Every neighbourhoods video worth watching in Lima — in one place

Lima has 43 districts but tourists revolve around four [via Best Things To Do]. Miraflores sits on cliffs above the Pacific and is where most visitors stay — the Malecón runs roughly 10 kilometres along the clifftop, paragliders launch overhead, and Kennedy Park is famous for the dozens of cats the municipality cares for [via How to Spend 1]. Barranco, the next district south, is the bohemian counterpoint — colourful old mansions, street art, the Puente de los Suspiros (built in the 1800s, destroyed in the Pacific War and rebuilt) where the local custom is to hold your breath across and make a wish [via Top 10 Things To]. San Isidro is the financial centre, quieter and more residential, notable for El Olivar park with its centuries-old olive trees and the small Huaca Huallamarca site dating to 200-500 AD [via LIMA Cosa vedere]. The Centro Histórico holds Plaza Mayor, the Cathedral, the Government Palace and the San Francisco Convent, whose catacombs hold the geometrically arranged bones of some 25,000 people [via THE Most COMPLETE LIMA Itinerary].

The “Top 7 Things to Do in Lima” video is the cleanest single-video tour of Barranco specifically — it anchors the district around Puente de los Suspiros and Parque Municipal and treats Barranco as a half-day walk rather than a stop-off. Combine it with “Tour of Miraflores” by Mark Wiens, which walks the Kennedy Park, Larcomar and Malecón corridor at street level; together you get the two coastal districts most travellers actually sleep in, in the order most itineraries suggest you do them. The “THE Most COMPLETE LIMA Guide” video is the better choice if you also want the historic centre treated seriously.