Miraflores is the cultural center of Lima and has the best contemporary galleries, and lots of theaters. Being a tourist and hotel district, it possesses big and modern commercial zones.
Miraflores stands out for its green areas of great beauty, like “Parque Kennedy” (Kennedy Park), which shelters craftsmen, painters and groups of Andean music or “Parque del Amor” (Park of the Love) which is a very popular park known by tourists.
In addition, in this district rests the ancient archaeological ruins of the “Huaca Pucllana”, a pre-Inca construction based on “adobes” with pyramidal form.
It was one of the most important ceremonial administrative centers of the culture in Lima. In occasions it is a scene for musical spectacles and different sort of events. It has a museum which displays diverse pieces found in the excavations done so far.
Barranco is only at a five minutes walking distance from the place. It is a well-known neighborhood because of it´s history and architecture; It´s main park and Republican mansions have been refurbished. It hold´s frequent concerts and cultural shows along is tree-lined streets. In the “Parque Municipal” (City Park) you can appreciate statues of Carrara's marble, as "The Danaide", Venus or the nymph.
Another tourist attraction is the “Puente de los Suspiros” (Bridge of Sighs), a favorite hang-out for courting couples, which is also famous for its seaside drive overlooking the Coast (Costa Verde).
Eating
Lima's menus offer a wide variety of dishes from all parts of the world as well as the more select dishes of Peruvian cuisine, amongst the best in the world.
Whoever comes to Lima cannot leave without trying its "criollo" (traditional) food; particularly its many dishes based on fish and shellfish, which magnificently combine flavors and aromas beyond imagining. Ceviche, raw fish marinated in lemon juice and seasoned with chili, is the most representative of all Peruvian seafood dishes. Other favorites are the "jalea" (deep fried mixed fish and shellfish) and "tiradito", (strips of fish marinated in lemon juice, similar to ceviche) and "coctel de camarones" (shrimp cocktail), pachamanca (meat and vegetables cooked underground), ají de gallina (spicy chicken) and juane (cornmash pastries) are just a few of the mouth-watering dishes served up in Peru.
Other jewels of "criollo" food are lomo saltado (stir fried pork and vegetables), carapulcra (a type of potato and meat stew), arroz con pato (duck cooked with rice), cau cau (tripe and vegetable stew) and anticuchos (barbecued pieces of meat, chicken or fish on a skewer). Desserts such as arroz con leche (rice pudding), mazamorra morada (a purple coloured jelly), suspiros a la limeña (a sticky sweet classic pudding), picarones (deep friend pumpkin and sweet potato doughnuts eaten dipped in sugar cane syrup) and turrón de Doña Pepa (a multi coloured cake). All these dishes are delicious enough to satisfy even the most demanding of tastes
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