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What to see in Lima
Church of San Francisco
The most spectacular of Lima's colonial churches, San Francisco is a striking white and yellow building with twin towers…
Museo de la Nación (National Museum)
The superb anthropological and archaeological National Museum contains excellent exhibits tracing the history of Peru’s…
Museo de Oro del Peru (Gold Museum)
Housed in a fortress-like building are the safe-rooms crammed with treasures from the Inca civilisation and their predecessors.…
Museo Rafael Larco Herrera
The 18th century colonial-style museum houses the largest and most impressive ceramic collection in the world, with about…
Pisco
Pisco is a small port and fishing village, best known for its fiery white grape brandy of the same name. It also boasts…
Plaza Mayor and Plaza San Martin
A long pedestrian street crowded with shoppers, vendors and sightseers connects Lima's two main plazas to each other.…
The Nazca Lines
Nazca is a small desert town, named for the Nazca civilisation that came after the Paracas culture, and it is a major…
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