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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.
16 km · about 30 min drive
Lima region, Peru · South America
Santa María works well as a base: 10 minutes from Vitarte, 19km from Huaca Pucllana.
Santa María is a town located in Lima region, Peru. With a population of 14,853, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, Santa María 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 Santa María to your route.
Ate, also known as Ate-Vitarte, is one of the forty-three districts that make up Lima Province, located in Peru. The district was founded in 1821, with the city of Ate being the capital until 1951, when it was changed to Vitarte.
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Santa María is located in Lima region, Peru, South America. The coordinates are -12.0054 latitude, -76.8933 longitude.
Santa María has a population of approximately 14,853 people, making it a town in Peru.
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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.
16 km · about 30 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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
museum
A stunning pre-Columbian art museum in a beautiful 18th-century viceregal mansion, showcasing 5,000 years of Peruvian history.
21 km · about 25 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.
22 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.
54 km · about 60 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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