Local operator · Estación Benavides, Miraflores
A guide meets you at a bus station in Miraflores and rides with you into the historic centre for fruit, ceviche, Chinese snacks in Barrio Chino and churros, ending with a pisco tasting by the Plaza Mayor. Pick it if you are staying in Miraflores and want the old town without working out how to get there.
This tour starts where most visitors sleep. You meet at Estación Benavides on the Metropolitano bus line in Miraflores and ride downtown with the guide, about 30 minutes. The fare is about US$1, or a taxi about US$7, and you pay it yourself. The price covers nine tastings: exotic fruit, ceviche, Chinatown snacks, churros, a pisco tasting, chicha morada, stuffed olives from the south of Peru, Andean cheese, and Peruvian beans and corn with spices. You can cancel free up to 24 hours before.
Downtown, the listing gives 1 hour 30 minutes to street food and market stops, 30 minutes to Barrio Chino, 30 more around the Plaza Mayor and 45 minutes to the pisco tasting at the end. The tour finishes in the historic centre. The operator says it runs about four hours, depending on the size of the group. Guests like the mix of history and food, and one who went alone got what she calls a private tour.
The listing has 4.6 stars from 45 reviews, a little below the big tours, with praise for guides named Daniel, Claudia and Michael. Hotel pickup can be added at extra cost. It is not suitable for people with mobility impairments. Tell the operator about any dietary needs at booking, since the tastings include fish, cheese and pisco.
Meet at the Metropolitano station on the Vía Expresa in Miraflores.
Ride with the guide into the historic centre, about US$1 at your own cost.
Fruit, ceviche and street snacks at markets and stalls.
Chinese-Peruvian snacks in Lima's Chinatown.
Churros and street food near the main square, then a 45-minute pisco tasting.
★★★★★Daniel our guide was excellent. He was knowledgeable not only about the delicious food and drink tastings, but also about Peru's culture and history, Lima's architecture, the peoples and their lifestyle. Highly informative. [...] Highly recommend!
★★★★★Yozi was a great Guide. I was the only one that booked it for that so it was a private tour which was awesome. The variety and quantity of the food was amazing and everything was super tasty. I was picked up at a station in Miraflores and we rode the public transport together to the city centre.
★★★★★I had a great tour. Michael was my tour guide. It was a combination of history food tour. I am a foodie, and I love, beautiful art, and history, and it was a combination of everything and all of the food places we went to were absolutely scrumptious.
★★★★★LOVE LOVE LOVED this tour Claudia was amazing and made the day great . she went above and beyond. well worth its money. it was easy to meet her, experiance Lima as (almost ) a local she was full of interesting facts and great information. [...]
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At Estación Benavides, a Metropolitano bus station on the Vía Expresa in Miraflores. You ride downtown with the guide.
No. The bus costs about US$1, or a taxi about US$7, paid by you. Hotel pickup can be added at extra cost.
Exotic fruit, ceviche, Chinatown snacks, churros, chicha morada, stuffed olives, Andean cheese, beans and corn, and a pisco tasting.
In the historic centre, after the pisco tasting near the Plaza Mayor.
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