Travelling Gillespie

Visited the main square on a short day trip in Lima and was surprised by how much we got to see and experience. It was a Sunday so the streets were busy with church ceremonies, and also a Latin American group was displaying cultural clothing.

The centre is busy, lively and we felt safe walking around. The couple of hours, although brief was an experience well worth it.

Do’s:
- plan your time if you are only going for a couple hours, the roads get busy so you don’t want to miss a flight / train.
- try going early in morning as you can take pictures with clearer streets, and church ceremonies seem to finish around 10- 11 am. So you might catch some celebrations.

Don’t have to go to Spain to experience a great tapas bar. Excellent atmosphere and beautifully created and presented tapas. Good variety of options.

This is more of a drinks / smoke and talk with some light bites type of place. Atleast in my opinion rather than a large dinner, although there were full course meals available. The food and portion sizes were good.

Pros:
- good decor, upmarket
- ask to sit outside if possible, much nicer atmosphere on a nice day
- try getting a few smaller plates to share and order more if possible

Cons:
- on a late night can get noisy from nearby bars / disco, also adds to the atmosphere so depends if you like it or not. I was ok with it.