Lima Street Food Tour: Central Market, Chinatown and Eateries
From €62 per person
See availability →Lima street food tour on foot through the historic center: tastings at old eateries and food carts, the city's largest market and Barrio Chino, with a local guide.
A Lima street food tour is the quickest way to understand how the city eats and lives. Over about four hours, a local guide leads you through the historic center from stall to stall and table to table, to taste comida al paso, the quick dishes locals grab every day.
Along the route you try chilcano, creole churros and anticuchos, with stories about Lima's past, its economy and everyday life. You walk through the city's largest market, a crowded maze of fresh produce and spices, and then enter Barrio Chino, where Chinese and Peruvian cooking merged into chifa cuisine. One of the stops is a chilcano in one of the oldest casonas in town.
- Mercado Central, the largest market in Lima
- Barrio Chino, home of chifa flavours
- Plaza Mayor, with the Cathedral and the Government Palace seen from outside
- San Francisco monastery and the church of La Merced
Between bites you see the colonial architecture that frames the plaza. The tastings and a drink are included, and the tour is run only in English. Hotel pickup and drop-off are not part of it.