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Lima on the Pacific: Miraflores to Barranco along the clifftops

The Lima that faces the ocean is another city: cliffs over seventy metres high, paragliders, gardens perched above the Costa Verde and old seaside resorts turned bohemian neighbourhoods. This route starts in the heart of Miraflores and follows the clifftop promenade south to Barranco. The middle stretch is a long, flat walk beside the sea: take it slowly and enjoy the view.

  • 5 stops
  • 4.5 km
  • 2 h 30 min
  • Free
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The Miraflores cliffs with the seafront buildings and the Costa Verde

The route

Stop by stop

  1. 1 Kennedy ParkMiraflores's open-air living room, with a church, painters, weekend dancing and dozens of cats who think they own the place.
  2. 2 Love ParkA twelve-metre couple kisses on the edge of the cliff, surrounded by Gaudí-style mosaics.
  3. 3 Larcomar and the cliffsA shopping centre dug into the cliff, below a park that remembers an airman who averted a tragedy.
  4. 4 Barranco Municipal ParkThe main square of the old seaside resort of Lima's elite, with its red-towered library and a marble nymph.
  5. 5 Bridge of SighsA wooden bridge from 1876, burned in wartime, sung by Chabuca Granda and crossed by generations of lovers holding their breath.

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What you’ll discover

Lima on the Pacific: Miraflores to Barranco along the clifftops

The malecón

Kilometres of clifftop parks with the Pacific at your feet and, on clear days, the islands off Callao.

Open-air art

Víctor Delfín's The Kiss, the mosaics of Love Park and the colourful mansions of Barranco.

Two districts, two eras

Modern Miraflores and the 19th-century summer resort of Barranco, burned by Chilean troops in 1881 and reborn as a bohemian haven.

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