Antigua Miraflores

... CAHN." A short taxi ride and a few Peruvian history lessons later he brought us to our beautiful hotel - Hotel Antigua Miraflores, a converted masion with quaint decor, more amenities than we ever expected, and a mention of dos hombres.... ...

Hello, Here we go day one in Lima Peru, these photos I took at breakfast this morning. The tables all have been made from treddle type sewing machines, some Singer some others. I found this very interesting, and have to do some research to find out if ...

... and Denise and they are great fun.  We rounded up more of our fellow passengers and drove to the Hotel Antigua Miraflores.  After finding our rooms in the maze of stairways and corridors, we enjoyed looking at little touches like the ...

... hot water but no heating. Considering this is winter, the low was 15C. Felt cold only because the air is very damp. Hotel Antigua Miraflores has tons of exquisite paintings done by Peruvian artists. They are avail. for sale & I have picked out the ...

We flew drom Puerto Maldonado back to Lima and that strange hotel - The Antigua Miraflores - the one that mistook collecting old bits of tat and spreading them around the foyer, for interior design. But I digress, it was our last night in Peru and we ...

... air and arrived at the Lima airport at 10:30. A most accommodating cabby, Jose Casanova, was waiting to take us to Hotel Antigua Miraflores. Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Our hotel turned out to be a good choice; it is a charming colonial mansion with ...

... to check in for our flight. That's when I realized that the camera was still at the HOTEL! SHIT! Panic...I called the Hotel Antigua Miraflores (the BEST hotel in the world) and they found the camera, sent a trusted cab driver with it to the airport in ...

... of pre-Incan sites of ruins. City is a bit run down but some nice architecture. Tour started on the 3rd, from Hotel Antigua, in Miraflores, where met up with the other 11 people on the trip and Karina, the tour leader:- 04/10: Flew to Juliaca then a ...

... the hotel for a bit and used their free Internet.  Then I led us on a circuitous path to supposed pyramids in Miraflores - the Huaca Pucllana.  We eventually found them but that was after walking for at least an hour and stopping at a Starbucks ...

... stay local so we slept late and had breakfast at the hotel. Then we spent the late morning and afternoon walking around Miraflores, specifically Ave Larco which runs from Parque Kenedy right down to the coast and ends in a shopping center (Larcomar) ...

... . We ventured down to the seaside where we found a seafood restaurant right on the cliff face looking over the beach of Miraflores. Here we sampled our first 'Ceviche', which is pickled fish accompanied with salad, chilli and lime - a Peruvian speciality! ...

... and we couldn´t actually go inside. I spent the afternoon exploring the Pacific coast near my hotel in the neighbourhood of  Miraflores where big parks and boardwalks have been set up. It was a beautiful sunny day, as nice as any Vancouver summer ...

... Yesterday we ventured into the old part of town to check out some of the more historical sights. We cabbed it in from Miraflores for 20 soles (~= $6.50). We were suprised to see a rather heavy police presence around the palace... an amoured car on each ...