LIMA

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Lodging: The city provides a wide selection of lodgings and services ranking from basic to luxurious.  .

Tourist Services: There is a wide variety of restaurants, transport and other tourist services to be found.  

Minimun Length of Stay: Three days is ideal to tour the city and environs. 

Historical Center Attractions: Plaza mayor: the main square, built when the city was founded, is notable for its beautiful bronze fountain made in 1650. Catedral: the cornerstone was placed by Francisco Pizarro in 1535. Church and Convent of San Francisco: complex famous for its catacombs.

Sanctuary of Saint Rose of Lima: built on the place where Isabel Flores de Oliva, Saint Rose of Lima, was born and grew up, includes a shrine and wishing well.

Other attractions: the National Anthropology, Archaeology and History Museum; Golden Museum; Rafael Larco Herrera Archaeological Museum; Amano Museum, National Museum.

Season / Climate: Lima has two marked seasons: summer betwen October and April, with strong sunshine and no rain; and winter betwen May and September, with humidity and drizzles. The average annual maximun temperature is 21,97ºC (71,4ºF) and the minimun is 17ºC (62ºF).