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428-6042; Ocoña 110, Central Lima; admission S6.50-8.50)
The LarcoMar branch has a
'CineBar,' where, for S23, you can sit in a theater with bar tables and have cocktails de-
livered to your seat.
Theater
Pickings are slim, but the following theaters are worth noting. Built in 1909, the
Teatro
www.britanico.edu.pe
;
Bellavista 527, Miraflores)
puts on a variety of works, including
plays in English.
Sports
Estadio Nacional
(Central Lima) Fútbol
is the national obsession, and Peru's Estadio Nacional, off
cuadras
7 to 9 of Paseo de la República, is the venue for the most important matches and other
events. Teleticket (see boxed text,
Click here
)
has listings and sales.
STADIUM
Plaza de Acho
( 481-1467; Jr Hualgayoc 332, Rímac)
Bullfighting remains popular in Lima. The
height of the season is in October, during the religious feast of
El Señor de los Milagros,
when Peru's best toreadors arrive to take on the baddest of the bulls. Teleticket has listings
(see boxed text,
Click here
)
.
SPECTATOR SPORT
Jockey Club of Peru
( 610-3000;
www.jcp.org.pe
;
Hipódromo de Monterrico)
Located at the junction of the
Panamericana Sur and Av Javier Prado, the horse track has races three to four days a
week.
HORSE RACING
Shopping
Clothing, jewelry and handicrafts from all over Peru can generally be found in Lima.
Shop prices tend to be high, but those with less capital can haggle their hearts out at the
craft markets. Shopping hours are generally 10am to 8pm Monday to Saturday, with vari-
