Travel quotes
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli
In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley
Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. Orson Welles
America > Peru > Lima
When to go to Lima ( Peru ) ?
| Month | Sunlight (h/d) | Average T min (°C) | Average T max (°C) | Record T min (°C) | Record T max (°C) | Precipitations (mm) | Wet days | Rating |
| january | 6 | 20 | 29 | 15 | 31 | 3 | 0 |  |
| february | 7 | 20 | 29 | 15 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| march | 7 | 20 | 29 | 16 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| april | 7 | 18 | 28 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| may | 4 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 28 | 5 | 0 | |
| june | 1 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 1 | |
| july | 1 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 1 | |
| august | 1 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 28 | 8 | 2 | |
| september | 1 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 1 | |
| october | 3 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 0 | |
| november | 4 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 0 | |
| december | 5 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
How to read the charts
For example: In january, you will get 6 hours of average sunlight in Lima and the overall temperature will vary between 13 and 32 (Celcius) in this area of Peru. Usually you shouldn't see more than 0 rainy days wich is representative of this part of America.
What to do in Lima : Tips, places, hotels and restaurants
Peru's capital, the city has just over ten million inhabitants. Located at the foot of the Andes, it undergoes a subtropical desert climate, with very little precipitation, but high humidity.
The historic center of the city boasts the most remarkable monuments: Palazzo Torre-Tagle and his Creole architecture fingerprints clearly Andalusian stately home Prado, the baroque cathedral dating from the 17th century church of Santo Domingo Convent San Francisco, a masterpiece of religious art, the Municipal Theatre of neo-classical, Place d'Armes and the Plaza San Martin connected to each other by a pedestrian.
You can also stroll in the park comfortably's Fair, and leave the center city to visit El Olivar olive garden or along the waterfront Do not miss Larco Museum which traces the history of pre-Columbian Peru, and also has an exceptional collection of erotic art, the Museum Gold of Peru, showing the development work in metallurgy and a collection of Inca and pre-Inca and the National Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology. For your accommodation, you have considerable development of today's hostels in the city, trying to meet tourist demand rising sharply, and offers hotels in all price ranges, the highest-end located in neighborhoods Miraflores and San Isidro.
