Flowers can be seen everywhere, in apartment window boxes, on rooftop gardens and planted in its 70+ public parks. Most parks in Lima offer free wi-fi! The first parks I visited and have come back to many times (just three blocks from my hotel) are Parque Kennedy and the ajoining Parque Central/7 de Junio. They are directly across from the Palacio Municipal and the beautiful Virgen Milagrosa Church. There is a small amphitheater, a play park and any number of stray cats. You can also find the Mirabus here. It is a red double-decker bus with an open air top. Several times a day a one hour tour, with English and Spanish narration by a tour guide, leaves from this location and showcases the top attractions of the district. It is a great deal at only 10 soles per person.
Below are several pictures from the tour I took one afternoon. Actually, they are from the second tour I took because the first day it was very sunny and I couldn’t travel on the open air top deck for fear of sunburn. Unfortunately the bus is wrapped in a huge Mirabus ad, including over the windows, so all my photos from that first tour came out blurry. The second time around it was overcast and I was freezing in the damp breeze, but my photos were ever so such better.
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| Parque Kennedy (see my favourite little restaurant Cafe de la Paz in the red building). |
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Huaca Pucllana - Lima Culture Clay Pyramid and Ritual Site, circa 200-700 AD. |
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| The Peruvian Kiss in the Parque del Amor |
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| Taxi stand (safe cabs to take) in front of Larcomar |
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| Site of the Battle of Miraflores 1881 - According to the tour guide everyone, including old men, women and children defended Miraflores on the battle field. |
