Friends have asked why I picked Peru’s sprawling coastal desert capital of Lima for a winter vacation this year. For one, the flight to range from the Twin Cities that far south was fairly cheap: ...

The past is omnipresent in the Peruvian capital city of Lima. Though the city was formally founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in 1535, the area has formal architecture that dates back ...

Lima, Peru, is a dynamic, vibrant city full of contrasts. Modern skyscrapers stand beside pre-Incan pyramids that cover entire city blocks. The City of Kings was formerly just a stopover en route to ...

It would have been painfully easy to think of Peruvians solely as the ingenious architects who erected the stone fortress of Machu Picchu on Andean spires that would make mountain goats dizzy. But the ...

Lima is home world-renown culinary delicacies, great weather, and interesting architecture making it a great, not to mention budget-friendly, tourist destination. Coast Verde Lima's walkable and ...

In this Lima Peru travel tour we will show you all around the Capital and largest city here in Peru! Join us for a leisurely stroll through the city's charming streets, where every corner tells a ...

An aerial view of the district of Miraflores in Lima, Peru. Though I’m currently based between London and Menorca, my birthplace of Lima—the capital of Peru, located on the central coast—remains my ...

It was Claudia Flores Iriarte’s first day working at the Point Hostel in Lima, Peru. Claudia was 22, just graduated from college and this was her first job. It was October 31, 2008. The Point Hostel ...

Five years ago, you probably didn't know how to pronounce quinoa, but now, this Peruvian export is poised to take over the palates and nutritional good intentions of culinary aficionados the world ...

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UPDATE: The State Department put Herdman on a flight out of Cusco on April 1. She arrived back in the United States that evening. Sara Herdman, 44, is a mother of three from Bethesda. After getting ...