Pisco Sours

For travelers on their way to Machu Picchu, Lima is often just seen as a necessary stopover on their way to Cusco. However, since Teresa and I can spend a little more time getting acclimatized to our travels we decided to spend a full day in Lima and two nights.

We found a nice mid-ranged Hotel called 3B Hostel, for a little less than $60 USD per night via Tripadvisor and it turned out pretty well. It's a nice modern hotel with only about 20 rooms and it's well run and included a basic breakfast.

Our expectations of Lima had been set pretty low, so we were pleasantly surprised by a lovely walk through the old historical district. Our walk concluded at St Martin's Square and a visit to the Grand Hotel Bolivar, which had seen better times (probably a 5 star hotel in the 60-70's) but still was the place to go for our first glass of the famed Pisco Sour... kinda like a marriage between a whiskey sour and a margarita (very tasty).


We then spend the remainder of the afternoon strolling along some beautiful gardens atop of the ocean cliffs in the Miraflores district, and enjoying a wonderful meal of Ceviche at a restaurant called La Mar.

For those of you in San Francisco apparently there is a La Mar restaurant open there, and in New York it's expected to open sometime in the next 6 months... in any case if you have the opportunity to visit the restaurant we would definitely recommend the Ceviche Sampler and the Grilled Swordfish.


I'm not really sure if you need to include Lima on your journeys through this area (we were glad we did), but you should definitely enjoy a Pisco Sour... I know I'll be having more than one more before we leave.

Location:Lima, Peru