List of sites of interest in the Lima Metropolitan area

The following is a list of important sites of interest in and around the city of Lima, Peru.

• Historical Center of Lima

Beaches and Waterfront

• Ancón
• Barranquito
• Agua Dulce
• Los Pavos
• Punta Hermosa
• Cerro Azul

Museums

The Museum of the Nation

• Arts & Peruvian Popular Traditions Museum
• Museum of Italian Art
• Larco Museum (Museo Larco)
• Lima Wall Museum
• Japanese Immigration Museum
• Miguel Grau House-Museum
• Morro de Arica soldiers Museum
• Museum of Natural History, Lima (Museo de Historia Natural)
• Museum of the Nation (Museo de la Nación)
• National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru (Museo Nacional del Arqueología, Antropología, e Historia del Perú)
• Presbítero Maestro cemetery
• Ricardo Palma House-Museum

Shopping Centres

• Jockey Plaza, Santiago de Surco
• El Polo, Santiago de Surco
• Larcomar, Miraflores
• Open Plaza, Surquillo
• Plaza San Miguel, San Miguel
• Primavera Park Plaza, San Borja
• Real Plaza Centro Civico, Lima
• Mega Plaza Norte, Independencia
• Plaza Norte, Independencia
• Plaza Lima Sur, Chorrillos

Colonial Buildings

The cathedral at night.

The Palace of Justice at night

Remaining walls of colonial fortifications in the Lima City Walls park.

• Plaza Mayor of Lima
• Palace of Justice
• Rimac Building
• Lima Cathedral
• Saint Lorenzo Church
• Saint Rose of Lima Church
• Congress of the Republic
• Lima's Mayor House
• Segura Theater
• Italian Arts Museum
• Lima's Art Center
• Lima's City Walls Park
• Torre Tagle Palace
• Acho Plaza
• San Martin Plaza
• National Culture Institute
• University Park
• Desamparados Train Station
• Rosa Nautica Restaurant
• Perez Aranibar Children House
• Naval Heroes Park

Islands

• San Lorenzo

Amusement Parks

• Lima's Zoo, San Miguel
• Kart Circuit, Magdalena del Mar
• Daytona Park, Surco
• Sports Center, Miraflores
• Lima's Hippodrome, Surco
• La Granja Villa, Chorrillos
• Sports Center, Barranco*
• Park of the Reserve, (Largest Fountain Complex in the World) Lima
• El Campo de Marte, Jesús María

Zoos

• Parque de las Leyendas, San Miguel
• Centro Ecologico Recreacional de Huachipa, Ate

External links

Museums

• Larco Museum
• (Spanish) Guide of Peru Museums
• (Spanish) Congress and Inquisiton Museum