Lima is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Peru, is also the capital of Lima Province. The shopping center, industrial, financial and cultural center of the country. The city is located in the valleys of the rivers Chillon, Rimac, Lurin. Located on the west coast of the country, near the Pacific Ocean port of Callao. The total population was 6,117,489 inhabitants in 1995, almost one third live in settlements of huts on the periphery.

The construction of luxury hotels has meant an explosion of pretty residential neighborhoods. Find general information on Lima, the capital of Peru, for your next trip to San Isidro and Miraflores in Lima, whose attractions are beautiful houses and flower-filled parks, cafes and restaurants, theaters and nightlife dynamics.

Shopping in Lima are excellent. Its boutiques and handicrafts shops are full of good deals with gold and silver jewelry, leather, pottery, weavings, soft alpaca and vicuña wool weaving. Dinner is also a delicacy for Peruvian cuisine is, quite simply, served hot in a stylish and comfortable restaurant in the gardens or the sea.