Lima City Tour

Considering how much we've been devouring Peruvian cuisine you might think we've intentionally been avoiding touring much of Lima itself. Nothing could be further from the truth. The reality of our situation - completing a school practicum and visiting family - has meant we've had less time to travel than we normally do when visiting a city/country.
Anyhow, when we had a few days off from school we were finally thrilled to get a chance to venture off from Miraflores and visit more of the traditional areas of the city. Joining Audrey's parents who visited us from Canada, we decided on Panoramic tour bus tour.
Departing from Kennedy Park the highlights were downtown colonial and Republic architecture including Plaza de Armas, Plaza San Martín, the Plaza of Congress, the “Parque de la Reserva”, the National Library and the station of 'Desamparados.' The guided portion of our tour allowed us to explore Monastery of San Francisco (Convento de San Francisco) with a tour of the catacombs. Unfortunately, we weren't able to take photos/video though.
Overall, it was a great way to see Lima - especially for those without a lot of days/time to spare. We ended up taking a Mirabus tour. The following is the necessary information:
Departs: Parque Kennedy
Daily: 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
The tour lasts 3.5 hours
Adults: S /. 70.00
Kids (from 4 to 10 years): S /. 50.00
Kennedy Park (departs) – Miraflores (ends).
Lima City Tour Travel Video Transcript:
Coming in live from Parque Kennedy this is Gaucho Gringo Samuel. And before we start our tour of showing you all around Lima we're going to explore this park which is nearby our house.
Meow. Meow. Meow.
So this afternoon we're taking a tour with Mirabus and it is basically a bus tour around the city. It is not hop on, hop off style which means we won't get to you know get off and explore the places we're interested in. But we do get an overview of the city and right now we are visiting a beautiful Convent and Monastery.
Considering how many food videos we've been making since we've been in Lima it is kind of crazy we haven't gone out to explore and check out the city. Part of that is because of course we've been doing our teaching practicum and also we've been visiting family. But the other part is we've been eating so much and taking too many Siestas. So we've finally outside and we're excited to show you around Lima.
It is ridiculously hot and humid out here, so I'm trying my best to cool off with a local frozen popsicle here Maracuyá. And it is sweet and a little bit sour and tangy.
Eating ice cream in church, I'm pretty sure that is not allowed.
What can I say, I'm a bad boy.
This is part of our Travel in Peru series. We're making a series of videos showcasing Peruvian culture, Peruvian arts, Peruvian foods, Peruvian religion, Peruvian cuisine and Peruvian people. All things Peruano.
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All photos and video taken by Samuel Jeffery (Nomadic Samuel) and Audrey Bergner (That Backpacker).
Music in this video courtesy of Audio Network