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If you have the hostel in Miraflores or Barranco, the chaepest way to get to the historical center is by public bus. There are several buses that follow the "Via Expresa" urban highway, so they go faster than normal ones. To catch one, just go walking to the Via Expresa, look for the bus stop and take it towards the north. In 15 minutes you will be at the center. 1,20 soles (0.30 cts of USD) Leave a Comment Theme: Bus |
If you wanna go from the airport to the centre, the most economical way is the Urbanito bus. It is a private shuttle that stops in:
- Centre: 6 USD
- Miraflores, Barranco: 8 USD
It is safe, but IT ONLY LEAVES WHEN FULL, so you might have to wait for very long to leave.
To buy a ticket, you will find a desk after passing customs, still inside the airport, at the right.
If you want to take it from the city to the airport, you can call them to their telephone number 5171893. Leave a Comment |
The central area of Lima is fairly compact so you can get around on foot and taxis, when shared, can be a great alternative. The local buses seemed very confusing but sure it's easy enough to get to the more touristy areas of Miraflores and Barranco. We mostly had a tough time dodging them, especially to cross the street before the Parque de la Exposicion! Leave a Comment Theme: Bus |
Take a bus (Micro = the bigger ones = like old US-Schoolbusses) or Combi ( these little Toyota (most of them) transporters) to almost every place in Lima. The prices you can find in the front window, but it´s always difficult to know which one is the right one. Normally it´s written as well in the front window, but who knows always the name of the districts or streets that are near to where you wanna go......so, it´s difficult to help here, you have to ask before or ask the second boy or man who´s always with the driver, they try to help normally (if ther´s time).
You pay inside or when you are leaving the Micro/Combi. You can stop these ones as well as taxis at every place, better at corners. To leave the bus just say e.g. at the corner ("escina") or "baja" (, that means "to alight").
A taxi costs you between 3 and 20 soles, depends how far you wanna go, ask for the price before getting into the car. Leave a Comment Theme: Other |
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It's a fairly simple matter to find your way around the rest of this huge, spread-eagled city. Almost every corner of it is linked by a regular municipal bus service , known to everyone as El Bussing, with flat-rate tickets (around $0.2) bought from the driver as you board. In tandem with these are the privately owned microbuses , older and smaller, more colourful and equally crowded, but again with flat rates (25¢). Quickest of all Lima transport, combi colectivos race from one street corner to another along all the major arterial city roads. You'll see "Todo Arequipa" or "Todo Benavides", for example, chalked up on their windscreens, which indicates that the colectivo runs the whole length of Avenida Arequipa or Avenida Benavides. Colectivos dash dangerously fast, frequently crashing and speeding off before their passengers have got both feet into the vehicle, and might be anything from a ramshackle Dodge Coronet to a plush fifteen-seater minibus; wave one down from any corner and pay the flat fare (around $0.4) (1 sol )to the driver or fare collector. You can catch colectivos or buses to most parts of the city from Avenida Abancay. Taxis can be hailed on any street, and cost $2-4 to most central parts of the city. It's worth reiterating that driving in Lima is incredibly anarchic - it's not that fast, but it is assertive, with undertaking happening as often as overtaking and drivers, especially taxistas, finding gaps that don't appear to exist (one reason why there are so many damaged cars). Leave a Comment Theme: Bus |
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Busses and microbusses are the most used transportation vechiles in Lima. They are also the most common source of pollutation. The co-driver is keeping the door open and crying people to step in and telling where the bus is going to. Price of ticket is 1 - 2 soles. Old North-American school busses are commonly seen. Bus stop is everywhere. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus |
Catch one if you can.........they come flying by. Extremely cheap, but hard to figure out which one to take. Don't stand too close to one if you're on the sidewalk, the exhaust fumes will knock you out, I don't think they have any air pollution laws! cough...cough..... Leave a Comment Theme: Bus |
These things are great! There is no standard type and the routes are confusing as hell, but it is really fun to ride around Lima for only 1 sol and just guess at where you are going. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus |
Viajar en "combi " es barato , divertido y rápido
Hay que enterarse de la ruta que se quiere hacer , acercarse a la calle y luego dejarse llevar , pues cada combi además del conductor lleva un cobrador que con medio cuerpo fuera va voceando la ruta y cogiendo los clientes a lazo
Traveling in combi is cheap , amusing and quick
You must ask about the route that you want to do , go to the street and then let you go , because each combi besides the driver takes another person ,that with half body outside the combi, is shouting the route , practical grabbing the future customers Leave a Comment Theme: Bus |
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