Lima, the proud capital of Peru, comes with a plethora of enticing bits to thrill wanderlusts. The wind of rejuvenation sweeps the city to bestow one with eternal salvation. Setting the ground for an unforgettable experience, it thrives with many vibrant historical and leisure hotspots around its sphere. The heart-winning vibes crop up across its land to match up with the shimmering blue waves on its coast. The iconic landmarks steal the limelight to add stars to its narrative. Not just that, it also bubbles with the best in kind interaction with the South American culture and lifestyle.

Adding to that, it also serves one with its delicacies simmering with its local flavors and ingredients. Peruvian culinary vibes get on the board to illuminate its case in the best way. Art lovers can also have a feast for their eyes and hearts. It supports many scintillating corners that stir the creative waves inside one. Also, it sets the stage for sea daredevils who look forward to challenging the crashing waves. Stringing the city stars together, here is the list of things one should not miss out on to make the best of one’s time in the city.

1. Promenade Time

There cannot be any other better way to explore a city than tuning to one’s feet. Lima opens its sphere to welcome its guests on that note. One can look forward to touching upon its much-celebrated corners on one’s feet. To one’s delight, there are many free walking tours! They take one around the city hotspots for free. Offering the best to the guests, they let them catch up with the city narrative. Not just that, it could be the right note for one to begin one’s Lima time.

Apart from that, one can also take that bliss to another level by finding satiating answers to their queries. The associated guides always stand ready to relieve their guests on that part. They adorn one’s experience by sharing the enticing facets connected to the subject shimmering before them. One can look forward to not just reaching the city stars, but also living their salience to the full. These tours usually last for a few hours and culminate their spree at the Historic Center. Adding to that, one can also get some reliable recommendations about food and accommodation in the city.

They can go a long way in putting up a scintillating time for one in the city. But the Inkan Milky Way continues to make waves. These tours draw their living from the tips of their guests. So if you like the tour, then you should make sure to tip your guide its worth.

Well, one can also get a detailed and services-loaded tour of the city with paid tours thriving in the city. Lima is thus certainly one of the best places to explore on foot for wanderlusts.

2. Explore San Francisco Church (Catacombs)

When one finds a mention of a Church on the must-visit place list, one usually thinks of its historical and architectural grandeur. But San Francisco Church stands out in the domain for its exceptional fame. No doubt, it thrives as an epitome of religion, history, and culture. But more than that, it cements its name in the domain of its catacombs. Locals and tourists flock to its scintillating premises to live its catacombs to the full.

Thriving below the Church, they take one through the cemetery part of its premises. Not just that, they also don the title of being the authentic cemetery in the city. It holds around 75000 bodies of dead people. There was a famous belief that one could get close to the almighty by having one’s dead body buried there. So people were lining up to have their cemetery in that section. Elites topped the charts of the people wishing that in the city.

Not just that, but some bones also get around in weird patterns. Apart from that, one can also look forward to marveling at the Catholic Church. Its colonial-period structure shimmers to reflect on the imprints of time. Its gilded side altars add stars to its narrative. Not just that, one can also lose one’s heart to its vibrant lattice dome. Going beyond that, one can also walk to its much-celebrated monastery.

Thrilling one with the best in kind experience, it has also got religious texts on its premises. These texts made their way to the city through Spanish priests who landed here after the conquest of the Incas. Thus, there is enough for one to cherish and live in the Church and its complex.

3. Relish Peruvian Cuisine

Let your heart follow the enticing aroma of the much-celebrated Peruvian Cuisine. The culinary stars of the country get on the board to satiate food cravings bubbling around. The local flavors and ingredients come together to toss up delicious bits on the platter. Getting the best around, find the culture of many parts of the world mingling across the kitchen. Spanish and Chinese flavors catch up with the local delights to add sparkle to that case.

Local restaurants of the city greet one with the food bliss on their menu. They look forward to winning hearts with the best delights. Gearing up for the starry experience, one can start with ceviche. It holds the ground by being the top-most Peruvian dish shimmering around. The marinated fish dish makes waves with a plethora of local spices on the board.

Apart from that, Lomo Saltado gets on the platter to celebrate the fusion of Chinese and Peruvian vibes. The soy-marinated beef dish joins the onions, tomatoes, and other spices to rake up the taste and delight. Aji de Gallina (Creamy Chicken) makes another enticing name on the city culinary corner. The chicken pitches in with sauce with its creamy texture to win hearts around.

The cream comes with spices with many other vegetables. Papas a la Huancaina, Causa, Rocoto Relleno, Anticuchos de Corazón, Arroz con Pato and Pollo a la Brasa are another Peruvian culinary shimmering on the counter. The decorative platters invite one to have the best time. Peruvian cuisine thus does not miss to make a mark in the domain.

4. Visit Plaza De Armas

Lima unwinds the charm of tourism with the mention of Plaza de Armas on the list. The iconic landmark allures its visitors for its historical salience in the city. Stirring limelight and fame waves, it shimmers as the birthplace of the city. Bubbling as the main hub of social life, locals and tourists land at the plaza to celebrate their time. Cementing its name in the domain, the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro declared the birth of the city in 1535.

Taking its case further, it comes with many other important stars of the city around it. Going around the area, one can find a 17th-century Cathedral, the Government Palace or the official residence of Peru’s president, the Archbishop’s Palace, the Municipal Palace, the Palace of the Union, and the Casa del Oidor making waves on the scene. They mirror the historical facets of the city in the best way. Apart from that, one can also cherish the presence of the 1650 bronze fountain in the center. Adorning the scene, one can also find vibrant flowers blooming around the plaza.

Adding more to the case, the Presidential Palace entices its visitors with the traditional changing of the guards at noon. Not just that, one can also look forward to becoming a part of shows and events at the much-celebrated Gran Hotel Bolivar. It thrives only a few steps away from the Plaza. Apart from that, one can also breathe in relaxing moments by grabbing a spot in the green cover around the Plaza. One can also look forward to catching up with the social life bubbling there.

5. Marvel At Aliaga House

Aliaga House is Lima’s sister element in terms of their birth dates. Its establishment took wings when Francisco Pizarro promulgated its inception. After declaring the birth of the city in 1535, he went ahead to give the land next to the Government Palace to his ally Jerónimo de Aliaga. He wanted them to bolster their friendship and live as neighbors. Aliaga made the best of the land and built a mansion for his posterity to cherish.

To his delight, around eighteen generations of his family housed it over centuries. Keeping its service up, it has gone through many phases of renovation. In the present time, his descendants live in a modern complex. But the mansion continues to stand on the scene to thrill its visitors around. It thrives as a museum to win hearts around. Not just that, it also dons the title of being the oldest house belonging to a particular family in the Americas.

Art lovers can set their hearts free to have the best in the domain. Going through its enticing counters, one can come across many celebrated Peruvian art collections and artifacts. Among them, the dazzling sword Jerónimo de Aliaga (used in the conquest of Peru) tops the list of the stars. History offers its best to the visitors with its thrilling facets unfolding before one. Historical hues blend into the scintillating traces of art in its sphere to add shimmer to its case.

6. Malecón Stroll

Lima breathes at its best with green vibes adorning its scene. To one’s delight, it dons the title of Garden City. Serving the best on that count, Miraflores gets at the top of the list of districts when it comes to beautiful parks. Thanks to the sincere and persistent efforts of the area’s government, it has seen the addition of many scintillating and refreshing green paradises to its narrative.  Among those works, the heart-winning case of Malecón stands out in the domain. It shimmers as a six-mile-long stretch of parks making waves above the Pacific Ocean.

Overlooking the scenic view, it manages to carve out a best experience for its visitors. People throng the area for taking a scintillating stroll. Not just that, one can also catch souls meeting their fitness goals. Malecón rises to the fore as a perfect for one to live one’s jogging time. Adding to that, visitors also land here with their bikes to pedal their spree to another level. The heart-winning view shimmering around also invites people to make it to its iconic sphere.

Weaving an unforgettable time for its visitors, it has also got art waves adorning its case. One can find many beautiful statues giving a warm welcome to their guests. Having the best in that domain, one can walk to the Villena Bridge. Two works churn their magic there and also mark the mid-point of the stretch.

“Intihuatana” (sun anchor) by Fernando de Szyslo and the structure of a couple by Víctor Delfín win hearts bubbling around. The latter art piece forms a part of Parque del Amor (Love Park). A Malecón stroll thus takes one through the lively affairs of the city.

7. San Cristobal Hill Views

Overlooking the bustles of the city, San Cristobal Hill gets on the board to enthrall its visitors. Thriving in the Rimac district of Lima, it rules the scene around 400 meters above sea level. Not just its greenery, but it also cherishes its historical facets in the city. Shimmering as the (natural) highest point in the city, it rises to the fore to let one breathe in iconic city views. Locals revere it as the mountain deity that protects the city from evils. Not just that, one can also see a cross shimmering on the top of the hill to reflect that.

Taking on that part, one can trace it down to the Spanish conquistadors’ regimes. Not just that, people still come here to make offerings and pray. Hikers have to rein in their hearts from taking the call as the hill is not suitable for hiking. One can look forward to getting there by boarding a bus. It takes one through a thrilling route with the natural vegetation thriving around. The moment one reaches the top, one can marvel at the shimmering city view making waves around. However, the beauty of the scene depends on the weather and the time of the day.

Not just that, it also gets on the board as a perfect point for pictures and photography sessions. Apart from that, one can also make way to the museum thriving here. It takes one through the history of the hill. And after getting done with it, take the bus back to get into the rushing city life. Views from the hill are worth it for one to check out.

8. Kitty Visit

If you are an avid cat lover, then you make the best of your time by getting to the Cat Park (Parque Kennedy) in the city. Thriving in Miraflores, Parque Kennedy manages to allure cat lovers hovering around the city. Like most city gems, it also has got its enticing stories to thrill its guests. However, there is no clarity about its beginning in the city. Locals trace it to the use of cats by a church for pest control or catching mice.

As one can notice, it borrows its name from John F. Kennedy to add to its case. Not just that, one can also find it featured in the list of the most famous cat parks in the world. The celebrated park has provided home and shelter to more than 100 stray cats for 25 years. These furry creatures have received austere reactions and responses from the people around them on several occasions. But to their relief, they have got the support of The Feline Protection Volunteer Group. It feeds, sprays and neuters them to keep them in a good state. Not just that, it also shoulders the responsibility of finding them a suitable adopter.

Therefore, one can find them lingering around and cherishing their space in the best way. Adding to that, they also catch up with the people around them to have their belly rub delight. They also approach them for cuddles and pampering from them. Thus, one can look forward to spending time in their company.

9. Larcomar Shopping

Shopping lovers may have pocketed many thrilling shopping delights in different parts of the world. But how about stocking up your shopping basket at a cliff? Well, Lima is all there to serve that experience to its guests with Larcomar. Thriving in Miraflores, it sets the ground up for a thrilling time against the breathtaking view. Poising the green and blue vibes, it establishes itself on the cliff overlooking the raging waves of the Pacific Ocean.

To one’s delight, it does not shimmer on the main scene of the city. Attributing to its thrilling location, one has to go a bit deep along the Malecon to discover its magical space. One can marvel at the scenic views from many restaurants serving Peruvian cuisine delight.

Going around its premises, one can find a long list of fashion names and stars making waves. One can get to one’s favorite brand to shop for the best experience in the city. Luxury shopping lovers can also get their delights by making it to high-end shopping brands. Apart from that, one can also add toppings to one’s shopping delight. Fun seekers can make their way to its movie theater, bowling alley, and pool hall to have the best time on the board.

10. Tour Ruins Of Huaca Pucllana

Let the history lover inside take the call by putting the ancient ruins of Huaca Pucllana on your Lima itinerary. Thriving in the district of Miraflores, they let one delve into the historical facets of the place to have the best on the board. Ruling the scene, they have been thriving at their location since the 5th century. Being a part of the celebrated Lima culture, they reflect on the cultural evolution of the city. One can find an adobe temple with seven tiers to thrill its visitors. The purpose of its construction was to serve the elite clergymen of the place.

The western part of the ruins served the administration and regulation needs of the place. Apart from that, it also accommodated agricultural produce. On the other hand, the eastern part of the ruins served the religious tones of the culture. It has seen the rise and varnishing of religion and culture across its space. Thus, a tour of the ancient ruins of Huaca Pucllana can leave one with some stirring vibes.