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When to go: From May to November, the skies above Lima tend to be gray and nights are chilly. The summer months from December to April have blue skies but can be hot and humid. Currency: Nuevo Sol Language: Spanish Getting around: Lima has a mass transit bus system, the Metropolitano, that runs north and south from the city center, and a network of informal buses called combis. Taxi services are inexpensive, including Uber, and are the primary means for tourists navigating Lima’ s notorious traffic.
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Extend your trip beyond Lima with a 14-day Inca and Aztec Kingdoms sailing with Oceania Cruises and enjoy a seamless transition between your land and sea adventures. As a gift from our agency, you’ ll receive a shipboard credit of $ 250 per stateroom. Board the Vista on February 21, 2026, in Lima, Peru.
Colorful textiles at an indoor market in Lima
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Call our travel agency to book your trip. is Dédalo, a 30-year-old concept store in a historical home that’ s brimming with high-quality textiles and interior goods from a collection of small designers. A few blocks away is Puna, a design studio with a collection of textiles and one-of-a-kind objects. On the same street is El Cacaotal, a premier destination for chocolate made from native cacao, as well as the attached cafe, Ciclos, which sells bags of specialty coffee from around Peru.
Handcrafted furnishings worth shipping home can be found at Artesanos Don Bosco. Its use of tongue-andgroove techniques to join the wood result in meticulous pieces you won’ t find anywhere else.
For clothing made using luxurious South American camelid wools, Kuna is a local brand that has a couple of stores in Miraflores and in the airport. Aside from socks, scarves and gloves, it has modern takes on ponchos and blazers that use a range of fibers from baby alpaca to ultra-extravagant vicuña.
For affordable souvenirs, there are several handicraft markets, like the Mercado Indio and Inka Plaza, a few blocks from Parque Kennedy in Miraflores. The openair stalls sell inexpensive alpaca hats, silver jewelry and carved gourds from the Mantaro Valley. images: getty. illustration: lis watkins
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