Travel & Transportation
About Lima
Lima Peru is a modern, cosmopolitan city of 8 million persons and the capital city of Peru, one of the most beautiful and fascinating countries in the Americas.
Lima’s recently modernized Jorge Chavez International Airport receives daily direct flights from Miami (5 ˝ hours), Atlanta and Houston (6 ˝ hours), Newark/New York (8 hours) and Los Angeles (8 ˝ hours), as well as from Madrid (12 hours) and Amsterdam (12 ˝ hours) and numerous Latin American capital cities.
Peru also enjoys a growing reputation for its fine cuisine, and Lima is home to numerous restaurants where the visitor can enjoy some of the finest dining available anywhere. Lima is also home to several fascinating museums, including the Gold Museum, conveniently located 5 minutes from CENTRUM Católica.
More information about Lima:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima
http://www.visitperu.com/
http://www.allaboutperutravel.com/
http://www.enjoyperu.com/
http://www.aboutlima.com/
Travel & transportation
Lima is served by the Jorge Chávez International Airport, located in Callao (LIM). It is the largest airport of the country with the largest amount of domestic and international air traffic. It also serves as a major hub in the Latin American air network. Lima's Jorge Chavez International Airport is the fourth largest air hub in South America. The airport, however it is the base for the largest cargo hub in the continent.
Public transport:
The city of Lima has one big bus terminus station located next to the mall Plaza norte in the north of the city. This bus station is the point of departure and arrival of a lot of buses with national and international destinations. There are other bus stations for each company around the city. In addition, there are informals bus stations located in the south, center and north of the city; these bus stations are cheap and confusing, but manageable if you know your destination and have a basic comprehension of Spanish.
Taxis in the city are mostly informal; they are cheap but can be dangerous because of the way the "taxistas" drive. There are no meters, so drivers are told the desired destination and the fare is agreed upon before the passenger enters the taxi. Taxis vary in sizes from small four-door compacts to large vans. They are everywhere, accounting for a large part of the car stock. In many cases they are just a private car with a taxi sticker on the windshield. Additionally, there are several companies that provide taxi service on-call.
Automobiles, known as colectivos, render express service on some major roads of the Lima Metropolitan Area. The colectivos signal their specific destination with a sign on their windshield. The cost is generally higher than public transport however they cover greater distances at greater speeds due to the lack of stops. This service is informal and is illegal in the city. Some people in the periphery of the city use the so-called "mototaxi" for short distances.
The Metropolitan Transportation System or El Metropolitano is a public Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system which integrates the Independent Corridor of Mass-Transit Buses known by its Spanish initials as (COSAC 1). This system links the principal points of the Lima Metropolitan Area.
