4 day trips worth the trip across Peru, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Peru guides.
Lurin (Pachamanca and Pre-Inca Pachacamac) ★ 4.5 · Lima
Lurin 45 minutes south of Lima is the Sunday pachamanca destination, Andean earth-oven slow-cooked meat at family restaurants near the Pachacamac ruins.
Tip: Sunday lunch only; arrive by 12:00 because most cocinas serve until the pachamanca is gone.
Chorrillos Fisherman Wharf ★ 4.4 · Lima
Chorrillos 20 minutes south of Miraflores is Lima's working artisanal fish wharf, the dawn auction at the Caleta plus cevicheria lunch on the malecon nearby.
Tip: 07:00 morning auction is the spectacle; the cevicherias on the malecon open 11:30 for lunch with the morning's catch.
Punta Hermosa (Pacific Coast Cevicherias) ★ 4.3 · Lima
Punta Hermosa 60-90 minutes south of Lima is the summer Pacific coast cevicheria destination, beach-cabin seafood lunch on terraces facing the swell.
Tip: Best Dec-Apr Lima summer; Terminal Pesquero Cevicheria and 20sobre20 are the staples on the food strip.
Cieneguilla (Weekend Pachamanca) ★ 4.2 · Lima
Cieneguilla 60-75 minutes east of Lima is the weekend pachamanca and parrillada day trip, Andean earth-oven family restaurants along the Lurin river valley.
Tip: Saturday-Sunday only for most pachamanqueria; arrive by 12:30 for the noon earth-oven opening at the family restaurants.