Explore Lima
Lima is the culinary capital of the Americas — home to several of the world's best restaurants — wrapped around Pacific cliffs and pre-Columbian pyramids. Chauffyr carries you from a Barranco tasting menu to a Miraflores cevichería to a colonial-centre palace, in a fixed-price black car with no traffic to fight.
World-leading gastronomy, Pacific ceviche, pre-Columbian ruins and the cliff-top parks of Miraflores.
The facts, upfront
The best restaurants in Lima
Central
Peruvian · Tasting · $$$$ · Barranco
Virgilio Martínez and Pía León's Barranco flagship — repeatedly named the world's best restaurant.
Maido
Nikkei · $$$$ · Miraflores
Mitsuharu Tsumura's Nikkei temple, fusing Japanese precision with Peruvian ingredients.
Kjolle
Peruvian · $$$$ · Barranco
Pía León's biodiversity-driven room, alongside Central in Barranco.
Astrid y Gastón
Peruvian · $$$$ · San Isidro
Gastón Acurio's landmark restaurant in a colonial San Isidro hacienda.
La Mar Cebichería
Ceviche · Seafood · $$$ · Miraflores
Gastón Acurio's buzzing daytime cevichería — Lima's benchmark for fresh ceviche.
Panchita
Criollo · Anticuchos · $$ · Miraflores
Acurio's warm criollo grill for anticuchos and Peruvian comfort food.
What to see in Lima
Huaca Pucllana
Miraflores
A great adobe-and-clay pyramid of the Lima culture, rising in the middle of modern Miraflores.
Malecón de Miraflores
Miraflores
A ribbon of cliff-top parks and walkways above the Pacific, with paragliders overhead.
Barranco & the Bridge of Sighs
Barranco
Lima's bohemian seaside quarter — the wooden Bridge of Sighs, murals, galleries and bars.
Larco Museum
Pueblo Libre
A dazzling private collection of pre-Columbian art in a whitewashed colonial mansion.
Plaza Mayor & Lima Cathedral
Centro Histórico
The colonial heart of the City of Kings — a UNESCO-listed square framed by the cathedral and palace.
Convento de San Francisco
Centro Histórico
A honey-coloured Baroque monastery famous for its eerie underground catacombs.
One perfect day in Lima
9:00 · Morning
Huaca PucllanaMiraflores — Adobe pyramid ruins
11:00 · Late morning
Malecón de MirafloresMiraflores — Cliff-top Pacific views
13:00 · Lunch
La Mar CebicheríaCeviche · Seafood · Miraflores — Classic ceviche
15:00 · Afternoon
Barranco & the Bridge of SighsBarranco — Puente de los Suspiros
20:00 · Dinner
CentralPeruvian · Tasting · Barranco — Ecosystems-by-altitude tasting
Book this day, one chauffeur
One fixed-price car and driver for every stop — no parking, no waiting, no surge.