Hey there world travelers. Hey there. I'm Tanya and I'm Dave, and we are Turn It Up
World. Welcome back to . . . Lima Peru!
That's right we are going to continue with this exploration of Lima Peru. Last
time we actually got to explore the beautiful area of Barranco, where we did
an amazing street food tour and we even dived into some of the famous street art
in that area. Yes, we love Barranco. It's one of our favorite favorite spots here
in Lima. You should definitely check it out when you're here and also watch that
video we have, you know, a lot of good advice in that one so check it out, and
we're gonna continue with this exploration of Lima Peru as we're now
going to be diving into another area of Lima, one that is actually pretty popular
and maybe an area that you might be visiting if you come into Peru, which a
lot of people do and that is Miraflores. Yeah, I am excited about today. This is
gonna be fun. Miraflores is one of the best places in Lima and we're just gonna
dive right into and check out every aspect of it. Absolutely, and so as an
American travel couple who loves to travel and explore, we are putting
together a top 12 list of things to do for you to try when you are here in Lima
Peru exploring the area of Miraflores to have the best day ever
and I think we need to get this party started. Yeah, let's do it. Let's rock.
So right now we are standing in pretty much the heart of Kennedy Park, or Central
Park here, and you probably hear I'm not sure but there's music blaring behind me
it's a gorgeous park to be in. A lot of things go on here from you, I mean
there's a lot of variety, people come here to chill and relax. Today, in
particular, is a day where you see various artists spread out throughout
the park here and one of the highlights is it is the cat park. There are tons of
beautiful little kitties just floating around this park. It's pretty popular and
pretty famous for that as well I wish you could be here right now with
me because the smell of the flowers that are just kind of resonating is
spectacular, so Kennedy Park if you're definitely coming to Miraflores you
can't miss it, just follow the gorgeous smells and the cute kitties.
We're in spot here in Kennedy Park where shows go on performances, people
gather around, and Tanya is down there dancing away, you can also see dancing
going on as well, if you're lucky, and right now we're catching Tanya doing some dancing.
Nice moves
So something else you can do here in Miraflores is visit this beautiful
church behind us I believe the name of it is Parroquia La Virgen Milagrosa or,
as I like to say, the Miraflores Church and it's located right next to Kennedy
Park, so you can't miss it. Yes and it was built by an architect, a
Polish architect, in 1919 by the name of Malachowski, and there's beautiful
stained glass inside that you should definitely check out when you're here.
We need like change, or something
We're at one of the great markets here in Miraflores. It's Mercado Numero Uno of
Surquillo, and it's a really really cool spot. It's a place where locals come to buy
their foods, right their vegetables and all great stuff. It's great value here.
I'm excited to really check this place out.
They also have these small little restaurants inside called huariques
where we can actually eat some food, so that's really cool as well, you should
definitely check this place out here when you are in Miraflores
So sticking right along with the market theme another market that you definitely
want to check out is the Indian Market and the Indian Market, it's made up of a
bunch of little shops, actually I wouldn't say a bunch, made up of a handful of small
shops in there of traditional Peruvian hand crafts, from alpaca wool to
souvenirs to musical instruments, it's quite incredible, now I will tell you
this, even though the prices start cheap, you can go in there and negotiate and have
some fun for sure, so if you're looking for that awesome unique piece of souvenir
for family and friends definitely check out the Indian Market and do not
be afraid to negotiate, so okay I came to the Indian Market and of course I win I
actually finally finally and I'll maybe show you guys this on Instagram.
I finally got my alpaca poncho and of course it had to be in Lima at the
Indian Market and I am in love with my little poncho.
happy
We're now at Huaca Pucllana here in the heart of Miraflores and so if you're
coming to Miraflores definitely check this out. It was built by a pre-Inca
civilization actually in 400 AD and the construction is really incredible it's
actually made out of adobe or mud bricks and it's really incredible what they
did actually put it together, yeah I mean as we went around to the various parts
of this we saw exactly how they did this I mean they were dressed basically in bare
minimum clothing, probably to keep cool, but they each brick is hand is
hand made piece by piece, and it was really interesting how they made them, so
basically you had you know kind of clay and mud just all kind of in water and
then they would form that form the bricks and then they would have to dry and
then they would just you can see across how they would build the bricks
horizontally almost like a bookshelf and it's actually a very ingenious design
because you have quite a few earthquakes here in Lima and this has withstood many
many earthquakes over the years much more so than modern buildings, so it's
actually an incredible design and this whole bookshelf structure can help withstand
the earthquakes, and I will say this to all you modern builders out there, if you
can learn from these folks right here, your buildings would stand the test of
time as well, so take a page out of their book for sure.
Viva Peru!
Now if you're coming to Miraflores you have to check out the Malecón, which is
really the Miraflores boardwalk although, so beautiful, it's so beautiful, and it's not made out of
wood like traditional boardwalks, it's a stone walkway overlooking the cliffs and
it's just so amazing, it's great, you know, so much romance going on up here as well
with couples picnicking just really enjoying the day, yeah bring a blanket
out here you can kind of sit and listen to the ocean waves out here
the flowers are just beautiful and so is the greenery here, it's amazing,
you can also see a lot of folks exercising, whether it's renting bikes
and scooters or jogging, they're just like taking advantage of the spot that
is true, it's an amazing spot. Oh, check this out, you can even stop here on the boardwalk.
There's a place called Beso Francés, it's a crepería. Crêpes are one of our
favorite foods, either breakfast or snack treats, but this place looks absolutely
amazing. I love the even the seats around kind of just enjoying some of the views
for sure and, look at Dave, Dave's already up there
placing an order for the both of us.
A wonderful spot that you can enjoy here in Miraflores is the Park of Love,
which is also part of the Malecón and, if you notice behind David over there, there
is a gorgeous statue and that statue is called The Kiss
Give me a kiss, and it actually was created I believe February 14th, which in the
States is Valentine's Day, yeah, by whom? It was created by Víctor Delphín who's
actually it's a famous Peruvian artist and it's really an amazing sculpture. It's become a
real emblem here in Miraflores
You can't miss it. You're finding a lot of people that have on the grass just
canoodling and kissing and enjoying the Park of Love. Yeah, it's all about romance so
don't worry about too much PDA because public displays of affection is
what it's all about here. It's all welcomed here in the Park of Love. Give
me a kiss. Hey so one thing you can actually do when you're coming down to
Miraflores and Lima is you can ride one of these tasty bad boys, you can scooter
around and it's really cool that you can you know ride these and really discover
some interesting spots along the way here in Lima and Miraflores. Exactly, and
if you're here on a Sunday, they actually close Arequipa Boulevard, which
starts in Miraflores and goes all the way to the city center, yes, so you can
theoretically just take that whole stretch and go all the way to the city
center, yes, and it's about five, it's like a five mile span and you can certainly
do that, you can bike, we got some little friends coming into our picture, which is
wonderful, but I would definitely check the rules to make sure that you can take
these that five mile span along Arequipa, we did here some mixed things
about that for sure, but it's a great way to get around the city, you just have to
download an app, yeah exactly, download the app and give a little information and then you're good
to go, and you're on your way, and it's a lot of fun so, bye
Alright, look at that, yes, when you come to Miraflores you gotta try the paragliding, yes you do, that's so cool,
I mean you could probably see it behind us, they're just swooping in here and
swooping out it's amazing, it is and there's just so many going up, constantly
they're going up, and as I understand what is it about, $75 to $100,
for like a 15, 10, 15 minute ride, right so it's not cheap, no, but it looks like it's
definitely worth it, and I'm sure when you're up there you probably feel like
you're a lot longer than 15 minutes, especially if it's your first time.
I wouldn't say try it if you're scared of heights, right, don't try it, but you know I
think just from our perspective and seeing how they're handling it, you
probably are in good hands, absolutely they have tremendous control and you're
soaring over the Pacific with a beautiful view of the city, it looks like a lot of
fun, yeah, you definitely if you're like Dave said, if you're coming to Miraflores,
just come check out this park. It's amazing and the gliding is top-notch.
Ok, that's only part of the way, we're actually trying to get down to the beach,
and the beach is a biatch to get to the beach because, it's a long walk, it's a really long walk.
And this is going down, oh, wait until we have to go up. We have to go up?
Yeah look at all that, let me just catch my breath because getting down here is
not an easy trek, you have to come down quite a few stairs just to get here, but
there's something else that you can do in Miraflores is actually enjoy some
surfing, now there's a bunch of different tents set up along the way here and what
we did here is that it's about 70 soles for an hour and a half worth of
surfing, now the waves are pretty consistent so that's a great amount, you
know, that's a good price for the amount of time that you can have out there
practicing your skills at surfing, so I would definitely try this out if you
have a chance for sure, we didn't have a chance to do it this time, but I am
certainly looking forward to trying this maybe next time. Viva Peru!
Want to do some legs? Ready for some more legs after that hike up? You can do it. There you go. I can do it.
I can do it. Go for it, just put the pedal to the metal.
You know after all that food yesterday, this is probably a good idea. I think it's great.
I need to work off that jelly belly.
There it goes.
There it is. How do you stop? How do you stop? There is no stopping. What do you do? Just faster.
So a very popular spot here in Miraflores that a lot of people come to,
I'm not sure if it's Dave's or ours cup of tea but a lot of people do come to the
Larcomar Mall and there's so many shops here, there's restaurants, a lot of things
actually on the water, which makes this place kind of popular, right and I got to
say when we looked up on TripAdvisor and saw this as one of the top ranked places,
I'm like what it's a mall? I know, I couldn't believe that. I don't want to go to a mall, a mall in Lima,
I know, I couldn't believe that, but it was like you can
actually have a beer, you can actually chill, and you can probably see behind us
it's just well lit, full of packed, full of people, and the smells of the food, I'm
starving actually, yeah apparently there's some great restaurants in here and also the
views, I mean the views are to die for, they're unbelievable, yeah so definitely
if you're coming to Miraflores this is a great spot to come to, even at night
I think night might be better than the daytime, it's a little bit cooler, you don't
have the hot Sun, which by the way the Sun here is tremendously hot, even if
it's like 70 degrees, you're closer to the Equator which means you're closer to
the Sun, yeah and put on the sunblock, because I didn't all the time and I got
burned, and if you forget your sunblock, you can actually buy some at the Larcomar Mall, yes exactly
Viva Peru! So we are back now in our room, comfy clothes, chillaxing, it has been an
exciting but wow intense day, it has been long day, just awesome though really, it really was, I
just hope you guys really appreciate and enjoyed that,
you know, exploration of Miraflores and our top things to do to really have the
best day ever in Miraflores Peru, yeah and I tell you we've had such an amazing time
in Lima that we're putting together a best of Lima video for your travel guide for
y'all, so stay tuned for that, yes, we're excited about that as well, super excited
for that, definitely stay tuned and as always if you haven't already please be
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Wow look at that, there's actually some black sand down there, and the waves definitely look
more impressive as you get lower, there's still surfers heading down to the beach
even near sunset.