Lima City Exploration: Unveiling the Royal Past and Modern Contrasts
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19 Ratings
Lima
Embark on a captivating Lima city exploration, uncovering its royal past and modern contrasts. Visit historic sites, walk through colonial streets, and explore the fascinating catacombs.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Centro Historico de Lima - San Martín Square, San Francisco Church, Catacombs, Plaza Mayor.
What's Included
  • Air-conditioned transportation
  • Included catacomb entrance fees
Additional Information

We will pick you up from your hotel to start the activity. We will go to the historic center of Lima, a place declared by UNESCO as a ‘World Heritage Site’. Our first stop is at Plaza San Martín, a wonderful place designed and built to celebrate 100 years of independence from Spain.

After that, we started walking through many popular streets where we can see the contrast between colonial churches, mansions, balconies and modern stores. This is a combination that will make you enjoy this ride!

We visit the catacombs! Spanish cemeteries built under colonial churches are something you can not miss. Dare to walk through the cemetery and learn about the fascinating history of colonial Lima!

We finish the tour visiting the Plaza de Armas where we can see the

Government Palace, Archbishop’s Palace and City Hall of Lima.

It includes:

Pick up from hotel

Entrance tickets to Catacombs

Water bottle

Location
Centro Historico de Lima
Plaza de Armas,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Christine_c
Mar 8, 2024
See the catacombs and so much more. - Great tour our guide walked us through the main square, a museum with pre-Incan and Incan artifacts, and the catacombs. Along the way he shared countless amazing facts about the city; its architecture and history. We even got to try the very delicious Peruvian churro!
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Irene
Dec 18, 2023
Excellent and informative tour - Tino was a very knowledgeable tour guide whose English was excellent. We were late arriving at the meeting point, but communication from the office was very good. We visited the two main squares and San Francisco Monastery and their Catacombs. The information provided was interesting and informative, also gave us lots of info on the history of Peru and the local people. Would highly recommend this tour if you want to see and hear about the history of Lima.
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Ashleyjn5569tl
Nov 19, 2023
We Can’t Thank Mario Enough! Wonderful Lima Tour - My husband and I were blown away by the tour we received! We were very lucky to have been the only people who booked our day so we received a private tour. We were picked up very punctually from our hotel, and our guide Mario came into the Lobby to receive us. The car was very comfortable and the ride was smooth. Mario was incredible - he was extremely personable and knowledgeable and clearly has such wonderful pride in his country. He offered us so much historical background to the sites visited. We drove through the historical district to Plaza San Martín and began walking there. He took us through a gorgeous path through the city and gave us a wealth of knowledge we would have never known otherwise. Mario went into depth on the indigenous history of Peru at Museo Central (Banco Central de Reservation Del Perú), a bank that is converted into a museum. After this stop we walked to San Francisco Church and the catacombs below. We were so impressed by the descriptions of the symbolism present in the architecture and designs. On the way to Plaza Mayor, Mario took us past the Casa de La Literatura Peruana where we also happened to catch the changing of the guards from the Palacio De Gobierno. We even stopped in a chocolate shop where he took us to taste cacao. In Plaza Mayor we finished our tour surrounded also by the Cathedral de Lima and Palacio Municipal de Lima, as well as a parade with a band and dancers. Ultimately, the information we received on our tour enhanced every site we saw. Mario was so fun and professional and his energy and respect for the culture of Peru was contagious. We would recommend this tour to anyone who could take it!
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Justin_c
Sep 7, 2023
Highly highly recommend booking! - Booked this last minute tour less than 24 hours before tour and everything ran so smoothly! Pick up time at location was superb and the tour itself was so much fun! I learned so much, loved his energy, and felt connected and safe from beginning to end! This was the best tour to get a quick taste of what Lima was all about in a short amount of time. THANK YOU!!
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Faiz_s
Aug 28, 2023
Time and money well spent! - Time and money well spent for a quick tour of the historical center of downtown Lima. My tour guide, Mario, was really well-versed with the rich history of the region, and speaks perfect English, which definitely enhanced my experience as a non-Spanish speaker. Highly recommended!
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Gracetv4234cb
Apr 20, 2023
Great experience - Great tour and tour guide, so much to learn and see!! We had such a blast and the guide bought us churros!
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Richard_b
Apr 20, 2023
Amazing Tour - I was travelling by myself and booked this tour - I would highly recommend it. I had a lovely city tour, which included an overview of the architecture of the city, as well as the catacombs, which were amazing!
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Cory_m
Feb 14, 2023
Easy way to see the main sights of downtown - This was a great tour to see the main sights of downtown whilst also getting to see the 'catacombs' which are well set out for someone wanting to see something out of the ordinary Marcos was a amazing guide and helped tailor the trip to suit my needs.
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Keydron_g
Jan 1, 2023
Awesome guide/tour! - The guide was very knowledgeable and patient as we asked questions. Given his experiences, he was able to show us areas I don’t think many other guides would have been able to access.
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Leonard_k
Dec 4, 2022
Do this tour, won't regret it. - This was an amazing tour, I agree with others that the title doesn't do it justice. You walk an area of historic Lima that really deserves some explanation, our tour guide was an absolute delight. Also the churro we had was ridiculous. You might enter the octagon just to get another.
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