drinks with Maradona and Ronaldinho. Em was rather taken by Maradona ...
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Lima
in Lima ist sehr schlecht. Es gibt keine Metro und die Busse sind in einem schlechten Zustand. Die ...
Posted in Weltreise 2012 by Gaby Choisne
Lima
Everybody told me that Lima was not very nice and I only need to spend 1 day there. So I followed the advice and stopped in Lima for 1 1/2 days. It is true that there is not much to see and you can visit the most important sights in 1-2 days, but I do not understand why people do not like Lima. I found ...
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