Lima Panoramic Bus Tour with Walking Tour and Catacombs
From €40 per person
See availability →A Lima panoramic bus tour with catacombs, between Miraflores and the old center, with an official guide and a walk through the pedestrian streets.
This Lima panoramic bus tour with catacombs shows you the city through the windows of a panoramic bus. You meet in Miraflores and head for the Historic Center, passing the ruins of Huaca Pucllana, which date back some 1500 years, and republican houses showing European and American influence.
The route continues through San Isidro, the modern financial district, to Parque de la Reserva, where the Water Circuit fountains, seen from outside, are a Guinness record holder, the biggest set of fountains in any public park. The bus then enters the UNESCO-listed Historic Center, where the city was founded in 1535, and halts near Plaza San Martín, ringed by colonial mansions, balconies and palaces.
Here you step off for a guided stroll through the pedestrian streets to the Plaza Mayor, where the Presidential Palace, the Cathedral, the Archbishop's Palace and the Union Club face each other. The finale is underground: a tour of roughly 30 to 40 minutes through the catacombs of the San Francisco basilica and convent, beneath vaults of brick, lime and stone, where you see how the bodies were arranged to save space.
The bus takes you back to Miraflores. Hotel pickup, food and drinks are not included.