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trips. There are regular excursions to Islas Palomino, off the coast of Callao, to see a year-
round sea-lion colony.
Courses
Lima has plenty of language schools. The following places are recommended:
Centro de Idiomas
( 421-2969;
www.up.edu.pe/idiomas
; Prescott 333, San Isidro)
Overseen by the
Universidad del Pacífico, it offers a 40-hour semester-long course, available in five levels.
LANGUAGE COURSE
LANGUAGE COURSE
El Sol
( 242-7763;
http://elsol.idiomasperu.com
; Grimaldo del Solar 469, Miraflores)
Private
classes are S65 per hour; one-week courses start at S410.
Idiomas Católica
( 626-6500;
www.idiomas.pucp.edu.pe
; Av Camino Real 1037, San Isidro)
Managed
by the prestigious Catholic University, this program offers five two-hour group classes per
week.
LANGUAGE COURSE
Instituto Cultural
Peruano-Norteamericano
(ICPNA; 706-7000;
www.icpna.edu.pe
)
Central Lima
(Cuzco 446);
Miraflores
Offline map
(
Av Arequipa 4798)
The institute's various branches offer Spanish courses from
qualified instructors.
LANGUAGE COURSE
Museo de la Cultura Peruana
( 423-5892;
http://museodelacultura.perucultural.org.pe
; Alfonso Ugarte 650)
The
museum runs limited classes on some Peruvian instruments and folk dances such as the
marinera
.
CULTURE COURSE
