ancient ruins
Huaca Pucllana
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.
2 km · about 5 min drive
Lima region, Peru · South America
San Isidro works well as a base: 10 minutes from Breña, 2km from Huaca Pucllana.
San Isidro is a town located in Lima region, Peru. With a population of 68,309, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, San Isidro 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 San Isidro to your route.
Huaca Huallamarca (possibly from Quechua wak'a, Spanishified as "huaca" and meaning "sacred" or "local god of protection"; Walla, the name of the Huallas tribe; and marka, "village", "town" or "region"), also formerly known as Huaca Pan de Azúcar (from Spanish pan de azúcar, "sugar loaf"), is an archaeological siteRead more
located in the district of San Isidro, in the city of Lima, the capital of Peru.
It has the form of a truncated stepped pyramid, consisting of three levels with an approximate height of 19 metres. Today, it is one of the few huacas preserved in that area.
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San Isidro is located in Lima region, Peru, South America. The coordinates are -12.0966 latitude, -77.0426 longitude.
San Isidro has a population of approximately 68,309 people, making it a town in Peru.
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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.
2 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.
4 km · about 10 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.
6 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.
7 km · about 10 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.
54 km · about 60 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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