Grand Bolivar Hotel Lima

... and is still amazing. On another side is the Presidential Palace, guarded by armed tanks and on another side is the famous Gran Bolivar Hotel, built in 1924 it is still a style icon. The hotel is famous for serving the best Pisco Sour cocktail in Peru, ...

... monastery we whisked through the other main sights and squares in central Lima and then had a few Pisco Sours in the 'grand hotel Bolivar'. Claire avoided the raw egg and had Sprites due to a dodgy tummy probably sustained by eating the bus food the day ...

... . The people were friendly and I was lucky to meet local people who gave me good tips on the places to visit. Hotel accommodation out of Quito was very reasonable but hot water was not always available os cold showers were the order of the ...

... of the old town called La Merced!  Although I was on my own, it was still really nice relaxing in the Grand Hotel Bolivar over a couple of delicious pisco sours (the national specialty, a white wine-based brandy) before moving onto the sports bar of ...

... everything look jewel-like.  We follow the traffic counter-clockwise around the plaza and the driver stops at the Gran Bolivar Hotel saying that it is nice, but moderately priced. Its authenticity from another time period completely charms us.  ...

... of Peru, and are arriving by bus at 9:00 pm. They will be taking a taxi directly to the Hotel. The Hotel Bolivar is located in the centre of Lima on the Plaza San Martin. Tastes may have changed since it was built in 1924, but this grand dame retains ...

... during the flight, free drinks. Treated like queens :) As we landed, Adolfo, Lucia and Camilla picked us up and drove us to our hotel in what must have been the oldest car ever... Hotel was old too, but in a classic way I never knew my spanish ...

... our left which is considered the one you wipe with and not to be used). After a grueling flight, we arrived in Lima at 1AM and ready to get to our hotel pronto because we had a tour at 6AM. Of course, our gracious taxi driver drove us all over town trying ...

... inside. Later in the evening we are back in the hotel only to find The Strongest live on TV against their La Paz rivals Bolivar. How did we manage to miss the opportunity of seeing the biggest game in La Paz? My disappointment is soon tempered by the ...

... the glass. We went into the centre of Lima today (bravely catching a local chaotic bus) and had Pisco Sours at the Grand Hotel Bolivar, which is apparently where they were invented, or at least popularised. It was strange sitting in a bar full of people ...

... :-), found a funky bar around the corner from our hostal which does a great passionfruit one.  We´re going to head to the Grand Hotel Bolivar this afternoon for an afternoon drink or two.   Ok, all for now, I like to keep my writing limited! ...

... klukkan 2 um nottina a stadartima. Vorum vid frekar uppgefin eftir thetta ferdalag og hentum okkur beint upp i rum a fina hotel grand bolivar. Heimsreisan okkar byrjadi sumse frekar grand... Reyndar tha heldum vid ad thad vaeri i "central lima" en ...

... of toy cars, trucks, guns, and dolls, all in pink boxes. Kids' paradise - and parents' hell! Then on to Gran Hotel Bolivar, where Pisco sour, the famous Peruvian cocktail, is said to have been invented and that Nicolas treated us to. By the ...

... After existing Coricancha, wander north past the streaming catholic school children (schools must be nearby) and the Hotel Libertador (named after Simón Bolivar, liberator of Peru, who stayed in the original, colonial building, Casa de los Cuatro Bustos, ...

... the village fleet of pickup taxis. It costs us a dollar, money well spent in the heat of the day, to reach our seaside hotel, Grand Hotel Lobo del Mar.for US$30 per night. The girl on the counter has to look pretty hard for our booking, even though ...

... dying a final death 2 minutes later... (11) Loads of places (including Bolivia) are named after a man called Simon Bolivar who in the early 1800s led the uprising against and subsequent independence from the Spanish in what are current day Venezuela, ...

... only come from the fact they get bayonets.   Bolivia is the nation named after the liberator of South America, Simon Bolivar. Its also the place where Che Guevera met a sticky end after a fairly comical attempt to start a continent wide revolution ...

... Catalina, l’attraction phare d’Arequipa. Véritable ville dans la ville, le couvent construit en 1570 est le plus grand du monde, et aussi le plus coloré. C’est un formidable dédale de ruelles, de patios et de cloitres ...