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Lima Historical and Larco Museum Tour: Exploring Peru's Capital and Top World Museum
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Lima
Explore Lima area: The San Martin Square, The Plaza de Armas, The Cathedral, The City Hall, The Presidential Palace and other stunning buildings. Also, we will visit the Larco Museum, considered one of the top museums in the world. Learn from your expert guide the fascinating history of Peru’s capital.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Museo Larco - Considered one of the 25 best museums in the world, It is located at a magnificently adapted and restored 18th century mansion in Lima. Its awesome collection covers 5,000 years of the ancient Peruvian history, with 45,000 archaeological objects including jewelry (gold, silver, cooper and precious stones), pottery, metals, textiles, etc.
LUNCH: at midday there will be a break of 1 hour 30 minutes so you can have lunch. We will recommend you some good local restaurants.
- Plaza San Martin - In the second part of the tour, we visit this Plaza made in 19 hundred to commemorate 100 years of Peruvian independence. The surrounding buildings are great, displaying Neoclassic style.
- Plaza de Armas (Plaza Mayor) - Then, we will go to the Main square, the most representative one in Peru where you will see impressive buildings such as “The Presidential Palace”, “The City Hall of Lima”, “The Cathedral” and The Archbishop’s Palace”, etc.
- Museo Convento San Francisco y Catacumbas - Finally, we will take you to the most interesting museum in downtown Lima. Your expert guide will explain you here about the rich history of Peru’s capital. Explore the underground Catacombs!
What's Included
- Guided tour to The San Francisco Monastery & Catacombs
- All entrance tickets included
- Expert Tour Guide
- Guided tour to The Larco Museum
- Comfortable in-vehicle air conditioning
- Convenient pick-up and drop-off from select Lima districts
What's Not Included
- No meals or beverages included
- Transfer from/to Lima’s Airport or Callao area
Location
Museo Larco
Avenida Bolivar 1515, Pueblo Libre
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Matthew_m
Apr 19, 2024
Nice small group introduction to Lima - This is actually two tours. The morning comprises of the city center and monastery. The afternoon is the Larco museum. There were five of us for the morning tour - a family of four and myself. The guide was very knowledgeable and very proud to share her knowledge of Lima and Peru. Although I had a tour of the city center two days before I learned even more the second time which tells you how much there is to experience in the center. The highlight was to see the changing of the guard at the presidential palace. There as supposed to be a 1 and 1/2 hour break but I elected to continue with the Larco museum. This is best seen with a guide because much of pre Colombian history involves understanding the various civilizations through pottery. I was the only one on the museum tour. You definitely get spoiled in Lima with the small size of tours at a reasonable price and you learn so much from the well trained guides in Lima (three years training required for licensing).
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Newyorkmaya
Jun 30, 2023
Lima Stuns - The Larco Museum was great. I has no idea that pottery was as extensive and sophisticated so long ago.
The architecture of Lima, the plazas, and the food (lunch on own) were also presented in interesting detail.
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