Guide VII
Lima Travel Guide
- How Many Days in Lima? Two full days is the honest answer for most people. Three if you are here to eat, one if Lima is a layover, and four only if you are using the city as a base.
- Best Day Trips from Lima Real door-to-door hours, honest costs and a blunt verdict on every day trip out of Lima — including the three I think you should skip or turn into an overnight.
- Is Lima Safe? A Traveler’s Safety Guide Lima is a city where violent crime against tourists is rare and opportunistic theft is common. Here is the district-by-district picture, the scams worth knowing by name, and what the state of emergency actually means for visitors.
- Lima Airport to the City: Transport Guide Jorge Chavez moved to a new terminal in June 2025, and most advice about the taxi desks, the bus stop and the Uber pickup is now describing a building you will never see. Here is what the arrivals hall looks like today, what each option really costs, and who each one is wrong for.
- One Day in Lima / Layover Guide An hour-by-hour plan for a full day in Lima, plus the honest answer to the layover question: under six hours between landing and boarding, stay in the airport. Real transit times, real costs, and what the new Jorge Chavez terminal changed.
- Barranco Neighborhood Guide Barranco is Lima's best few hours and its riskiest place to book a bed. Museum prices, restaurant costs, which streets are loud until 3am, and whether it beats Miraflores as a base.
- Miraflores Neighborhood Guide A street-by-street guide to the district almost every visitor sleeps in: what Parque Kennedy, Avenida Larco and the Malecon are really like, real prices for Huaca Pucllana, paragliding and taxis, honest accommodation bands, and why nobody warns you about the fog.
- Best Restaurants in Lima: A Foodie’s Guide Lima's restaurant reputation is real, but the tasting-menu tier is expensive and books out months ahead. Here are the prices, the booking windows, and the cheap places that are honestly better value.
- Where to Stay in Lima: Miraflores, Barranco & Beyond Miraflores is the right answer for most first-time visitors, but not for everyone. Real nightly prices, a neighbourhood comparison table, the 18% tax foreigners should not be paying, and what the 2025 airport move did to the transfer.
- Best Things to Do in Lima Lima is a food city with a very good historic centre attached. Here are 20 things ranked honestly, with 2026 prices in soles, plus the three that everyone recommends and I would skip.
- Lima Travel Guide: The Best Things to Do in Lima (2026) What to do in Lima, Peru's food capital: the top sights, the best neighborhoods (Miraflores, Barranco), where to eat and stay, the best day trips, and safety tips.