Lima Food Tour: 5 Stops & Cebiche Class Experience

You make cebiche with a professional chef in the middle of a food tour, not at the end of it.

A daytime food and city tour in Lima across Barranco, Miraflores and San Isidro, with five stops that combine tastings, a local market visit, hands-on cooking and a final gourmet meal. The tour includes hotel pickup, a professional guide in English or Spanish, organic Peruvian coffee, fresh fruit smoothies, a superfood cebiche class, a Pisco Sour experience, and gourmet Peruvian dishes with natural wine at a restaurant overlooking pre-Incan ruins. Book the morning departure in your preferred language at checkout.

Step-by-step itinerary

Stops and time at each

1. Barranco1h
2. Bridge of Sighs1h
3. Miraflores1h
4. San Isidro1h
5. Huaca Pucllana1h

Lima gourmet food and city tour

• Explore Barranco’s bohemian streets
• Sip organic Peruvian coffee and breakfast
• Cross Bridge of Sighs and visit garden café
• Taste fresh Peruvian fruit smoothie
• Visit local market for exotic fruit tasting
• Learn superfood cebiche and Pisco Sour making
• Dine gourmet dishes at Huaca Pucllana ruins

The experience

You get picked up from your hotel and start in Barranco, where the tour moves through bohemian streets lined with colorful murals and boutique galleries. The first stop is organic Peruvian coffee or tea with Lima's most traditional breakfast: the kind of place locals know and tourists find by accident. From there you cross the Bridge of Sighs into a garden café tucked into a quiet corner, where you taste fresh Peruvian fruit smoothies and learn about the "Gold of the Incas" while the neighborhood's laid-back vibe settles around you.

The market stop in Miraflores is where the food part gets hands-on. You taste Peru's exotic fruits and learn how they fit into the country's ancient culinary traditions: the kind of ingredient knowledge that changes how you cook at home. Then you move to San Isidro, an upscale neighborhood that feels like a small oasis, where you walk into an award-winning restaurant and learn to make superfood cebiche and craft a proper Pisco Sour with a professional chef. This is not a demonstration. You're doing the work, learning the technique, tasting as you go.

The day ends at Huaca Pucllana in Miraflores, where you sit down to gourmet Peruvian dishes and top natural Peruvian wine while pre-Incan ruins rise up in front of you. The restaurant sits inside an ancient archaeological complex, so the meal itself becomes part of the experience. The whole tour runs about five hours and includes everything: pickup, guide, all the tastings, the cooking class, lunch, coffee, drinks and dessert.

What’s included

• Hotel pickup and drop-off.
• professional guide in English or Spanish.
• organic Peruvian coffee and tea with traditional breakfast.
• fresh fruit smoothies at the Bridge of Sighs.
• market tasting of exotic Peruvian fruits.
• hands-on superfood cebiche and Pisco Sour class with a professional chef.
• gourmet Peruvian dinner with natural wine and dessert at Huaca Pucllana.
• all beverages and snacks throughout the day.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 09:45

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24h before the start. After that, no refund.

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Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPublic transport nearby

Operated by The Lima Gourmet Company

Is this one for you?Book the morning departure if you're arriving in Lima with a free afternoon or a first full day: the five-hour pace and hotel pickup mean you don't spend time figuring out transport between neighborhoods, and the cooking class lands in the middle of the day when you're ready to be hands-on instead of just tasting.

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Top questions

What languages is the guide in?

Live guide in English and Spanish.

What exactly do I learn to cook on this tour?

You make superfood cebiche and craft a Pisco Sour with a professional chef at an award-winning restaurant in San Isidro. Both are hands-on lessons where you do the work, not watch it happen.

Does the tour include the meal at Huaca Pucllana, or is that extra?

The gourmet dinner at Huaca Pucllana with Peruvian wine and dessert is included in the tour price. You sit inside the archaeological complex overlooking the pre-Incan ruins.

What's the Bridge of Sighs stop actually like?

The Bridge of Sighs is an iconic spot in Barranco where you cross into a hidden garden café. You taste fresh Peruvian fruit smoothies there and learn about the local history and architecture while taking in the neighborhood's bohemian character.

Is hotel pickup included, and do I need to arrange my own transport?

Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, so you don't arrange transport yourself. The professional guide meets you at your hotel and handles all movement between the five stops across the three districts.

Can I do this tour if I have dietary restrictions?

Yes, let the operator know about any dietary requirements (vegetarian, celiac, lactose-free, etc.) when you book, and they'll arrange alternatives at each stop.