LarcoMar

If you are a guy, it is well worth the 50 soles to get into Gotica on the weekend. Thank me later!!

I think LarcoMar, in Miraflores was the saddest part of Lima. I was staying at the Sheraton in downtown Lima (courtesy of LANPERU for screwing everything else up), and the hotel staff provided a car for the visitors to somewhere fun. I was excited for the first two minutes, but was more broken that the trendy hip place in Lima was a cheap imitation of American malls. I’m not saying that a culture should retain itself whole and reject all globalization for my enjoyment, but it was the CHEAP (and unoriginal) part that bothered me the most. Everything was overpriced (relatively in Peru) too. The only upsides were the beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean, and the children in the mini carnival/arcade riding a robot elephant.

Very fun place in Miraflores, Lima, Peru.

If you need to feel like you are back in the USA for a few minutes, hit LarcoMar. It is located at the end of Avenida Larco where it hits the ocean.

The mall is sunken about 2 stories below street level on a high bluff that overlooks the sea hundreds of feet below. Paragliders often pass in front of the mall as they surf air currents rising up the bluff.

Fun place with several discos, KFC, Burger King and Pizza Hut, sushi and iced cream places also. And a movie theater.