Central Lima Attractions

Our friend Tito offered to show us around Central Lima. We first went to the San Francisco Cathedral. We took a tour around the place and learned more about some of Lima's religious history. For the last part of the tour, we were taken into the catacombs. Down there we could see graves and real bones of people from a long time ago. Most of the bones were femurs, but there were some skulls, too. I think the guide said there were around 25,000 people buried there.

Next we went to a museum where we were given a tour about the history of Lima. It had some cool, interactive things like holograms, displays, and even a movie theater setting about an earthquake and the chairs starting shaking. It was a long tour, and unfortunately due to my lack of understanding Spanish, I didn't know most of what was being said.

Last we went to the main square, Plaza Mayor, which is surrounded by government buildings and the Cathedral of Lima. One of the buildings was the president's house, and another was the mayor's office.

San Francisco Cathedral

Being awesome

The president's house

Plaza Mayor