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Finally, Peru offers a visa for digital nomads and freelancers.

Today, Decreto Legislativo 1582, a modification of the Peruvian Foreigner Law was published, establishing a new immigration status, the so-called Visa Nomada Digital (Digital Nomad Visa).

Peruvian Digital Nomad Visa On November 14, 2023, a new Foreigner Law, Decreto Legislativo 1582, was published introducing a residence visa for digital nomads and freelancers in Peru for the first time.

Peru is famous for many things, but surely not for its cheese, which plays an important role in the Peruvian cuisine. And while the country, because of many, especially (infra)structural causes, has a weakly developed dairy and cheese industry, Peru produces around 50 different cheese varieties and has some fine artisanal cheesemakers producing delicious and unique, truly Peruvian cheeses that over the past years won numerous awards in international cheese contests.

The main cheese making regions in Peru include Cajamarca in northern Peru, Puno and Arequipa in the south, Lima, and other regions mainly in the Andean highlands such as Ancash, Ayacucho, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huánuco, Junín, Moquegua, Pasco, and Piura.

https://www.limaeasy.com/peruvian-food-guide/peruvian-cheese

The Health Declaration Form is no longer needed for entering Peru!

Until October 12, 2022 everyone - visitor, resident and Peruvian; adult and child; vaccinated or unvaccinated - who came to Peru by air was required to present a Health Affidavit when entering the country. This changed with the Ministerial Resolution 811-2022-MINSA. So, since October 12, 2022, officially you no longer need the Health Declaration when entering Peru! The website to fill in the form has been deactivated as of October 20, 2022.

https://www.limaeasy.com/peru-guide/legal-stuff/health-declaration-for-entering-peru

Lately we have received many questions with regards to the international document that corresponds to the Antecedentes policiales, penales and judiciales in Peru (a requirement when you change your visa type, for example from a work visa to a permanent resident visa). This new article is an attempt to explain what you need, where you get it and what to watch out for.

International document corresponding to the Antecedentes policiales, penales and judiciales in Peru One of the requirements to apply for a resident visa in Peru or to change your visa type, for example from a work visa to a permanent resident visa, are the “Antecedentes policiales, penales y judiciales”, issued in your home country and, in case you lived in another country before coming to Per...

Happy Birthday – Feliz Cumpleaños – LimaEasy!

On the 20th of October 2006 we published the first pages of LimaEasy marking its todays 15th birthday. As a true “Miraflores” child, LimaEasy grew up in one of the most vibrant districts of Lima surrounded by the Artisan Markets on Avenida Petit Thouars and has developed to something we never expected (something most “parents” experience when looking at their “children”). We are looking forward to see where the journey with LimaEasy will take us…

Have you already seen the new Peruvian banknotes? Check them out https://www.limaeasy.com/peruvian-money-guide/current-peruvian-banknotes-coins/current-peruvian-banknotes

Over the past few weeks lots happened on LimaEasy.

We continued to bring many “old” pages up to date which surely is best visible at

• the Visa page which is now a whole Visa section https://www.limaeasy.com/peru-guide/peruvian-visa-types

• the Business guide which once again contains current information https://www.limaeasy.com/peru-guide/business-guide-peru

• the Money guide with new, more organized pages for banknotes and coins (including all the lovely Peruvian coin series) and updated info in the general money information section https://www.limaeasy.com/peruvian-money-guide

• the Food section with updated information on many dish pages and clearer and easier to read recipes

Yes, there are quite a number of pages that still need to be brought into the year 2021, but we are on it.

Next to all the update work, we additionally thought that it is important - especially in today’s times - to broader position LimaEasy and offer more information to our readers.

So, we published lots of new, informative, helpful, and interesting sections and articles including:

• a Safety, security and travel advice series https://www.limaeasy.com/peru-guide/safety-security-travel-advice-series-peru

• a legal stuff section with lots of useful information to tackle Peruvian bureaucracy https://www.limaeasy.com/peru-guide/legal-stuff

• a Peruvian legends, myths & tales sections with absolutely lovely stories https://www.limaeasy.com/peru-guide/history-of-peru/peruvian-legends-myths-tales

• an Education, teaching & schooling sections, for now only with information on some of Peru’s best international schools and universities https://www.limaeasy.com/peru-guide/education-teaching-schooling-in-peru

• a Glossary of terms explaining specific Peruvian terms and abbreviations for a better understanding https://www.limaeasy.com/peru-guide/glossary-terms-peru

• a Multimedia section at the moment only with a few interesting books and documents to download and videos to watch which will be expanded step by step https://www.limaeasy.com/multimedia-videos-books

So, feel free to check out the new and slowly but surely improving LimaEasy. If you want to get in contact with us either use the comment function on each page which we prefer, send us a message using our contact form or FB.

LimaEasy is back home!

In 2006 we created LimaEasy just a few months after arriving in the Peruvian capital in a time when there was not much detailed and especially up-to-date info in English about the city around. Within the following 8 years we made LimaEasy with lots of love and passion a household name and tremendous success with tourists, foreigners living in Peru, fellow entrepreneurs and everyone interested in Lima and Peru.

As we had to move abroad for job-related reasons, we decided with a heavy heart to sell our “baby” in 2014 trusting that the new owners would be as enthusiastic about and dedicated to LimaEasy as we were and would not only continue our beloved project in our sense, but as well develop it further. Unfortunately, this did not happen.

From afar we had to watch LimaEasy not changing, not being technically modernized, not being updated. Instead of growing and appearing in new splendor what we hoped for and were promised when we sold the website, LimaEasy seemed forgotten with no one caring and as the years went by on a downhill track.

But sometimes life goes strange ways and brought LimaEasy back home to us. So here we are, the original founders and now new owners of LimaEasy.com

Over the last few days – yes, we are talking only about days – we worked nonstop to at least get LimaEasy technically running, implement a modern design (don’t worry, some characteristic features will return soon) and put it online again. However, lots is still missing, some features don’t work or aren’t perfect, many pictures might not be there, and the content is not updated yet.

Please, for now bear with us, we still have a long way ahead, but as nearly 15 years ago when we started the project, we are dedicated to improve LimaEasy and share our love and passion for Peru and Lima the way we used to.

Tim & Eva

LimaEasy updated their website address.

Maranga – 2000 Years of Shared Stories

A new Exhibition at Parque de las Leyendas about pre-Hispanic Life in Lima

The Parque de las Leyendas not only houses Lima's zoo, a botanical garden and recreation areas; actually here you find 54 archaeological monuments of Lima's most extensive ancient city. The pre-Hispanic town of Maranga was continuously occupied by different cultures for over 2000 years and contained impressive buildings, numerous pyramids, palaces, temples and administrative centers. Also an ancient wall, roads, residential areas, water reservoirs and irrigation channels were part of the complex.

10 years of extensive archaeological excavations at the "Legends Park" with countless unearthed artifacts left the archaeologists with a better understanding of the lifestyle and traditions of Maranga's ancient inhabitants. To show the amazing results of the intensive research done and promote the cultural heritage of Peru's pre-Hispanic cultures, the Parque de las Leyendas presents the exhibition "Maranga – 2000 years of shared stories"…

Read the full article on our blog: http://peru.li/maranga-2000

Taxi Apps in Lima
Get a Safe Taxi easily with your Smartphone or Tablet

While taking a taxi is easy and affordable in Lima, uncertainties in particular about safety and security are ever present. Especially foreign visitors often feel uncomfortable just flagging down a cab on the street or call a safe taxi with limited Spanish knowledge.

But if you are travelling with your smartphone or tablet there is a quick and simple way to get a safe taxi within a few minutes; including fixed prices (that are only a few Soles higher than the ones from taxis hailed on the street), responsible drivers, modern vehicles, GPS surveillance and payment in cash and with PayPal or credit card... a great option giving any traveller peace of mind getting around Lima. At the moment 8 taxi companies (Peruvian as well as international) in Lima offer their service to clients via an app.

Read the the full story on our blog: http://peru.li/taxi-app

More Safety for Tourists in Lima

The "Preferential Tourism Corridor" from Lima's Airport to your Accommodation

Unfortunately attacks on taxis and robberies on the way from Lima's airport to the hotels in San Isidro, Miraflores and Barranco aren't unheard of. To tackle this problem and guarantee more safety and security for tourists visiting Lima, the new "Preferential Tourism Corridor" (Corredor turistico preferencial) from the airport to the main tourist districts and back was inaugurated.

The joint venture of the national police PNP, the municipal police forces of the involved districts called Serenazgo and the Tourism Police ensures that visitors arriving at or leaving from Lima's international airport Jorge Chavez can feel safe in Lima. The route from the airport to the tourism districts along Av. Faucett, Av. La Marina, Av. Pershing, Av. Javier Prado Oeste, Av. Paseo de la Republica and Av. Benavides is constantly monitored with numerous security cameras along the way and high tech equipment at the Tourism Police's headquarter. Additionally 14 new 4x4 Pick-ups of the Tourism Police painted green and white and vehicles of the national and municipal patrol the route 24/7.

In case of an emergency tourists from now on can call the toll-free telephone number 0800 – 22221 from their cellphone to get in contact with the Tourism Police where bilingual officers assist you 24/7. Additional a new Tourism Police Peru app is available that can be downloaded with any mobile operating system or the QR code on the information banners at the airport to any smartphone or tablet.

And finally after many delays a new Tourism Police office was inaugurated at Lima's airport that not any helps and assists tourists in case of need but also informs about common scams.

Stay safe and enjoy your stay!

Peru scores high at the World Travel Awards 2014
(The Oscars of the Travel Industry were presented yesterday)

Yesterday World Travel Awards announced its 2014 Central and South American winners at a Gala ceremony in Quito, Ecuador. Already since 1993 the World Travel Awards acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence in the tourism industry and is also known as the „Oscar of the Travel Industry". And as in previous years Peru, its hotels and companies were able to be recognized in numerous categories in South America.

Peru was awarded as:

South America's Leading Culinary Destination
South America's Leading Cultural Destination
South America's Leading Heritage Destination
Lima was awarded South America's Leading City Break Destination

Following hotels were honored:

Ramada Costa del Sol: South America's Leading Airport Hotel
Swissotel in Lima: South America's Leading Business Hotel
Delfines Hotel & Casino in Lima: South America's Leading Casino Resort
Belmond Miraflores Park Hotel in Lima: South America's Leading City Hotel
JW Mariott in Lima: South America's Leading Hotel
JW Mariott in Cuzco: South America's Leading New Hotel

Two Peruvian travel businesses were honored as well:

Explorandes: South America's Leading Green Tour Operator
Costamar Travel: South America's Leading Travel Agent

And for Peru following hotels were awarded:

Casa Andina Private Collection Valle Sagrado, Cuzco: Peru's Leading Boutique Hotel:
Swissotel, Lima: Peru's Leading Business Hotel
Hilton Miraflores, Lima: Peru's Leading Hotel
Presidential Pool Suite at the Belmond Miraflores Park, Lima: Peru's Leading Hotel Suite
Belmond Sanctuary Lodge, Machu Picchu: Peru's Leading Resort

Congrats!

Wealth and Pride Coins - Huaca de la Luna

The 17th coin of the Peruvian Wealth & Pride series has been put into circulation on the 6th of August 2014. The front shows a characteristic, beautifully decorated wall of the Temple of the Moon (Huaca de la Luna) built by the Moche culture in northern Peru. The temple belongs to the archaeological site of "The Temple of the Sun and of the Moon" (Huaca del Sol y de la Luna) located close to Trujillo.

The complex is believed to have been the most important urban and ceremonial center of the Moche culture. While the impressive Temple of the Sun was the largest adobe structure in the Americas (unfortunately today only about 30% of the original stucture is preserved), the smaller Temple of the Moon impresses with its beautiful architecture of three platforms, various plazas and large ceremonial spaces that were built over centuries. Stunning as well are the mural paintings.

Read more on LimaEasy here: http://peru.li/huaca-luna

Mistura 2014 – Preview

Peru's Largest Gastronomic Festival

South America's biggest gastronomic fair, Mistura, kicks off in less than 2 months here in Lima expecting half a million visitors. Under this year's motto "Diversity and Nutrition" Mistura brings together small farmers, producers, food sellers, chefs, bakers, confectioners, restaurants, food enthusiasts, Limeños and visitors from all over the world for the country's biggest gastronomic folk festival. Next to 10 days full of Peruvian flavors and colors visitors can also expect having a good time with cultural performances such as typical Peruvian dances and live music, exhibitions, workshops and much more…

Read the full article on our blog: http://peru.li/mistura-2014

Visitors Details

Location: Costa Verde, Magdalena del Mar, Lima
Date: 05th to the 14th of September 2014
Time: Monday to Thursday 11.00 am to 10.00 pm, Friday to Sunday 11.00 am to 11.00 pm
Entrance fees pre-sale: Adults S/. 15 and children S/. 8
Entrance fees regular: Monday to Wednesday adults S/. 15 and children S/. 8, Thursday to Sunday adults S/. 25 and children S/. 10.
Additional costs: Food is not included in the entrance fee; dishes cost S/. 13 per portion

Get to know Lima’s Presidential Palace

The Municipality of Lima invites on Saturday 19th of July from 09.00 am to 11.00 am to a guided tour of the Presidential Palace (Palacio de Gobierno) and the Municipal Palace (Palacio Municipal) in Lima's historic city center
As spaces are limited and you surely don't want to not miss this opportunity, we recommend to register as soon as possible either under telephone 632–1542 or via e-mail: [email protected].

Gathering place is the Tourist Information Stand, Pasaje Los Escribanos 145, Lima city center.

Peruvian Treasures that made History

1st Peruvian National Flag and Manuscript of the National Anthem on display

To celebrate its 125th anniversary and Peru's National Day, the Peruvian Banco de Credito, BCP, opens its doors to the public exhibiting 60 pre-Hispanic and Republican pieces incl. textiles, ceramics, religious paintings and sculptures. But the highlight of the exhibition are two historical invaluable pieces that are displayed for the first time: the 1st Peruvian National Flag which was produced by two ladies in Peru's northern Piura and used by José de San Martin during the declaration of Peru's independence in 1821 and an original letter from 1863 written by José Bernardo Alcedo which contains details about the composition of Peru's National Anthem.

The place, where these pieces are exhibited, is a piece of the exhibition itself: the beautiful San Pedro building, part of the BCP's main office in the center of Lima was constructed in 1929 by the architect Ricardo Malachowski.

Information about the temporary exhibition
2nd of July to the 31st of August 2014
Mon to Fri 09.00 am to 07.00 pm
Sat, Sun and public holidays 10.00 am to 06.00 pm
Main office of the BCP, Basement of the Edifico San Pedro, Jirón Lampa 499, Lima city center
Entrance is free and includes a guided tour

Restauration of the Bridge of Sighs “Puente de los Suspiros” in Barranco

On the 18th of June the district of Barranco started with restoration works on the Bridge of Sighs. Due to this restauration the bridge will be closed to the public for 90 days. The works include the replacement of damaged wood segments with imported pine wood from Oregon, treatment against the high humidity and the installation of new LED illumination.

The "Bridge of Sighs" is the district's landmark. It was inaugurated on the 14th of February 1876. Since then the wooden bridge withstood the War of the Pacific and earthquakes, but had to be repaired several times and was cut down in the middle of the 20th century to its actual length of 31 m. As it always was, young couples meet at this romantic place in Barranco. Tradition says that the one, who makes a wish and then crosses the bridge for the first time without taking a breath, will have his wish fulfilled. The great Peruvian chansonière Chabuca Granda honored the “Puente de los Suspíros” by dedicating one of her songs to her.

Fair of Peruvian Chocolatiers – Chocoferia (Barranco)
Taste Peru's best cacao and chocolate products

Cacao is part of Peru since ancient times. It was a fundamental element in previous cultures and their rituals. But just in recent years Peru's high quality cacao beans became popular and acknowledged around the world for their exquisite, unique aroma and high fat content.

To promote Peruvian cacao and chocolate the "Feria de Chocolateros" or in short "Chocoferia" takes place at the main square, the Plaza Municpial, in Barranco this weekend from Friday, June 13th to Sunday, June 15th from 11.00 am onwards. Next to music, folkloric dances and a parade, Peruvian chocolatiers demonstrate the fine arts of chocolate making. And most important: at the 35 stands chocolate products can not only be admired and tasted, no there these little temptations are also on sale.

Día de la Canción Andina
Enjoy tradtional music from the Andean regions of Peru

Since 2006 Peru celebrates the Día de la Canción Andina (the Day of the Andean Song or probably better the Day of Andean Music) each year on the 15th of June.

To mark this day the municipality of Lima organizes a big concert with musicians from the different Andean regions of Peru. Participating are Los Príncipes del Perú, La Princesita de Yungay, Conjunto Condemayta de Acomayo, William Luna, Dina Páucar, Amanda Portales and Rosita de Espinar. Additionally a photo exhibition with Andean music as theme takes place.

The concerts is on June 14th at the Plaza de Armas in Lima's historic city center at 05.00 pm; the admission is free.

Peru's National Potato Day
Celebrate with Peru its famous tuber

On the 30th of May is National Potato Day; a time to celebrate one of the most important food crops in the world originating in Peru. Throughout this week countless restaurants around Lima pay homage to the famous root vegetable by offering special menus and drinks using the great variety of native Peruvian potatoes.
Yesterday the restaurants Social (the Hilton Hotel's restaurant), Papachos, Amaz, Los Babiche and Ache at the gastronomic corner on Av. La Paz in Miraflores promoted their activities for National Potato Day with showcasing different native Peruvian potatoes and offering delicious nibbles made of the tuber to passers-by.

Festivals of the Peruvian Potato this weekend
Celebrations also include smaller and bigger expositions, parades and festivals. The 5th Festival of the Native Potato (V Festival de la Papa Nativa 2014) at Lima's Parque de la Exposicion is held from Friday 30th of May until Sunday 1st of June. The festival brings together potato growers from the Andean highlands, restaurants including well knows chefs, culinary schools and shops all contributing to spread and promote the Peruvian culinary heritage. The three days gastronomic festival includes a native potato market, a potato-based food and beverage contests and lots of great Peruvian dishes made with the famous tuber. Highlight this year: the attempt to beat the World Record of the consumption of dishes made on the basis of potato.

Read the full article here: http://peru.li/papa2014

First Lima Restaurant Week

Dine at one of Lima's top restaurants for a sensational price

Restaurant Week is known in many cities around the world; now it's coming to Lima as well. From May 16th to 25th more than 20 first-class restaurants in Peru's capital are participating in Lima's First Restaurant Week.

Taking part are the restaurants Amaz, Bravo Restobar, Bujas de Cachiche, Costanera 700, Danica, Delphos Bistro, El Olivar, Jose Antonio, La Decima, La Gloria, Malabar, Mayta, Oceanus, Osaka, Pescados Capitales, Quimera, Rodrigo, Señorio de Sulco, Nanka, Cala, Alfresco und Lima 27.

Above mentioned top restaurants offer a special menu with different options for starters and main courses at a sensational preferential price of S/. 59 (drinks not included).

Those interested in dining at one of Lima's trendy restaurants for a good price, have to make a reservation and book their table under Lima Restaurant Week by Atrapalo.

http://promo.atrapalo.pe/restaurant_week/

Enjoy!

2,100,153 Page views in one year – Thank You!

Reviewing our visitor’s statistics of LimaEasy we noticed that we have passed a record number of 2,100,153 page views within one year. A stunning 199,851 images were viewed in galleries, our videos watched 39,333 times (in 6 months as we only implemented this segment newly) and 55,257 documents downloaded! When we started the project back in 2006 we would have never imagined such numbers. Without the permanent suggestions, recommendations and help by our visitors this would not have been possible!