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record. There's also gold and jewels. Many visitors are lured here by a separately housed
collection of pre-Columbian erotica illustrating all manner of sexual activity with comical
explicitness. Don't miss the vitrine that depicts sexually transmitted diseases.
The highly recommended on-site
Café del Museo
(mains S28-40)
faces a private
garden draped in bougainvillea and is a perfect spot for ceviche.
Catch a bus from Av Arequipa in Miraflores marked 'Todo Bolívar' to Bolívar's 15th
block. A painted blue line on the sidewalk links this building to the Museo Nacional de
Antropología, Arqueología e Historía del Perú, about a 15-minute walk away.
Museo Nacional de Antropología,
Arqueología e Historía del Perú
(National Anthropology, Archaeology & History Museum; 463-5070;
ht-
tp://museonacional.perucultural.org.pe
;
Plaza Bolívar, cnr San Martín & Vivanco,
Pueblo Libre; adult/child S10/1; 9am-5pm Tue-Sat, 9am-4pm Sun)
The Museo Na-
cional de Antropología, Arqueología e Historía del Perú traces the history of Peru from
the pre-ceramic period to the early republic. Displays include the famous Raimondi Stela,
a 2.1m rock carving from the Chavín culture, one of the first Andean cultures to have a
widespread, recognizable artistic style. The building was once the home of revolutionary
heroes San Martín (from 1821 to 1822) and Bolívar (from 1823 to 1826) and the museum
contains late-colonial and early republic paintings, including an 18th-century rendering of
the
Last Supper
in which Christ and his disciples feast on
cuy
(guinea pig).
From Miraflores, take a 'Todo Brasil'
combi
from Av Arequipa (just north from Óvalo)
to cuadra 22 on the corner of Vivanco, then walk seven blocks up that street. A blue line
connects this museum with Museo Larco.
MUSEUM
Huaca Huallamarca
( 222-4124; Nicolás de Rivera 201, San Isidro; adult/child S5.50/1; 9am-5pm Tue-
Sun)
Nestled among condominium towers and sprawling high-end homes, the simple
Huaca Huallamarca is a highly restored adobe pyramid, produced by the Lima culture,
that dates to somewhere between AD 200 and 500. A small on-site museum, complete
with mummy, details its excavation.
RUIN
Bosque El Olivar
PARK
