SwissLima
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Tools
- Search (the whole guide, with alternative spellings)
- Map of Peru (the places, filtered by area and by interest)
- How much do things cost in Peru? (prices recorded, with their date and source)
- Budget and calculator (estimate a trip item by item)
- My favourites (saved on this device)
- Prepare a request (a message ready to send, with no sensitive data)
Destinations
- Destinations
- Northern Amazon
- Iquitos
- Tarapoto
- Southern Amazon
- Northern and central Andes
- Chachapoyas
- Huaraz
- Arequipa and the far south
- Arequipa
- North coast
- Chiclayo and Lambayeque
- Trujillo
- South coast
- Cusco and the Sacred Valley
- Chinchero
- Cusco
- Machu Picchu
- Santa Teresa
- Lima and around
- Selva Central
Lima
- Lima
- Arriving in Lima
- Grocery shopping
- Gamarra
- Six themed days
- Markets
- Museums
- Where to stay?
- Polvos Azules
- Neighbourhoods
- Barranco
- Callao and La Punta
- Historic centre
- Miraflores
- Pueblo Libre
- Surquillo
- Where to eat
- Getting around
- Long stays
- Circuito Mágico del Agua
- Huaca Pucllana
- MAC Lima, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
- MALI, Museo de Arte de Lima
- Museo Larco
- Museo Pedro de Osma
Food
- Food
- Restaurants
- Drinks
- Reading the menu
- Regional cuisines
- Cuy
- Ingredients and fruit
- Breakfast
- Dishes to discover
- Al Toke Pez (restaurant)
- Antigua Taberna Queirolo (restaurant)
- Chulucanas Lima (restaurant)
- El Chinito (restaurant)
- El Limón Cebichería (restaurant)
- Isolina (restaurant)
- Katana (restaurant)
- La Lucha (restaurant)
- La Mar (restaurant)
- La Nueva Palomino (restaurant)
- La Tiendecita Blanca (restaurant)
- Panchita (restaurant)
- Punto Azul (restaurant)
- Rodizio (restaurant)
- Siete Sopas (restaurant)
- Tanta (restaurant)
Plan your trip
- Plan your trip
- Altitude
- Money and connectivity
- El Niño
- Frequently asked questions
- Festivals and calendar
- Coca leaf
- Borders and documents
- Local customs
- Useful glossary
- When to go?
- What to book?
- Health: the Amazon and meals
- Everyday safety
- Earthquakes and tsunamis
- Transport and journeys
- Respectful travel
- Solo, as a couple, as a family
Experiences
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About
Information
Itineraries
- All itineraries
- The southern classic
- A first trip to Peru in 15 days
- The south coast in 5 days
- Peru in 10 days
- Lima in 1, 2, 3 or 5 days
- The north: culture and beaches
- Northern surf
- Tarapoto and San Martín
- Iquitos and the rainforest
- Cusco and the southern Amazon
- Huaraz and the mountains
- A month in Peru
- Peru for food lovers
- From Iquitos to the tri-border area
Recipes
- All recipes
- Ají de gallina with chicken
- Arroz chaufa
- Arroz con leche
- Arroz con pollo with coriander
- Beef heart anticuchos
- Beef seco with coriander
- Carapulcra, a stew of pork and papa seca
- Causa with chicken and avocado
- Chicha morada
- Chicken juane: a homemade recipe
- Fish in leaves, inspired by patarashca
- Lomo saltado
- Mazamorra morada
- Ocopa with huacatay
- Oven-roasted cuy
- Pan con chicharrón
- Papa a la huancaína
- Peruvian ceviche: recipe and method
- Picarones, squash and sweet potato doughnuts
- Roast chicken inspired by pollo a la brasa
- Rocotos rellenos
- Salsa criolla
- Solterito, Arequipa’s salad
- Sopa seca with chicken
- Tacacho con cecina
- Tacu tacu