Peru Guide

Mifarma is a large pharmacy chain with countless branches in Lima and Peru offering a wide range of over-the-counter drugs and prescribtion medicines.

Located in the heart of Miraflores, Clinica Good Hope is a good private clinic for all your emergency and general medical needs with qualified staff and modern equipment.

The artisan markets along Av. La Marina are less touristy than the markets in Miraflores and less convenient located. Anyhow even if the area suffered from the growing markets in Miraflores you can still find the one or other "mercado" selling a good variety of handicrafts from all over Peru. 

Alerta Medica is the largest private provider of emergency services in Lima. Their modern fleet of different ambulances and emergency vehicles are all equipped to international standards and most have a doctor, a qualified nurse and an emergency driver on board.

Homeofarma is the oldest homeopathic pharmacy in Peru offering homeopathic dilutions according to Dr. Hahnemann (globules, liquids, tablets and creams), Bach flowers and other herbal and medicinal supplements. 

When it comes to shopping malls, Jockey Plaza is one of Lima's showpieces. Opened in April 1997 Jockey Plaza offers high-end facilities for well-funded shoppers in a western style environment. Next to a big supermarket, a home center and two department stores, you find over 230 shops and boutiques offering everything from clothes and shoes to sp...

Vivanda supermarkets are part of the retailer Supermercados Peruanos and cater for the middle to upper class. They offer a wide range of local products and for Lima standards a very good selection of imported goods. Prices might be slightly higher than in other supermarkets. All branches have a small space where you can have a seat and enjoy lun...

Located in the district of Surquillo, the Surquillo market is just a few blocks from Parque Kennedy in Miraflores, only a ten minute walk on Av. Ricardo Palma over the bridge. The mercado in Surquillo is an enormous, genuine and bustling place where locals do their everyday shopping. It offers great quality food for amazingly low prices. A wide ...

The Teatro Maguey, one of the most important theater groups in the country, was founded in 1982 as a theatrical research and production workshop. Renowned for their alternative view on theater and great artistic solidity, their current work includes the broad artistic field, the creation and production of shows including performances, research, ...

The main goal of the Cultural Center Peruano Britanico is to strengthen the cultural bonds between Peru and Great Britain. They offer theater, music and dance events. Plastic arts, poetry, science and technology form a new phase of the expansion of their cultural side.