# List of tourist attractions in Lima

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

## Beaches and waterfront

* Ancón
* Asia
* Chancay
* Pucusana
* Miraflores
* Los Pavos
* Playa Punta Roquitas
* Playa Waikiki
* Playa Makaha
* Playa Barranquito
* Playa Redondo
* Playa La Estrella
* Playa Arica
* Playa El Silencio
* Playa La Herradura
* Playa La Pampilla
* Playa Agua Dulce
* Playa Punta Hermosa
* Playa Santa María
* Cerro Azul
* Costa Verde Highway (Green Coast Avenue)

## Museums

| Museum of the Nation | National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru | Museo de Arte de Lima |
| Museo de Historia Natural | Museo Mario Testino | Museo Larco |
| Museo de Arte Contemporaneo | Museo de Arte Italiano | Museo de Oro y Armas del Mundo |
* National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru (Museo Nacional del Arqueología, Antropología, e Historia del Perú)
* National Museum of Perú - MUNA
* Museum of the Nation (Museo de la Nación)
* Gold Museum of Peru and Weapons of the World
* Arts & Peruvian Popular Traditions Museum
* Museum of Japanese immigration to Peru [es]
* Larco Museum (Museo Larco)
* Lima Art Museum (Museo de Arte de Lima; MALI)
* Walls of Lima
* Metropolitan Museum of Lima (Museo Metropolitano)
* Casa Grau Naval Museum
* Combatants of the Morro de Arica Museum
* Mario Testino Museum, MATE
* Museo de los Descalzos (Museum of The Barefoot)
* Pedro de Osma Museum [es]
* Museum of Italian Art
* Museum of Natural History, Lima (Museo de Historia Natural)
* Presbítero Maestro cemetery
* Ricardo Palma House Museum [es]
* Museum of Congress and the Inquisition Museo de la Inquisicion
* Real Felipe Fortress
* Nicolini Auto Museum, La Molina (Museo de Autos Nicolini)
Full List of Museums of Lima: Museos de Lima

## Shopping centres

* Plaza Norte, Independencia (The biggest)
* Real Plaza Puruchuco, Ate
* Plaza San Miguel, San Miguel (The oldest)
* Jockey Plaza, Santiago de Surco (The most visited and 2nd biggest)
* Larcomar, Miraflores
* Camino Real Mall, San Isidro
* Risso Mall, Lince
* Mega Plaza Norte, Independencia
* El Polo, Santiago de Surco
* Royal Plaza, Independencia
* Open Plaza Angamos, Surquillo
* Open Plaza Atocongo, San Juan de Miraflores
* Mall del Sur, San Juan de Miraflores
* Open Plaza La Marina, San Miguel
* Plaza Lima Sur, Chorrillos
* Primavera Park Plaza, San Borja
* Real Plaza Centro Civico, Lima
* Real Plaza Salaverry, Jesús María
* Real Plaza Santa Clara, Ate
* Mall Aventura Plaza Santa Anita, Santa Anita
* Mall Plaza Comas, Comas
* Arenales Mall, Lince

## Historical buildings

| Government Palace | The Palace of Justice, Lima | Basilica and Cathedral of Lima |
| The Archbishop's Palace of Lima (With Balconies) | Park and Remaining Walls of Lima | San Francisco Church (Monastery and Catacombs) |
| Congress of the Republic, Plaza Bolivar | Torre Tagle Palace | Inquisition Museum, Plaza Bolivar |
Historical centre of Lima
* Government Palace (Peru)
* Plaza Mayor of Lima
* Lima Cathedral
* Catacombs and Monastery of San Francisco, Lima
* Congress of the Republic
* Basilica and Convent of San Pedro
* Basilica of Santo Domingo
* Casona of the San Marcos University
* Desamparados station
* Museum of Italian Art
* Lima Art Museum
* Municipal Palace of Lima
* National Institute of Culture
* Palace of Justice
* Perez Aranibar Children House
* Rimac Building
* Riva Aguero House
* La Rosa Náutica
* Monastery of San Francisco
* Sanctuary of Las Nazarenas
* Sanctuary of Saint Rose of Lima
* Segura Theatre
* Torre Tagle Palace
* Plaza de toros de Acho
* Plaza San Martin
* University Park
* Naval Heroes Park
* Alameda Chabuca Granda
* Lima's City Walls Park

## Pre-Columbian Sites

The city has over three thousand antiquity sites spread throughout the city. Only ten percent have received preservation or study.
| Huallamarca Site, San Isidro District | Huaca Pucllana, Miraflores District | Pachacamac Site, Pachacamac District |
* Pachacamac Temple
* Huaca Pucllana
* Huaca Huallamarca

## Islands

* San Lorenzo
* El Frontón
* Palomino
* Pachacamac

## Amusement parks

* Park of the Exposition, Lima
* Park of the Reserve (Largest Fountain Complex in the World), Lima
* Lima's Monterrico Hippodrome, Santiago de Surco
* Campo de Marte, Jesús María
* Granja Villa, Chorrillos
* Three Tires Pool, Puente Piedra
* M&M Park - Kart Circuit, Magdalena del Mar
* Friendship Park, Santiago de Surco
* Reducto Nº2 Park, Miraflores
* Reducto Nº5 Park, Surquillo
* Huampani, Lurigancho
* Alameda de los Descalzos, Rimac
* Paseo de Aguas, Rimac
* Kennedy Park, Miraflores
* Love Park, Miraflores
* Sports Center, Barranco
* Sports Center, Santiago de Surco
* Sports Center, VIDENA, San Luis
* Sports Center, Miraflores
* Pantanos de Villa, Chorrillos

## Zoos

* Centro Ecológico Recreacional de Huachipa, Ate
* Parque de las Leyendas, San Miguel

## Other places

* Chinatown, Lima
* Jirón de la Union
* Larco Avenue
* Bridge of Sighs, Puente de los Suspiros, Barranco District
* Grand National Theatre of Peru
* Free Walking Tour of Lima