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Lima Travel Guide
Where to shop
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Lima is home to Peru’s finest artesanía, fashion, jewelry, decoration, antiques and art shops, containing selections from across the country.
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Miraflores Artesanía shops & markets.(souvenir and handicrafts): The largest and most important cluster of handcrafts markets in all of Peru. Artesanías Miraflores, Av. Ricardo Palma 205; Artesanía Expo Inti, Av. Petit Thouars 5495; Mercado Indio, 5245 Av. Petit Thouars, Miraflores (in front of Casa Andina Classic – Miraflores Centro) |
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Las Pallas. A superb selection of the finest Peruvian handcrafts, directed by a Welsh woman and longtime resident of Peru, in a stunning old Barranco mansion just minutes from Miraflores. The perfect spot for one-stop shopping. Cajamarca 212, Barranco. Tel: 477-4629 |
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Kuntur Wasi. Collectors with a shop full of some of the highest-quality arte popular to be found, in a beautiful shop run by the owners. Calle Ocharan 182, Miraflores. Tel: 9809-2056. |
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Museo-Galería Popular de Ayacucho. Superb retablos (altarpieces) and other fine folklore from Ayacucho; tops for anyone with a specific interest in retablos. Av. Pedro de Osma 116, Barranco. Tel: 247-0599. |
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| Peruvian Contemporary Art & Design |
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Indigo. One of Lima’s top handicrafts & gift stores, with original designs from many regions of Peru. Indigo maintains a small shop in lobby of Casa Andina Private Collection – Miraflores, with the original, larger store in San Isidro. Av. El Bosque, San Isidro. Tel: 440-3099. |
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Dédalo. An excellent, well-stocked shop featuring crafts and home furnishings from across Peru, with a cool café out back in the garden. Saenz Peña 295, Barranco. Tel: 477-0562. |
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Esther Ventura. Fine silver jewelry based on pre-Incan and original designs. The designer’s studio is on the boardwalk in Chorrillos. Malecón Almirante Grau 1157, Chorrillos. Tel:467-1180 (website: www.esterventura.com). |
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Ilaria. Jewelry, silver objects and orfebrería as well as decoration items. Art items based on traditional, antique Peruvian designs. With 24 shops in Peru (website: www.ilariainternational.com). |
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Annie Alvarez Calderón. Sophisticated modern clothing designs with a nod to traditional Andean and colonial motifs. Tel: 368-3426 |
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Federico Bauer. An artist working in traditinoal Andean and Amazonas techniques and materials, producing decorative home objects of excellent quality. Home/studio in Pachacamac, worth a visit for its archaeological site, by appointment only. Tel 231-1462. |
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Centro Comercial Larcomar: An entertainment complex and mall, situated along the malecón and Parque Salazar, with a nice collection of upscale shops (featuring clothing, jewelry and handcrafts) overlooking the ocean. Malecón de la Reserva, Miraflores (website: www.larcomar.com). |
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Centro Comercial Jockey Plaza: The largest shopping mall in Peru, anchored by the country’s two most important department stores. Featuring specialty shops for photography, computers, camping, watches, music and more. |
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Avenida La Paz, Miraflores: In a neighborhood known for its great little shops specializing in jewelry and antiques, don’t miss this little pedestrian-only passageway, lined with well-stocked antiques shops, several with nice religious art. Just 2 blocks from Casa Andina Private Collection – Miraflores. |
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For additional shopping ideas, see the section “Off the Beaten Track,” which details several spots that may be less conventional but highly recommended just the same. |
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More than 15 years of publications, including 220 books and guides about Peru and its environment. |
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More than 15 years of publications, including 220 books and guides about Peru and its environment, five encyclopedias and more than 1,000 articles in magazines in Peru and abroad. He is considered the most prolific publisher on ecological topics in the country in the last decade. Forest engineer, journalist, publisher, professional photographer and analyst of environmental topics, Wust is the only Peruvian to publish five articles in National Geographic magazine. Currently he is the director of Wust Ediciones. |
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Ten years crisscrossing Peru, producing 240 TV programs on diverse topics. |
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Ten years crisscrossing Peru, producing 240 TV programs on diverse topics. A journalist and writer, for nearly a decade he has directed and hosted the TV program Tiempo de Viaje, in which he travels throughout Peru (and occasionally other countries), documenting natural, historical and human scenes infrequently visited by conventional tourism. His perspective is not that of a tourist, but of a traveler, who immerses himself in what he finds and shies away from nothing in his reporting. He is also the author and/or publisher of an extensive series of books about Peruvian culture. |
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The author of 15 travel guides to cities and countries around the world, including 4 editions of Frommer’s Peru. |
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The author of 15 travel guides to cities and countries around the world, including 4 editions of Frommer’s Peru, and articles on subjects ranging from the travel industry to food and wine. A travel writer, journalist and photographer, Schlecht first traveled to Peru and trekked to Machu Picchu as a student in 1983, and he has returned repeatedly to Peru over the last two decades. He has also been a consultant on international development projects for the European Union and USAID, as well as a correspondent for a Spanish art magazine. |
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With nearly 15 years of travel experience, and having lived in different places in Peru. |
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With nearly 15 years of travel experience, and having lived in different places in Peru. Agronomist, theologist, and holding an M.A in Amazonian anthropology. He’s lived 7 years with the Aguarunan people of Alto Marañon; also in Huanchaco (Trujillo), Urubamba (Cusco), and Madre de Dios. Consultant in tourism, collaborator for several media resources and professor of Sustainable Tourism Diploma at Ruiz de Montoya University. |
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