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

• Agua Dulce
• Ancón
• Barranquito
• Cerro Azul
• Los Pavos
• Punta Hermosa

Museums

The Museum of the Nation

• Arts & Peruvian Popular Traditions Museum
• Japanese Immigration Museum
• Larco Museum (Museo Larco)
• Lima Museum of Art (Museo de Arte de Lima; MALI)
• Lima Wall Museum
• Metropolitan Museum, Lima (Museo Metropolitano)
• Miguel Grau House-Museum
• Morro de Arica soldiers Museum
• 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

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

• Acho Plaza
• Congress of the Republic
• Desamparados Train Station
• Historical Center of Lima
• Italian Arts Museum
• Lima Cathedral
• Lima's Art Center
• Lima's City Walls Park
• Lima's Mayor House
• National Culture Institute
• Naval Heroes Park
• 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

Islands

• San Lorenzo

Amusement parks

• 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

External links

• Larco Museum
• (Spanish) Guide of Peru Museums
• (Spanish) Congress and Inquisiton Museum

References