Pedro de Osma Museum (Museo Pedro de Osma) Tours and Tickets

Join a half-day tour to the famous Pachacamac Temple, located only a short distance from Lima. Built by different leaders throughout the centuries and between the years 200 and 1450 AD, this religious compound is made entirely out of clay and houses the giant pyramids of the sun and moon. This comprehensive sightseeing tour will give you an insight on the culture, history and architecture of both the Inca and pre-Inca people. After that see colonial art housed in a grand mansion at the Pedro de Osma Museum.

Explore the beautiful and bohemian neighborhood of Barranco on a half-day private tour from Lima, accompanied by a knowledgeable guide. Admire the architectural majesty of the buildings; observe classic colonial art housed in the opulent Pedro de Osma Museum; and browse bespoke boutiques for artisan treasures made by local artists. Discover the history and culture of this fascinating quarter during your enriching experience.

You will start the tour through the districts of San Isidro and Miraflores, two neighbourhoods full of history that have become exclusive urban areas due to their commercial, tourist and financial character. Visit El Olivar de San Isidro, an old colonial hacienda where olive trees were grown. Then you will move to the bohemian district of Barranco, traditional home of the most renowned Peruvian artists, to visit the Pedro de Osma Museum a former residence of the De Osma family, originally from Spain who migrated to Peru at the beginning of the 19th century. Tall windows, carved columns, gardens and sculptures make up one of the most beautiful summer mansions in the bourgeois Lima of the past.

Enjoy a cultural tour to the Barranco district: You will be picked up from your hotel and taken to Barranco to visit the Osma Museum where you will see a wide collection of Peruvian colonial art. Then you will go to the Mario Testino Art Gallery (MATE), where the famous Peruvian photographer exhibits his best photographs which have become known worldwide. Afetr that visit Las Pallas, a craft and traditional folk art shop, where you will run out of words with the wide and colorful variety of pieces brought from artisanal communities around Peru. Finally, enjoy a magical walk through the romantic Bridge of Sighs, which inspired the great Peruvian singer Chabuca Granda to compose one of her most iconic and well-known songs. Before return to the hotel, you will be taken to a restaurant in Barranco for lunch (by your own).