Lima, Peru: Possibly the Best City in South America

Obviously, I haven't been to them all, but after spending a month in Lima, Peru, it would not surprise me if it is not the best city in all of South America. The City Centre is historic and stately. Shanty towns such as Villa El Salvador are as real as it gets. Tha Larco Museum is one of the top such places on the continent. The Miraflores and Barranco neighborhoods compare favorably to places anywhere.

Join me in this video, as I take a look at numerous aspects of Lima and then decide for yourself if it is a place you could visit or live!

Music provided by Epidemic Sound.

Having retired in 2023, I now travel full-time, seeing places all around the world. My idea for YouTube is to make the videos more about the places and people along the way, than about me. I hope that the experience for you is both entertaining and educational. Perhaps you will come away from my channel with ideas about places you would like to visit or be inspired to forge your own way.

I travel slowly, spending four or five weeks in each destination. Hopefully, that will allow me to go beyond the surface to find the essence of each location. By the end of 2024, I will have visited 14 countries and five of the seven continents. Come along for the journey!

[tylerj.allison]

Lima is my fave city in SA. As I strolled through the bustling streets of Miraflores, the warm sun on my skin and the smell of freshly cooked ceviche in the air, I felt a sense of vibrancy and energy that's hard to find elsewhere. I stopped at a local café and enjoyed a rich Peruvian coffee, watching the lively scene unfold before me, as the day drew to a close, I headed to the Malecón, the scenic cliffside promenade that overlooks the Pacific Ocean. The sunset was stunning, with the sky turning pink and orange as the waves crashed against the shore.
I gazed out at the breathtaking view, I felt grateful for this experience in Lima. The city's unique blend of history, culture, and natural beauty had captured my heart, and I couldn't help but think that Lima was the best city in South America to live in. The warm and welcoming people, the delicious food, the vibrant neighborhoods it all came together to create a truly special place, really a very special place.

[percyvejarano]

Excelent video and landscape, PERU its beautiful.

[BritishExpatWorldTraveler]

Miraflores in Lima reminded me of a blend between Santa Monica and Malibu due to its green cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Lima is a wonderful city, as vast as LA, and its traffic can get as jammed as in LA. I stayed in Miraflores for the first week, and for the second week, I was at an Airbnb in Barranco. The traffic could get hectic. Both Miraflores and Barranco are the safest and best options to stay in Lima. They have the best hotels, restaurants, shopping centers, bars, etc., all easily accessible by walking distance.

[zackmckeown]

Lima is a very special place, for me the most beautiful city in South America! It has first-class gastronomy, my girlfriend is from Lima, a beautiful Peruvian of Japanese descent, Lima was the place where I saw the largest number of Asians speaking perfect Spanish, there are large communities of Peruvians with Chinese and Japanese ancestors, a very pleasant place.

[heatherstephenson]

How interesting that there are so many people of Chinese descent in Peru. I never would have guessed that! I am learning so much from your travels. Thanks for sharing!

[luannamorillogalvez]

I'm Peruvian and everyone is welcome to Lima!!! I was not born in Lima (I'm from the jungle, Pucallpa) but Lima is charming, chaotic and beautiful with the most beautiful mixtures, the region between Asia and the new world, its diversity is reflected in its famous gastronomy, being the gastronomic capital of the Americas, Lima offers the best restaurants in the world.

[brisafox]

Every year we travel to Peru, we fall in love with the wonders of this country and especially with its delicious food. Cusco, Puno, Ayacucho, Arequipa and Lima: Miraflores, Barranco and other cities have their appeal and are a delight for our eyes. We were last year in OXAPAMPA and POZUZO for 5 days. It is another experience since it is a different place from Lima and the other states we were able to taste the best butter and meat and good coffee etc., since this city was created by Austro German people.. I recommend them to you... Thanks for the excellent videos, we enjoyed it very much.

[hinthegroove]

Best Lima travel video I’ve found on YouTube.
Had to subscribe.

[jaimeeduardohairjaramillo]

Wauuu Lima Perú Is a nice city !!! ❤

[marilemos]

Beautiful video! Beautiful city! Beautiful country! Thanks for sharing! 🙏

[allandario]

outstanding video quality and narration. Great job! Hope you are not alone anymore, unless that's your preference. Thank you for showing Peru in such a positive light. Greetings from a Peruvian residing in Pa, USA

[jorgeenriquezarate]

Until now, this is the best video that I've ever seen about Lima, obviously my city hasn' t the first sights like Mexico City or Buenos Aires cities best ranked but the mixed of old and new sights, the closer to the Pacific Ocean, and more than 3, 000 years of history, remember, near Lima, we have the oldest town in the New World, Caral, also Lima was the most important city in South America until eighteenth century, thanks for your dedication to Lima

[monicaquevedo]

Lo bonito de la Costa verde es que hay tanto playas de arena como de piedras y muchos restaurantes con vista al mar.

[davidveraok]

Hello from Peru and many thanks for your video. We limeños are very humble people. We know we have one of the best cities in Latin America, but we prefer to hide it, because some people from other regions in Latin America will try to put Lima way down on the list. I appreciate your honesty and good quality videos. Lima was the main center of Viceroyalty that is why its colonial arquitecture is so wonderful. We take care a lot about our Parks because we love them. We are watering public gardens using tanker trucks, what has double value. The beauty is not free. Lima is becoming the new pretty girl in the neighbourhood. New big Airport City, New subway, etc. Even the shanty areas are made out of hard working class people with thousands and thousands of micro-enterpreneurs.

[chinamannomad]

Wonderful video, thank you for sharing your stay in Lima!

[hugozamora]

Miraflores, Barranco, San Isidro, San Borja, San Miguel, Magdalena del Mar, Lince. Those are the safest places to stay in lima, and La punta in Callao is a beautiful bay also.

[ivancortez]

WOW i love your video, thanks for share

[mateotincopa]

thank you so much for showing our great capital !

[Napkinatorz]

Wow what a beautiful city, thanks for this video- Lima is definitely added to my bucket list!

[JuliaGonzalesTravels]

You are doing a great job on your videos. I love your calm approach. Almost 10K keep it up!