Parque Principal

Location:
Avenida Grau (José María Eguren) and Avenida Carrión
Barranco, Lima, Peru

City Park

By David Britton

One of Lima's most beautiful and unique parks, planted in one of Lima's most charming and rustic areas. Immediately one can feel the pleasant peculiarity of this little park. Serving as a plaza—and surrounded on four sides by beautiful Spanish architecture, tasteful restaurants and bars, an imposing crimson catholic church—the originality of the ambience is refreshing and invigorating. You can simply sit on the bench and consume all the energy and color. In the distance a green marble stage, reminiscent of a Greek amphitheatre, rests below the prominent, white marble neoclassical columns. Statues of Cupid, figures of Roman Goddesses, stem from the vibrant, decorative patches of flowers. And above, the large trees spread outwards, serving as umbrellas against Lima's piercing summer sun.

Getting There
This is the centerpiece of Barranco.

Travel Tips: Best in the Summer.

Price Description: Free.

Relative price: Free

Days Closed:None

Travel Skills: beginner/easy.

To See and Do: Lots of Rrestaurants, bars, art galleries and musical venues.

Contact Information:
Zip: Barranco