Top rated Historical landmarks in Lima, Peru to elevate your visit (Updated December, 2023)

Top rated Historical landmarks in Lima

Experience the best that Lima has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 19 places from Historical landmark category.

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Casa Garcia Alvarado

Historical landmark

👍👍 Old fashioned but good for events. Parking nearby.

4.70 (220 reviews) (~8.38 km from centre)

Lima Main Square

Historical landmark

Known as the birthplace of Lima, this plaza featuring a fountain is bordered by iconic palaces.

4.60 (72K reviews) (~2.14 km from centre)

Huaca Pucllana Site Museum

Museum

Remains of a clay & adobe stepped pyramid from the Lima Culture (200–700 A.D.), plus tours & museum.

4.60 (14.9K reviews) (~7.25 km from centre)

Catacumbas del Convento de San Francisco

Museum

👍👍 Was very cool, price is 20 Soles by card. The tour takes ~60 min and is included in the price, Spanish or English. I did Spanish even though my English is better and if you don't care much about deep long explanations you'll be fine. I waited a bit till the tour started, but was fast to buy ticket....

4.60 (2.6K reviews) (~2.47 km from centre)

Quinta de los Libertadores

Historical landmark

👍👍 Very good museum, admission is free, all protocols apply, the place is super quiet, clean and tidy. You want to learn and know more about our freedom and those involved, start in that place...

4.60 (82 reviews) (~3.52 km from centre)

Paddington Bear Statue

Historical landmark

👍👍 You may remember Paddington, the spectacled bear, who leaves the deepest, darkest forests of Peru for a life abroad in the lovely stories by Michael Bond. Perhaps you've seen him on children programming, but as he had an intimate tea with Queen Elizabeth II in a quiet celebration before her Jubile...

4.60 (41 reviews) (~9.53 km from centre)

Pileta del Centenario de la Independencia

Historical landmark

👍👍 The fountain is clean and preserved within the Exhibition Park.

4.50 (39 reviews) (~2.15 km from centre)

Casa de Aliaga

Historical landmark

Peru's art & history are shown via tours of the 1535 home of Francisco Pizarro & his descendants.

4.40 (722 reviews) (~2.18 km from centre)

Quinta Heeren

Historical landmark

👍👍 Es un rinconcito olvidado de aquella Lima señorial. Hacía mucho que deseaba conocerla y en verdad, no me defraudó. Si, le falta mucho mantenimiento pero, pasear por sus calles y casonas es como transportarse al pasado. Es bellísimo.

4.40 (712 reviews) (~3.46 km from centre)

Parque La Huaca Chica

Historical landmark

👍👍 Good park to go out with your pets

4.40 (63 reviews) (~2.47 km from centre)

Casa del Oidor

Historical landmark

👍 Nice place, with colonial historical details. There is a theme bar called the pisco museum. Excellent site. The tasting costs 37 soles and includes a simple tasting of different types of pisco and a pleasant introduction and development of the history of pisco and its varieties. It has a good decora...

4.20 (357 reviews) (~2.24 km from centre)