Peru to Vadodara

Overlooking the Pacific Ocean and laying on the desert coast, Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. This beautiful city is nestled in thew valleys of Chillon, Rimac and Lurin Rivers. The history of this place traces back to pre-Columbian era. Mounted at an elevation of 1,600ft above the mean sea level, the land comprises clusters of isolated hills. Despite its location in the tropics and desert, Lima has a climate that is pleasantly mild. Lima abounds with structures that were built during 16th, 17th and further centuries. Raised in 16th century, Iglesia de Santo Domingo and its monasteries are beautiful masterpieces. Casa Aliaga and Santuario de Santa Rosa de Lima are two magnificent structures built during 5th and 17th centuries respectively. Then there are two historical mansions, Casa de la Riva and Casa Pilatos, which feature wooden balconies, elegant patio and antique furnishing. The land has one important archaeological site, Pachacamac; this is a pre-Columbian citadel built around AD 100. Other one is Huaca Huallamarca that dates to AD 200 to AD 500. Lima has a large number of museums, each one of them featuring distinct style of building, unique patterning, dating to different centuries. Decorated with subtle carving, ceramic insertions, ornate ceilings, complex weaving, and so much more the structures make the visitors spellbound. Cast a look at Museo Rafael Larco Herrea, Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Museo Taurino, Museo de Historia Natural and Convento de Los Descalzos. Apart from historical, there are numerous galleries that display art by contemporary artists, academics, collection of artifacts and mosaics. Visit Museo de Arte de Lima, Museo de Arte Italiano and cAsa de Riva Aguero. The city offers to the visitors so many options for entertainments. There are bars, live music centres, clubs, pubs, beer halls, chillouts, cinema and gay or lesbian counters. Cast in different theme, decorated with artistic decor, the bars and clubs dish out the lip smacking food and delicious drinks. Juanito's, Tai Lounge, Media Naranja, Wahios, Tequila Rocks, Teatriz and Senor Frogs are few favored places. Lima is also a great place to go on shopping spree. Wayo Whilar, La Mar and La Casa de la Mujer Artesana Manuela Ramos are few famous shopping complexes. Book online affordable travel packages to Lima from MakeMyTrip.com. Being India's leading online travel portal, you can get here cheap flight tickets, affordable hotel bookings, choicest of destinations and much more.

Earlier known as Baroda, Vadodara is one of ancient cities in India that is famous for its vast culture and traditional values. Having a history of 2000 years old, the city was ruled and dominated by many dynasties like Hindus, Pathans, Mughals and Marathas. Lying on the banks of Vishwamitri River, it is one of the prime cities of Gujarat. Therefore number of travellers from across the world love to come here throughout the year. Due its religious values, the city is also referred as ‘Sanskari Nagari’ (cultured city). Some of the finest attractions of this splendid city are Kammati Baug, Sayaji Bagh, a planetarium, Zoological Park, Vadodara Museum, Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum, the Laxmi Vilas Palace, Nazar Bagh Palace and many more where you can go and know about the historical backdrop of the city. Temples like Kirti Mandir are also there that gives a religious picture of this city. For shopping the local things, you can visit the local markets as well as the shopping malls which you can easily find all over the city. Beside the cultural heritages, you can also find beautiful parks here. To visit this part of India, you can choose the winter season as the climate remains quite pleasant and cool during the months of September to March. Summers are quite hot, therefore it is never considered as an ideal time to visit Vadodara. Dhuleti and Uttarayan are two major and famous festivals of Vadodara which are celebrated by people with great spirits and enthusiasm. To explore the trip at great extent, you can also visit the nearby places to Vadodara such as Anand and Champaner. Reaching these cities is not a big deal as it is well connected to all the major cities of India as well as different parts of the world. To book your flights to Vadodara or a hotel in the city, you can simply log onto MakeMyTrip.com which is India's leading online travel portal. You can also get good discounts on your various types of booking on this dedicated portal. The best thing which you will find about thing portal is that all your tour related bookings can be done within a few clicks.