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Pachacamac


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #24 of 87 attractions in Lima
Traveller Description: Pachacamac (whose name means Lord of Earthquakes) is an archaeological citadel with strong sacred character, this place has original pre-Inca and Inca more »
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Attraction type: Ancient ruins
Address: Lima
Peru

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2 of 5 stars
Lima, Peru
5 Nov 2009

I live in Lima, but I´m American. My boyfriend and I have cultural Sundays every week, and one week, we went to Pachacamac. It was REALLY close. I thought it was going to be far away...but I think it took about 25 minutes to get there in car from where we live. Once we got there, we were really glad... more

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4 of 5 stars
Chapel Hill, NC
20 Sep 2009

I visited this ruin on an afternoon half day trip from Lima. Its the largest ruin in the Lima area and is a nice intro to the ruins of Peru. Pachacamac is set on the hills of the desert, so the various buildings are scattered around. The best preserved of them are Inca buildings that have been recently restored. You... more

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3 of 5 stars
Los Angeles
27 Aug 2008

While in Lima a got a chance to visit Pachacamac. It's a very interesting archaeology site. The trip out to Pachacamac was really interesting, i had no idea lima was surrounded by desert. It's pretty interesting. more

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4 of 5 stars
South America
18 Aug 2008
2
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About 40 kms south Lima, Pachacamac was supposed to be a temple or an "oracle" for many pre-columbian cultures in Peru... Eventhough the site is not very well preserved and difficult to understand without a guide (there are local guides available and really cheap) it is totally different from other places you will probably visit in Peru. It´s really near... more

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4 of 5 stars
Mexico City, Mexico
1 Nov 2009

Nos explicaron que estas ruinas arqueológicas siempre estuvieron a la vista de los pobladores, y los dueños de las casas... more

16 Aug 2007
1
person found this review helpful

excelente sitio para visitar donde se puede realizar visitas culturales, turísticas y practicar deporte extremo. more

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Lima, Peru