The past is omnipresent in the Peruvian capital city of Lima. Though the city was formally founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in 1535, the area has formal architecture that dates back ...

In this Jan. 20, 2013 photo, people wade on the shoreline of Agua Dulce beach, in Lima, Peru. While Lima's elite spends its summer weekends in gate beach enclaves south of the Peruvian capital, the ...

Whether you are visiting for a day or a week, here are ten must-do things that capture the best of Lima and Miraflores.

LIMA, Peru – As most Lima residents prepare to sleep, a handful of hardcore surfers descend on the only beach in Peru where they can ride the waves at night. The South American country has decked out ...

LIMA, PeruLIMA, Peru — Dozens of beaches near Lima were deserted and thousands of fishermen remained without work Tuesday, one month after an oil spill at a refinery created what the United Nations ...

Most visitors come to Peru for the mysterious ruins of Machu Picchu and the former Incan capital, Cusco; rainforest wonders of the Amazon; Lake Titicaca’s floating reed islands; and adventure in Colca ...

LIMA, Peru — Agua Dulce beach is usually a sea of humanity, packed with as many as 40,000 people a day at the height of Peru’s summer, which runs from December to March. The coronavirus pandemic has ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru declared an environmental emergency on Thursday after announcing that 21 beaches on the Pacific coast were contaminated by an oil spill at a refinery run by Spain-based Repsol, ...

While Lima's elite spends its summer weekends in gated beach enclaves south of the Peruvian capital, the working class jams by the thousands on a single municipal beach of grayish-brown sands and ...