LIMA
INFORMATION
ABOUT LIMA
For 282 years, forty Spanish viceroys governed in the Palace of Pizarro while Lima was the headquarters of the Spanish government in South America. From the time of their foundation in 1535...
LIMA MUSEUMS
Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera: (Rafael Larco Herrera Archaeological Museum): Founded in 1926 on an old mansion built in 1707, this museum harbors the biggest private collection ...
LIMA CITY TOUR
Plaza Mayor: The Main Square and urban center of the city of Lima. Founded by Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535, it is surrounded by the principal buildings dating from the colonia...
PACHACAMAC
Pachacamac was once part of the Huari Empire from c.AD 200-600, and in the early period contained at least one pyramid, a cemetery, and a polychrome fresco of fish. The Huari supported construction at...
CARAL
Archaeologists have long believed that when the pharaoh Cheops was building the first of Egypt’s great pyramids about 4,560 years ago, the Americas were still a tribal backwater of small...
NOR YAUYOS
The main tourist attractions in this superb area are Huancaya and Vilca: The most stunning scenery is found about 20km from the Cañete River between the picturesque and traditional villages...
