Casa Miraflores

Schell 589, Miraflores, Lima, 18, Peru | Hostel

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The High Life

A travel blog entry by smitherson

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We arrived full of trepidation into the Cruz del Sur bus terminal, having heard many a horror story about the city's taxis and robberies. We managed to find a radio taxi where the driver had an official badge and then headed straight into Lima rush-hour for our hostel, the number 1 hostel in Peru 2011.

The place was a bit like Fort Knox to …

Stopover in the most beautiful capital

A travel blog entry by peacefrog

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Lima, cynically called the most beautiful capital in the world by many a traveller. It is not too bad, except that the blue of the sky is nowhere to be found. And that is for the major part of the year, the locals told me, due to a mix of pollution and humidity. I stayed in Miraflores, in a typical bacpackers hostel, there was a McDonalds across …

Die letzten Meter sind oft die Schwierigsten...

A travel blog entry by michu_on_bici

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... lediglich 600 Soles (ca. 200 CHF) bezahlen musste. Wenig spaeter wurden wir von einer Polizeipatroullie aufgehalten: Nach einem kleinen Entgelt von 5 Soles (ca. 2 CHF) liess man uns jedoch weiterfahren und wir erreichten Chauchilla ohne weitere Zwischenfaelle...
Dank des heissen und trockenen Klimas der Atacamawueste sind die Mumien derart gut konserviert, dass sie noch fast lebendig erscheinen... Fasziniert und geschockt zugleich blickte ich in die offenen Grabkammern hinein. ...

Lovely Lima

A travel blog entry by roisinhambly

... We left our bags in our b+b (this place is better than a hostel!) and set about passing the 4 hours until we could check-in. Our main aim for this time was to source tickets for tonight's world cup qualifier between Peru and Argentina. After traipsing to 2 different supermarkets with ticket vendors on opposite ends of the town (at least that's what it felt like when each step is agony) we found out that the match was sold out and ...

Peru

A travel blog entry by petersalemme

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... David Snell. He actually translated a number of the speeches for us while we were there. David and his wife Sheila were on my team along with a dentist from Nawlins named Randy and also his son Zane. The other man overall in charge together with Bill was Frank Purvis. They had us bouncing around house to house a bit the first few days. The two major tasks were the installation of the roof system and the pouring of ...

Traveler rating: 3.0/5 Good (14 reviews)

Location

This hostel, located in the Lima Residencial area of Lima, is near Huaca Pucllana (Juliana), Bike Tours of Lima, Sala Museo Oro del Peru, and Pena del Carajo.
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TravelPod Member ReviewsCasa Miraflores Lima

“ Home From Home ”

Reviewed Mar 17, 2012
by (30 reviews) , United Kingdom Flag of United Kingdom

Didn't stop for long but the staff and owner, Francis, couldn't have been more helpful.

If your in Lima, this is a great place to stay, looks a little dated but the friendly feel makes up for that.

This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.

TripAdvisor Reviews Casa Miraflores Lima

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