Lima for luxury travelers
Here's Lima through the lens of luxury travelers: the canonical questions worth asking before you book a flight, the curated lists worth opening when you want a shortcut to local expertise, and the live right-now data below ready to inform your next decision about when, where, and how to spend your time on the ground.
Lima for luxury travelers, in numbers
- Picks on this page
- 4 places across 1 lists, led by The Westin Lima Hotel & Convention Center, JW Marriott Hotel Lima, InterContinental Hotels REAL LIMA MIRAFLORES by IHG
- luxury-tier hotels
- 4 in the Trip.com poolfrom US$219 a night
Questions luxury travelers ask about Lima
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Where to stay
Miraflores for a first visit to Lima. It sits on the Pacific cliffs, puts you within walking distance of Parque Kennedy and the Malecón, and runs $70-130 per night for a solid mid-range hotel. Barranco, 15 minutes south by taxi, costs $50-90 and has Lima's best restaurant concentration. Skip Centro Histórico for sleeping.
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Must-see
The Larco Museum in Pueblo Libre. Founded in 1926, it fills a whitewashed viceregal mansion with pre-Columbian ceramics, textiles, and gold from cultures that predate the Inca by millennia. The Sala Erótica has no equivalent anywhere in South America. No reservation needed, and the garden cafe afterward sets the right tempo for a jet-lagged first day.
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Food culture
Lima's food culture runs on a clock. Ceviche is a lunch-only tradition because the fish arrives at dawn and has a shelf life measured in hours. Anticucho carts fire up beef-heart skewers after dark. Two fusion traditions, Chinese-Peruvian chifa and Japanese-Peruvian Nikkei, set Lima apart from every other food city in South America.
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Cultural etiquette
Lima runs on physical warmth and formal courtesy. Greet with a single kiss on the right cheek between women, or men and women, and a firm handshake between men. Say 'buenos días' before asking for anything. Restaurants expect a tip, usually added as 'servicio' on the bill. Cover knees and shoulders when visiting Lima's colonial-era churches.
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Airport to city
From Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), take the Airport Express Lima bus to Miraflores. It costs 25 PEN (about $7.40), runs every 30 minutes from 7am to midnight, and takes about 50 minutes. After midnight, pre-book an Uber from the departures level. Budget 25-40 PEN ($7-12) to Miraflores. Avoid the taxi touts inside the terminal.
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