Barranco Art and Culture
Discover Lima’s most bohemian neighborhood with this free tour of Barranco. You will fall in love with the colorful buildings and picturesque narrow streets of this idyllic bohemia corner.
DESCRIPTION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Our walk beggins near to Miraflores Oval, we’ll walk the central park and take a bus to go to Barranco, arriving to “Paseo Saenz Peña” wich is one of the first streets in Barranco full of clasical houses with an artistic European style, after that we’ll visit “San Francisco” church and walk along the seeside to take a look of the Barranco beaches.
We’ll get to the “Plazuela Federico Villareal” built on 1926 also we’ll see the mural paintings of Jade Rivera an artist who has made this kind of worl around the world, we’ll know the “Ermita” church built of adobe and “Quincha” in XVIII century it is a place full of tradition and history, we also will visti the “Puente de los Suspiros” / bridge of sighs, an inspirational place for many poets and finally we’ll get to the Municipal park to see the library of Barranco and the “Santísima Cruz” church
Places we will visit:
- Miraflores Oval
- Paseo Sáenz Peña
- Plazuela Federico Villareal
- La Ermita
- Puente de los Suspiros
- Municipal Park
Bus Cost: S/1.50 soles
Recommendations:
- Wear Confortable Clothes and Shoes to Walk
- Use Mask
- Use a hat
Important:
You must be 5 minutes early to the reunion point, in case of miss the date, please cancel your reservation