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Museo Larco
A stunning pre-Columbian art museum in a beautiful 18th-century viceregal mansion, showcasing 5,000 years of Peruvian history.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Callao
Callao, Peru · South America
About Callao
Callao works well as a base: 5 minutes from Carmen De La Legua Reynoso, 13km from Huaca Pucllana.
Callao is in Peru, with about 1.3 million people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Carmen De La Legua Reynoso, about 4 km away.
Callao (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈʝa.o]) is a seaside city and constitutional province in Peru. Located next to the Pacific Ocean, it forms part of the Lima metropolitan area alongside Lima province. Its autonomous status dates back to 1836, when it was declared a Littoral Province of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation,Read more
after which it was declared a Constitutional Province by the government of Ramón Castilla in 1857.
Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Founded in 1537 by the Spaniards, the city has a long naval history as one of the main ports in Spanish America and the Pacific, having been a vital Spanish town of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Central Callao is about 15 km (9.3 mi) west of the Historic Centre of Lima.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Callao?
Within an hour or so of Callao: Museo Larco (7 km), El Chinito (10 km), Huaca Pucllana (13 km), Central (17 km).
Are there any good drives near Callao?
The nearest famous roads are Serpentín de Pasamayo and Ticlio Pass (Abra Anticona).
Where is Callao?
Callao is in Callao, Peru, about 4 km from Carmen De La Legua Reynoso.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,300,000
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Peru
- Region
- Callao
- Timezone
- America/Lima
- Coordinates
- -12.0516, -77.1345
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Worth the detour from Callao
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
restaurant
El Chinito
A Lima sangucheria institution since 1960, famous for the pan con chicharron: fried pork belly with sweet potato and salsa criolla, eaten standing at the counter.
10 km · about 20 min drive
ancient ruins
Huaca Pucllana
A stepped adobe pyramid of the Lima culture, built around 500 AD from millions of vertically-stacked mud bricks, marooned among Miraflores apartment blocks. Evening tours light the ruin.
13 km · about 25 min drive
restaurant
Central
Virgilio Martinez's Barranco restaurant, whose tasting menu is organised by altitude, each course drawn from a different Peruvian ecosystem from ocean floor to high Andes. Long ranked the world's best restaurant.
17 km · about 20 min drive
coastal drive
Serpentín de Pasamayo
Notorious 22 km stretch of the Panamericana Norte snaking along sheer sand cliffs above the Pacific between Ancón and Chancay, often wrapped in coastal fog.
46 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Callao
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 46 kmSerpentín de PasamayoNotorious 22 km stretch of the Panamericana Norte snaking along sheer sand cliffs above the Pacific between Ancón and Chancay, often wrapped in coastal fog.
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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