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El Chinito
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.
1 km · about 5 min drive
Lima Province, Peru · South America
Lima works well as a base: 10 minutes from San Luis, 8km from Huaca Pucllana.
Lima is a major city located in Lima Province, Peru. With a population of 7,737,002, it is one of the largest urban centers in South America.
On a road trip, Lima 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 Lima to your route.
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Lima is located in Lima Province, Peru, South America. The coordinates are -12.0432 latitude, -77.0282 longitude.
Lima has a population of approximately 7,737,002 people, making it a major city in Peru.
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5 notable places within an hour's 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.
1 km · about 5 min drive
museum
A stunning pre-Columbian art museum in a beautiful 18th-century viceregal mansion, showcasing 5,000 years of Peruvian history.
6 km · about 10 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.
8 km · about 15 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.
12 km · about 25 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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