Essential Free Tour Lima
2-2.5 Hours
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2-2.5 Hours
Essential Free Tour Lima
- Discover the Cathedral of Lima, one of the most emblematic buildings in Peru.
- Walk through narrow streets with colorful colonial houses and beautiful baroque churches.
- Feel the bustling local life in the majestic Main Square, the social epicenter of the city.
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Subsequently, with the deterioration of the center of Lima, the Jir\u00f3n de la Uni\u00f3n lost its aristocratic character and became completely commercialized.","day_image":"bd3051e7-319f-42ad-05cf-36a74fb0b500","address":"","latitude":-12.0499,"longitude":-77.034,"wiki_latitude":-12.0499,"wiki_longitude":-77.034,"place_id":"08b355fc849259d48a2d518fedb8b6a3","order":0,"alt":"Lima Jiron de la Union Street","tour_ids":"4870","order_tours":{"4870":0},"colors":["#83967c"],"posts_title":[{"title":"Essential Tour","id":4870}]},{"title":"Church of Our Lady of Mercy","wiki_title":"Basilica and Convent of Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de la Merced","description":"Church of Our Lady of Mercy is located in Novo Hamburgo. The church was built between 1850 and 1886. The current building was previously a former chapel whose facade is from 1936.","wiki_description":"The Basilica and Priory of Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de la Merced is a Roman Catholic church located in Lima, Peru. It was designed in the Baroque style known as Churrigueresque. The church was built under the supervision of Friar Miguel de Orenes in 1535. The Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy, the patroness of the Peruvian Armed Forces, is venerated in the Basilica. 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Set on the R\u00edmac River, the palace occupies the site of a very large huaca that incorporated a shrine to Taulichusco, the last kuraka of Lima.","wiki_description":"The Government Palace, also known as the House of Pizarro, is the seat of the executive branch of the Peruvian government, and the official residence of the president of Peru. The palace is a stately government building, occupying the northern side of the Plaza Mayor in Peru's capital city, Lima. Set on the R\u00edmac River, the palace occupies the site of a very large huaca that incorporated a shrine to Taulichusco, the last kuraka of Lima.","day_image":"f272bf05-d46b-45e6-7fe0-7f020773a100","address":"","latitude":-12.04514,"longitude":-77.02989,"wiki_latitude":-12.04514,"wiki_longitude":-77.02989,"place_id":"5f962b10bb2195cf3e2e0eda0be0b47b","order":0,"alt":"Lima Government Palace","tour_ids":"4870","order_tours":{"4870":0},"colors":["#83967c"],"posts_title":[{"title":"Essential Tour","id":4870}]},{"title":"Eugene Courret\u2019s Photographic Studio","wiki_title":"","description":"","wiki_description":"","day_image":"b84645d1-fbb2-47e2-f4f5-3f4e47e12900","address":"Historic Centre of Lima, Felipe Arancibia Avenue, Unidad Vecinal del Rimac, R\u00edmac, Province of Lima, Lima Metropolitan Area, Lima, 15094, Peru","latitude":-12.04383275,"longitude":-77.03005057,"wiki_latitude":0,"wiki_longitude":0,"place_id":"c430417d6f975503c5fb4145bc9258f9","order":0,"alt":"Lima Eugene Courret\u2019s Photographic Studio","tour_ids":"4870","order_tours":{"4870":0},"colors":["#83967c"],"posts_title":[{"title":"Essential Tour","id":4870}]},{"title":"House of Peruvian Literature","wiki_title":"Desamparados station","description":"The Desamparados station is a railway station in Lima, Peru. 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The structure is the largest architectural complex within the historic centers of all of South America, and for this reason it was known as \"El Escorial of the New World\". San Francisco is considered a jewel of continental architecture for its mixture of different styles combined throughout more than 150 years of construction. San Francisco is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site \"City of Quito\".","wiki_description":"The monumental complex of the Basilica and Convent of San Francisco of Lima, also known as \"San Francisco el Grande\" or \"San Francisco de Jes\u00fas\", is located in the Historic Center of Lima, Peru. This church together with the Sanctuary Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de la Soledad and the Church del Milagro set up one of the welcoming and artistic corners of Lima. Ram\u00f3n Men\u00e9ndez Pidal, Spanish philologist and scholar in this regard commented: \"It is the largest and noblest monument that erected in these prodigious lands the conquest\".","day_image":"9bd7b88d-56c8-42b3-4a03-d91ec638d900","address":"Quito","latitude":-12.04549722,"longitude":-77.02739444,"wiki_latitude":-12.04549722,"wiki_longitude":-77.02739444,"place_id":"9d9755cfcd6846bcc5578d7b14b41420","order":0,"alt":"Lima Church and Convent of San Francisco","tour_ids":"4870","order_tours":{"4870":0},"colors":["#83967c"],"posts_title":[{"title":"Essential Tour","id":4870}]},{"title":"San Martin Square","wiki_title":"Plaza San Mart\u00edn, Lima","description":"The Plaza San Mart\u00edn is one of the most representative public spaces of the city of Lima, Peru. It is located at the ninth block of Colmena avenue, within the Historic Centre of Lima which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1988 by UNESCO. 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