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Tours
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- Ultimate Peruvian Food Tour in BarrancoBarranco on foot, with ceviche, lomo saltado and a pisco sour made in front of you, and chocolate. Lunch is covered.
- Historic Centre Street Food and Market TourFood carts, old eateries, the Central Market and Chinatown, with anticuchos, churros and a chilcano in an old casona.
- Miraflores Cooking Class: Ceviche and Pisco SourCook your own ceviche, tuna tartare and pisco sour in a chef's home, with fruit, 17 pisco flavours and a dessert.
- Surquillo Market and Miraflores: 10+ TastingsExotic fruit at the Surquillo market, ceviche and pisco, Criollo stews by Parque Kennedy. Vegetarian menus available.
- Cooking Class with Market Tour and PickupPickup in Miraflores, the Surquillo market with a guide, then cook ceviche, causa and a pisco sour for a 2-course meal.
- Street Food Tour with Ceviche, Churros and ChinatownBy bus with a guide from Miraflores to the old town for fruit, ceviche, Chinatown snacks, churros and a pisco tasting.
- Downtown Street Food in 2 HoursHuariques, the Central Market and Chinatown in two hours, with ceviche, anticuchos, picarones and a live pisco sour.
- Barranco Street Food by Tuk-Tuk: 13 TastingsA tuk-tuk to a Barranco market, 13 tastings and 10+ fruits, desserts and soups. No alcohol, more than a hearty lunch.
- Criollo Nights: 14+ Tastings After DarkAn evening of 14+ tastings in 6 to 7 stops, from Amazon fried rice to anticuchos and ceviche, for eight guests at most.
- Ceviche, Pisco and Pollo a la Brasa TourPollo a la brasa, causa, churros and desserts in the old town, then make ceviche and a pisco sour in five flavours.
- Miraflores and Historic Centre Sightseeing TourSights with small tastings: Love Park, Huaca Pucllana, the Plaza Mayor and a pisco tasting, with hotel pickup.
Guides
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- What to eat in LimaCeviche, lomo saltado, causa, anticuchos, pollo a la brasa, the desserts, the drinks and what Limeños eat for breakfast.
- Lima street foodAnticuchos, picarones, churros, papa rellena and the carts and huariques that sell them, by neighbourhood.
- Ceviche in LimaPeru's national dish: what goes in it, leche de tigre, the lunchtime rule, tiradito and where to eat or make it.
- Cooking class vs food tourWhat you cook, what you taste, market visits, pickup, length, vegetarian options and prices, side by side.
- Why Peruvian food is so goodIngredients from three climates, five centuries of migrants, chifa and Nikkei, world rankings and a fair look at Peru vs Mexico.
- Is a Lima food tour worth it?What the price covers, the best tour for each kind of traveller, the neighbourhoods, vegetarian options and how full you will be.
Blog
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- World's 50 Best 2026 in LimaThe ceremony lands in Lima on 4 November, the first in South America. Here is what is known, what is not, and how to eat well around it.
- Christmas in Lima 2026A midnight dinner of roast turkey, panetón with hot chocolate at 24 °C, chocolatadas, the December holidays and the start of summer.
- Pisco Sour Day 2027Saturday 6 February 2027: who invented the drink, what goes in it, why February suits it, and which Lima tours shake one in front of you.
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