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Museo Larco
A stunning pre-Columbian art museum in a beautiful 18th-century viceregal mansion, showcasing 5,000 years of Peruvian history.
3 km · about 5 min drive
Lima region, Peru · South America
Breña works well as a base: 10 minutes from San Isidro, 7km from Huaca Pucllana.
Breña is a town located in Lima region, Peru. With a population of 81,909, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, Breña sits in Peru, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Lima time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Breña to your route.
Breña (Spanish: [ˈbɾeɲa]) is a district of Lima, Peru. It is the second smallest district of the city, and its creation dates back to the demolition of the city walls ordered by president José Balta during the late 19th century, which led to the broad expansion of the city.
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Breña is located in Lima region, Peru, South America. The coordinates are -12.0561 latitude, -77.0529 longitude.
Breña has a population of approximately 81,909 people, making it a town in Peru.
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museum
A stunning pre-Columbian art museum in a beautiful 18th-century viceregal mansion, showcasing 5,000 years of Peruvian history.
3 km · about 5 min drive
restaurant
A Lima sangucheria institution since 1960, famous for the pan con chicharron: fried pork belly with sweet potato and salsa criolla, eaten standing at the counter.
3 km · about 5 min drive
ancient ruins
A stepped adobe pyramid of the Lima culture, built around 500 AD from millions of vertically-stacked mud bricks, marooned among Miraflores apartment blocks. Evening tours light the ruin.
7 km · about 10 min drive
restaurant
Virgilio Martinez's Barranco restaurant, whose tasting menu is organised by altitude, each course drawn from a different Peruvian ecosystem from ocean floor to high Andes. Long ranked the world's best restaurant.
11 km · about 20 min drive
coastal drive
Notorious 22 km stretch of the Panamericana Norte snaking along sheer sand cliffs above the Pacific between Ancón and Chancay, often wrapped in coastal fog.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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