Grand Hotel Miraflores

... called.....'character building' - Lima: The seafood restaurants will blow your mind away. Come to Lima, eat Ceviche, relax in Miraflores, drink Pisco Sours (local drink) - its all good - Surfing in Huanchaco: I've been living and volunteering in ...

... a street lined with only Italian restaurants side by side. Choosing a dining venue in this unique section of Miraflores consisted less of differentiating between the menus, and more of playing the waitresses outside the restaurants against each other ...

... in 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 ...

... middle 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 ...

... ! :-), 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! ...

... we moved to a more modest hotel (still nice with large balcony and king size bed!) and got out to check the place out .... Miraflores in beautiful! Lots of tourists about but it feels safe and is very pretty in the central park (Parque Central). Adam was ...

... , in its day, a spectacular and impressive place, but the truth is that that day seems very much in the past. While our Miraflores hotel was in the more upmarket and lively area, downtown Lima is a fairly drab affair, suffering more than its fair share of ...

... have some difficulties later on whenever they're doing any legal paperworks if they don't pay for the penalty. dang!!!! Anyway... my hotel was in Miraflores area, which is a very nice tourisy neighborhood. I checked into the hotel around 4 pm, then walked ...

... , to all the monuments in South America devoted to those who had distinguished themselves in battle by either winning or dying.  Miraflores decided to be the exception and they opened the Parque del Amor in 1993 on Valentine's day and the prominent ...

... dishes and being thoroughly spoilt. Thank you Ana. X On day 2 we visited a 2000yr worshiping pyramid situated in Miraflores (close to our hotel) called Huaca Pucllana . Another examle of pre-Inca communities. It was now time to hit the jungle! We ...

... down the hotel’s front steps and right into an awaiting car.  We were now heading towards the oceanfront Miraflores Park Hotel, a five minutes ride from ours.  We had a wedding to attend…..….Justin’s and ...

... getting Pizza Hut in airports to take all over the world with her!), things were righted. Wandered around the various parks of Miraflores and down to Parque del Amor right on the beach. (will someday try to figure out how to attach photos at such ...

... bohemian area and a great place to linger. We topped off our visit with an utterly delicious meal across from the Parque Central in Miraflores at the precisely apropos Café de la Paz (Café of Peace).  We had one final laugh as we listened to our ...

... heim i Breidholtid!! Daginn eftir var stokkid i stuttbuxur, borid a sig 3cm lagi af solarvorn nr.70 og haldid af stad til Miraflores hverfisins i Lima, sem er adal malid, ad vid holdum. Thar er fallegt torg sem heitir Kennedy Park og er mega flott, og ...

... nbsp; Skipped the gold museum as they had only 8 pieces as most of the collection was deemed fake and removed.  To Miraflores!   Lunch in a nice restaurant in Larco Mar center across from the Sheraton.  A good choice as the free shuttle ...

... going, which i didn´t and hence walked around in circles far too often for my liking. That said, the suburbs are grand, especially Barranco, Miraflores and San Isidro. Decided to check the centre for one last time and caught the changing of the guard. ...

... played a few songs a group of four drummers joined them for additional music and dancing.  Now it was time for lunch.  A grand buffet with local dishes for a final send off.  We also were able to try some Peruvian wine.   Since this ...

... capital of the Inca Empire. It is very clean, very nicely laid out and people are very nice and proud. I stayed at the Monasterio Hotel, converted from an old monastery. If you can afford it, that is the place to stay in Cuzco. The whole place is ...

... the day was full of names, numbers, sizes, weights and volumes - so many how could anyone remember it all! We were at the Miraflores Locks at the Pacific end, only 8 miles out of the city - the other side is the Atlantic, where the Gatun Locks mark ...

... a city tour in the afternoon around 3 main areas of Lima. We visited an old Olive Grove, the area where the embasseys and grand homes of the ambasadors are. We also visited the main square and cathedral of old Lima city and went to the San francisco ...