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Lima City Tour from Callao Port: Pisco Sour & Ceviche Demo

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Duration6h

GroupUp to 16

LanguagesEN · ES

PickupAt your hotel

Watch ceviche and pisco sour made in front of you, not just read about them on a menu

You board at Callao and spend the day moving through Lima's Historic Centre, the San Francisco catacombs, Love Park in Miraflores, and the Main Square, with a forty-five-minute stop at Marcahuasi where a ceviche-making demo and Pisco Sour lesson happen. Maps and water are provided; meals are not included but you have time to eat on your own. Return transport to the port is built in.

Step-by-step itinerary

Walk through historic streets
Visit catacomb museum
Explore Love Park in Miraflores
See Main Square and surrounding buildings
Lunch with ceviche and Pisco Sour demo
Photo stop at San Martin Square
Visit typical market and explore

The Experience

The bus is already moving when you board at the Callao port — your guide hands out city maps and bottled water before the engine settles into traffic. You're heading straight into Lima's Historic Centre, where the streets narrow and the buildings lean toward each other like they're sharing stories. Your guide walks you through the oldest quarters, pointing out the architecture, the way the Spanish laid out the plazas, how the city earned its nickname as the City of Kings. It's not rushed. You stop at the Main Square long enough to see the cathedral, the government palace, the archbishop's palace with its sixteenth-century fountain still running water in the middle of everything.

Then you're inside the Church and Convent of Saint Francis, descending into the catacomb museum — narrow passages, bones arranged in patterns, the weight of centuries pressing down quietly. After that, the bus takes you to Miraflores and Love Park, where the cliffs drop toward the ocean and you get forty-five minutes to stand there and take photos. The light is different here, cleaner somehow. You're not eating lunch yet; food isn't included, but you'll have time to grab something if you want it. The real food moment comes at Marcahuasi, a restaurant where the guide demonstrates how ceviche actually gets made — raw fish, lime juice, the technique — and then shows you how to build a Pisco Sour, Peru's national drink. You watch, you listen, you don't eat unless you order and pay separately, but you leave understanding why Peru's food matters.

Before heading back to the port, you stop at San Martín Square for photos of the old buildings, then swing through a local market where you can see the vegetables and fruits that make Peruvian cooking what it is — the quinoa, the Andean cereals, the tropical fruits the guide mentioned on the ride. The whole thing fits inside a cruise day. You're back at Callao with time before your ship leaves, and you've covered the main Lima without arranging transport yourself or worrying about timing.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel or port pickup and drop-off, a local guide throughout, bottled water, printed maps of Lima and Miraflores, and transport in an air-conditioned vehicle.
You'll visit the Historic Centre, San Francisco's catacomb museum, Love Park, the Main Square, and Marcahuasi, where you'll watch a ceviche and Pisco Sour demonstration.
You have forty-five minutes at Marcahuasi to eat something typical on your own, and time to explore a local market before returning to the port.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Lima Discover

Is this one for you?Built for cruise passengers with a few hours in Callao: the guide handles the route and timing, so you see Lima's main plazas, catacombs, and food culture without arranging transport or worrying about getting back to the ship. Walking is moderate and the pace is steady, which is what lets you cover this much ground in a port day.