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Lima: 12 Peruvian Snacks & San Francisco Catacombs Tour

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Duration4h 30m

GroupUp to 15

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Twelve snacks, two halves of Lima, one afternoon that sticks with you

You navigate Lima's markets with a local expert, tasting twelve authentic Peruvian snacks including ceviche, anticuchos, and picarones. In the afternoon, a guide takes you through the Main Square, San Francisco Church's 300-year-old catacombs, and colonial neighborhoods. Entry fees and a certified guide are included; the full day ends with free time at Plaza San Martín.

4h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Begin tour at La Muralla Park
Pass Barrios Altos, try ceviche and chicha morada
Explore China Town, taste siu maes
Visit Central Market, try anticuchos, picarones, and jugo de lucuma
Try pan con chicharron and emoliente at Chinitos Restaurant
Visit Lima Main Square, see Presidential Palace and Cathedral
Explore San Francisco Church, Convent, and Catacombs; try churros
Try papa rellena and choclo con queso on Avenida Abancay
Relax at Plaza San Martín
Optional: Visit famous bar for Pisco Sour and exotic fruits

The Experience

You're standing in a Lima market before nine in the morning, and the guide is already pointing out which vendor makes the best ceviche. The air smells like lime, cilantro, and frying oil. You taste it first—sharp, cold, alive—and then move to the next stall. Chicha morada comes next, then anticuchos, then jugo de lucuma. By the time you've hit the Central Market, you've already eaten five things you couldn't name an hour ago. The guide talks while you eat, explaining how Chinese immigrants shaped Lima's food, why certain dishes matter, what each snack means in the city's food story. It's not a lecture; it's someone who knows the place talking to someone who just arrived.

The second half shifts. You walk through Barrios Altos toward La Muralla Park, where the guide tells you about the city's colonial walls and what they protected. Then Lima's Main Square opens up—the Presidential Palace on one side, the Cathedral on the other, the space itself enormous and formal and real. You're standing where Peru's government sits. After that comes the San Francisco Church and its catacombs, the tunnels under the building where they buried people 200 to 300 years ago. It's narrow down there, a bit creepy, the kind of place that makes you understand how old this city actually is. Before you leave, you get churros. Then more snacks on Avenida Abancay—papa rellena, choclo con queso—before the group heads to Plaza San Martín for free time.

The tour runs the full day, with a local expert guide leading the food stops and a storyteller handling the monuments. If you want to finish with a Pisco Sour at one of Lima's famous bars, that's optional and separate—you'd arrange and pay for it yourself. But by the time you reach the plaza, you've tasted twelve different things, walked through markets and colonial churches, and heard the city explained by someone who lives in it. It's the kind of day that doesn't feel rushed, even though it covers a lot of ground.

What’s included

Your day includes twelve authentic Peruvian snacks (ceviche, anticuchos, picarones, papa rellena, churros, and more), San Francisco Catacombs entrance fee, a certified local tour guide, and visits to Lima's Main Square, colonial neighborhoods, and markets including Chinatown.
Free time at Plaza San Martín closes the afternoon.
The optional Pisco Sour at a famous bar is separate and not included.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Lima Experience

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to taste Lima's food culture and see its main monuments in one day without arranging transport, entry fees, or timing yourself—the guide handles the route and the snacks keep coming, so you're never wondering what's next.