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Galleries We Like

Dedalo
295 Av. Saenz Pena, Barranco 477-5131
Monday - Saturday 11am-9pm
This art shop, located in a beautiful old mansion, is packed with wonderful, modern arts and crafts of all varieties.  Ceramics, paintings, jewelry, books, clothes.  Each room has a different theme and a couple of rooms at the back are dedicated to prominent artists like the Peruvian ceramist Roque Saldias.  All the way at the end is a large terrace overlooking a garden where plants are sold and you can get coffee, tea and cakes. 

Axis
Across the street from Dedalo is a modern art gallery that exhibits the work of prominent artists, as well as a gallery and stockroom at the back where you can walk through and pull out paintings to you heart’s content.  Prices are very reasonable.  A café at the front serves coffee and sweets.

Forum
Av. Larco, Miraflores 446-1313 fax 241-0508 www.galeriaforum.net, china@galeriaforum.net
Monday – Friday 10am-8.30pm, Saturday 5pm - 9pm
This gallery in the basement of a mall in Larco always has one exhibit of local artists on display.  If you go to the back, you can look through their large collection of paintings that are not on display of local artists like Schinky and other contemporary painters.  These are all available for purchase at fairly reasonable prices considering the quality of art that you are getting.

Shopping Center

Larcomar
Miraflores
At the end of Avenida Larco in Miraflores, overlooking the ocean, on top of the cliff, is a somewhat touristy mall with shops, restaurants, bars.  They have a food court where you can get budget eats, some American chains like Tony Romas and Hooters, as well as some more upscale restaurants and bars.  A café on the edge of the mall overlooks the ocean from atop and serves very good ice cream.  You can sit on the outside patio while you enjoy the view and eat your ice cream.  Alpaca111, a famous alpaca store that makes not only the typical native designs but also more modern ones of very good quality, has a store in this mall.

Crafts Market

Hiraoka Market
Miraflores
At Hiraoka you can do your last-minute souvenir shopping for all kinds of typical Peruvian crafts like alpaca sweaters, cheap silver souvenirs and other trinkets for very low prices.  You won’t find the same prices that you do in small towns but for Lima it is the perfect place to pick up small gifts that you didn’t want to lug around through your trip. 

Silver

Ilaria
Av. Dos de Mayo 308, San Isidro, 221-8575 (main store)
Monday – Saturday 10am-7.30pm
Los Eucaliptos 578 (attached to Hotel Country), San Isidro, 440-4875
Monday – Saturday 9am-9pm
Ilaria has been making beautiful and unique silver crafts and jewelry for generations.  This is the best store to get some high quality silver decorations and jewelry, not cheap trinkets and souvenirs.  This is also where many Peruvian couples traditionally register for their wedding gifts.  Prices are not cheap but you are paying for their distinctive designs and the Ilaria trademark.