Lima: The Best & Worst of Visiting Lima, Peru

5 Things you will love & hate about visiting Lima, Peru. For tourist information on Lima, Peru and what you should know before you visit Lima here are our favorite parts of visiting the capital of Peru, and a few things that might annoy a traveler. The best & worst of visiting Lima, Peru.
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[latinbob]

I've been to Peru 10 times and I have read the comments below. The traffic is very bad and noisy. However, I have always had very good interaction with Peruvians anywhere. If you're polite so are they. The best part of Peru is the food. Just awesome. That's why there are so many Peruvian restaurants around the world. There are many poor parts in Lima that can be dirty and unsafe. Just don't go there. I don't go to the poor parts of Chicago either. The street vendors can be very aggressive in Lima as compared to the Mexico where they are more polite. But my worst experience was in Beijing, China. Be aware that nobody has change so always keep lots of change and small bills with you for taxi, museum fees and tips etc. Lima is one of my favorite cities and I have always had a great time.

[perupedro]

Dear Mark,

As a Lima-born person, I cannot do more than thank you very very much for this review, it definitely comes from a very experienced traveler and I think you catched most of Lima right. Hope that you can visit it soon again and thanks for your kind words and for presenting my Lima to your international audience as it is.

[ElenaParadoxP]

i'm from peru and i lived 5 months in usa and i swear the biggest culture shock was the toilets lol there were no bins and i was so concerned i was being rude by flushing down the toilet until i realized it's how it's done there. i travelled with my parents after and i told them and my mom was shocked too

[humbertodolagomuller]

Lima was by far one of the cleanest cities I've ever been
The traffic is crazy, and super noisy, but its not worse than the traffic in La Paz or even in Rio (except for the noise, people really love their honks in Lima)
I also spent some time on non touristic areas, and even there it was pretty clean and I felt safe.
Also had a surprisingly good experience with public transportation, specially on the BRT from historical center to Miraflores, worked perfectly, even late at night.
I guess the main positive side that I can say about Lima and Peru itself was the people, from the police officer that stopped a random bus in the middle of Barranco traffic and escorted us all the way inside to the friend I made that showed us lots of the city, and we are still in contact some years later.
The one regret I have is not staying longer there

[rmknicks]

I loved Lima! The people are fantastic and the food....! Never felt unsafe. It's beautiful.

[christopher]

One district in Lima I love is San Miguel. Every time I visit Lima with my kids we go there. Lots of kid friendly activities, food and fairs. Great video!

[andrealordelo]

Best best cuisine in my opinion. loved Lima. 🤗

[Khalooloo]

It's so nice to see you bringing your kids along to travel! I'm sure these will be such great memories for them.

[eeeecccc]

I LOVE Lima, but the air pollution is a little rough. Trucks and buses belch out all kinds of visible exhaust. Barranco is a great district south of Miraflores for the funky artsy folks, def recommended (I could live there, and may after retirement!)

[zab]

Hi Mark, I've recently discovered your channel, and I have to say, it's brilliant! So informative and engaging! A lot of important tips, do's and don'ts! Keep up the good work! 👍🏼

[aronzimas]

Born and raised in Lima. I both love it and hate it. That's the best way I can describe it.

[elayanbal]

I like this video, I 'm Peruvian and you are totally right about the security in Lima, it depends on the hour and also on the district. Miraflores, San Isidro, Jesús María, Pueblo Libre, La Molina are very safe places compare with others.

[xberttraveler]

Great video Mark. I will be going there this year so it's great that u made a video about this.

[universeofkorede]

Not flushing the toilet paper reminds me of when I went to Brazil, takes getting use to. Hopefully I'll travel to Lima in the future and be able to do a travel blog for my channel as well. Thanks for the great information Wolter.

[xberttraveler]

When u said the water is a bit chilly I thought your next line would be because it's coming up from Chile.

[BrendanExplores]

I would love to visit Peru! The food sounds awesome 😋 I include a lot of British food in my vlog so filming in Peru would be awesome 👍

[neillcaiger]

Tx!! Sending all your Peru videos to my son who is backpacking there this August for a month! 😀👍

[snitzelll]

Aaaaa you where here again. I live 5 blocks away from Kennedy park. Hope you guys had a great time 🇵🇪♥️♥️

[biasvita]

Haven't been to Peru yet but it's on my list 🙂.

[petereaves]

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