Barranco District
Barranco is a district of Lima, Peru.
Barranco is a district of Lima, Peru. A seaside district of the city, it is considered a bohemian and artistic centre, being the home and working place of many of Peru's leading artists, musicians, designers and photographers. Its beaches are among the most popular within the worldwide surfing community, and a marina completed in 2008 provides state-of-the-art services for its yacht club.
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Worth seeing in and around Barranco District
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
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Huaca Pucllana, or Huaca Juliana, is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, built from seven staggered platforms. It served as an important ceremonial and administrative center for the advancement of the Lima Culture, a society which developed in the Peruvian Central Coast between the years of 200 AD and 700 AD. With the intended purpose of having the elite clergymen express their complete religious power and ability to control the use of all the natural water resources of the zone, a Great Pyramid was constructed in the Huaca.
3.9 km · archaeological site · Wikipedia - 02La Marina Lighthouse
La Marina Lighthouse is an active lighthouse set in parkland on high cliffs above the Pacific Ocean, in the Miraflores district of Lima, the capital of Peru. It is one of the most famous and visited lighthouses in the country.
3.3 km · lighthouse in Peru · Wikipedia - 03Cristo del Pacífico
Cristo del Pacífico, "the Christ of the Pacific", is a 37-metre-high statue of Jesus erected in Lima, Peru, in 2011. Its erection was a gift from a consortium of Brazilian companies to the city of Lima, under former President Alan García, and described as a parting gift to the nation on occasion of his leaving office after the 2011 presidential election.
3.9 km · sculpture · Wikipedia - 04Raúl Porras Barrenechea Institute
The Raúl Porras Barrenechea Institute of the National University of San Marcos was founded in 1964 by the University of San Marcos in honor of the distinguished alum, Peruvian historian and diplomat Raúl Porras Barrenechea. The institute acts as a Center for Higher Studies and Peruvian Research, developing and promoting research mainly related to the areas of humanities, arts and social sciences.
2.8 km · cultural heritage site in Peru · Wikipedia - 05MATE - Museo Mario Testino
Mario Testino Museum is a non-profit organization founded by Peruvian fashion photographer Mario Testino, in 2012. It's a platform for the development of creative industries, a window for the international contemporary art in Lima and for peruvian talent to the world.
1.5 km · museum in Peru · Wikipedia - 06Monument to the Unknown Soldier, Lima
The Monument to the Unknown Soldier is a memorial located on a plain on the slopes of the northern side of Morro Solar in the district of Chorrillos, in Lima, Peru. It is dedicated to those killed during the War of the Pacific.
3.7 km · monument in Lima, Peru · Wikipedia - 07Larcomar
Larcomar is a shopping centre in Alfredo Salazar Park, located at the intersection of José Larco Avenue and the Malecón de la Reserva in Miraflores District, Lima, Peru. Owned by Chilean company Parque Arauco, it is frequently visited by both international tourists and locals.
1.9 km · shopping center in Lima, Peru · Wikipedia - 08Parque Central de Miraflores
Miraflores Central Park, commonly known as Kennedy Park, is a public park located in Miraflores, Lima, Peru. The park serves the district's main square, and is divided into two areas, one of which gives the park its common name.
2.7 km · park in Peru · Wikipedia - 09Alberto Andrade Carmona Park
Alberto Andrade Carmona Park, better known as Love Park, is a public park in Lima, Peru.
2.7 km · park in Miraflores, Peru · Wikipedia - 10MAC Lima
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima is a contemporary art museum in Barranco District, Lima, Peru. The museum was designed by Peruvian architect Frederick Cooper Llosa and built on land donated by the Municipality of Barranco.
900 m · museum in Lima, Peru · Wikipedia
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Getting to Barranco District
- Airports
- Jorge Chávez (LIM), 17 km
- Stations
- Las Palmas Air Base, 2.5 km · Jorge Chávez station, 2.8 km · Cabitos station, 2.4 km · Angamos station, 3.9 km · Ayacucho station, 2.3 km
- Pucallpa → Barranco DistrictTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Trujillo → Barranco District10487 km · quickest by air, 18h 19m · S/3,220–4,990
- Cusco → Barranco DistrictTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Barranco District
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Barranco District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundOne may navigate the streets of Lima by car, taxi, bus, or rickshaw-like motorcycle taxis.
From Wikivoyage: Central Coast (Peru), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-10.
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Next door to Barranco District
Barranco District is 11 km from Lima, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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