Peru · Street Food

Street Food Tour in the Historic Center of Lima

4 Hours Round trip from Pickup service provided in Lima. Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Explore Lima’s historic center on a guided walking food tour
  • 02 Visit San Martin Square, Jiron de la Union, Chinatown, and the Central Market
  • 03 Taste classic local favorites such as pan con chicharrón and causa rellena
  • 04 Sample traditional sweets including churros, picarones, and mazamorra morada
  • 05 Enjoy popular Peruvian drinks like chicha morada and emoliente
  • 06 Learn about Lima’s history and culinary traditions along the way

Discover Lima’s historic center through its flavors on this guided 4-hour walking food tour. Stroll through landmark-filled streets and heritage areas while sampling a wide variety of traditional bites, sweets, and drinks that locals love.

Along the way, explore places such as San Martin Square, Jiron de la Union, the Central Market, Chinatown, and the area around the Church of San Francisco. Taste specialties including pan con chicharrón, churros, causa rellena, anticuchos, picarones, mazamorra morada, emoliente, and more, while learning about the city’s history and culinary traditions.

Discover Lima’s historic center through its flavors on this guided 4-hour walking food tour.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 4 Hours
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Not included
Wheelchair access Yes
City Lima
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Gran Hotel Bolivar

We will meet at the Grand Hotel Bolivar 

San Martin Square

We will continue towards San Martin Square, declared a UNESCO World’s Heritage Site. Inaugurated in 1921, this place is surrounded by historical buildings such as the National Club.

Jiron de la Union

Walking along the street of Jiron de la Union, you will see that this is a traditional place with a lot of history, and full of commerce.

El Chinito Sangucheria

We will reach a typical restaurant to taste an exquisite sandwich of pork known as “Pan con chicharrón”. This street sandwich is made with pork, fried sweet potato, and onion sauce.

Central Market

The tour continues to explore the Central Market, a place with a lot of products and good prices. Here, we are going to taste fresh local Peruvian fruit, with time enough to walk around.

Chinatown

Our next stop is at the Chinese neighborhood. The Chinese population arrived in Peru in the mid-nineteenth century to cover the missing workforce on the coastal estates. We are going to enjoy Chinese snacks, and visit its picturesque market. We can leave this quarter without tasting “Chifa”, a fusion of Peruvian-Cantonese food, the favorite of many local families.

Church of San Francisco

Then, we will walk to the Church of San Francisco to admire the beauty of the architecture around, Here, we will taste “Churros”. This traditional sweet is a flour dough fill with dulce de leche (milk caramel).

Bar Cordano

Then, we will visit one of oldest bars in the city, and we will eat a delicious “Causa rellena”. Refresh yourself tasting “Chicha morada”, a sweet drink made of purple corn.

Alameda Chabuca Granda

The tour keeps going throughout the Main Square until reach a popular street full of food carts. We will taste “Anticuchos”, grilled beef hurts skewers marinated with spices. Also, we will taste a traditional dessert known as “Picarones”, a dough made with pumpkin and sweet potato, served with sugar cane syrup. We will taste another Peruvian dessert known as “Mazamorra Morada” made with purple corn, and to finish this amazing experience, we will taste the “Emoliente”, a hot drink with medicinal properties, and very popular among Peruvians.

Finishing this amazing food tour, we are going to say goodbye at Jiron Camana, the end point for the group service,

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Pickup service provided in Lima. 1 city · 4 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • FOOD AND DRINKS

What's Not Included

  • Round trip transfers to centrally located hotels

Know before you go

  • WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
  • STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE
  • ANIMALS OR PETS ALLOWED
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • INFANTS MUST SIT ON LAPS
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Come with empty stomach
  • There are vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options too, prior coordination.
  • If you are younger than 18 years old or do not drink alcoholic beverages, it is important to inform that at the time of booking, so we can modify your drinks in advance.
  • Children 12 and younger can go free, only if their parents share the same menu.
  • Pick up from hotels located in Miraflores, San Isidro and Barranco

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Pickup service provided in Lima.
Tour start
Pickup service provided in Lima.
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 4 hours finish where they began, in Pickup service provided in Lima..

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