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Discover La Punta
The district La Punta of in Callao (Callao) is a district in Peru a little west of Lima, the country's capital city.
Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Lima, Ventanilla, La Molina, Vitarte and Carabayllo. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 20°C / 69 °F
Morning Temperature | 19°C / 67 °F |
Evening Temperature | 20°C / 69 °F |
Night Temperature | 20°C / 67 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 88% |
Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from North-West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 76% of sky |
General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Friday, 3rd of May 2024
21°C (69 °F)
20°C (67 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Saturday, 4th of May 2024
21°C (69 °F)
19°C (67 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Sunday, 5th of May 2024
21°C (69 °F)
20°C (68 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
WYNDHAM COSTA DEL SOL LIMA AIR
Manhattan Inn Airport Hotel
B&B Wasi Aeropuerto Lima
Palmetto La Perla
Palmetto La Perla
LP Los Portales Hotel Tarma
Palmetto Business San Miguel
Sm Hotel And Business
Machu Picchu Suites
B&B Samaricuy Lima Airport.
Videos from this area
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La Punta, Callao - Peru (tour)
Video realizado durante un visita a este pintoresco distrito, llamado La Punta, en el Callao - Peru. http://videomarketing-peru.blogspot.com.
VIDEO - LIMA ANTIGUA - 1930 - Vistas del Callao - Parte 2
http://www.facebook.com/limantigua Un video con vistas del puerto del Callao allá por los años 30. ¿Quieres disfrutar de más material? Visita nuetro espacio: http://lalimaquesefue.blogspot.com/
VIDEO - LIMA ANTIGUA - 1930 - Vistas del Callao - Parte 1
http://www.facebook.com/limantigua Un video con vistas del puerto del Callao allá por los años 30.
Container Terminal Callao, Lima PERU
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Cafetería Bar El Galeón - Callao, Lima, Perú
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La Ventanita del Medio - Callao, Lima, Perú
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Negrillos Nueva Genaracion Los Angeles del Niños Jesus de Villa Chiara-Andahuaylas-Apurimac parte 1
Costumbres de la region Chanka en especial a toda la comunidad Apurimeña, video de noche buena realizado en Lima como todos los años de la costumbre de Villa Chiara-Andahuaylas-Apurimac.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Jorge Chávez International Airport
Jorge Chávez International Airport, known as Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez in Spanish, is Peru's main international and domestic airport. It is located in Callao, 11 kilometers (7 mi) from the Historic Centre of Lima and 17 km (11 mi) from Miraflores. Callao is the port city now fully integrated with Lima, the nation's capital. In 2008, the airport handled 8,288,506 passengers and 98,733 aircraft movements.
National University of San Marcos
The National University of San Marcos (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, UNMSM) is the most important and respected higher-education institution in Peru. Its main campus, the University City, is located in Lima. It was chartered on May 12, 1551 by a royal decree signed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, which makes it the oldest officially established university in the Americas and, as such, one of the oldest universities in the world.
Japanese embassy hostage crisis
The Japanese embassy hostage crisis began on 17 December 1996 in Lima, Peru, when 14 members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) took hostage hundreds of high-level diplomats, government and military officials and business executives who were attending a party at the official residence of Japan's ambassador to Peru, Morihisa Aoki, in celebration of Emperor Akihito's 63rd birthday.
Estadio Universidad San Marcos
The Estadio Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lima, Peru, belonging to the National University of San Marcos. It was inaugurated on May 13, 1951, with a seating capacity of 70,000 and covers an area of 48,782 m². Safety measures have been taken and they have reduced the maximum to 43,000 for the safety of the public. The stadium is used by several Second Division teams who do not have a home ground.
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Spanish: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, PUCP) is a private university in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1917 by Catholic priest Father Jorge Dintilhac SS. CC as Peru's first non-profit private institution of higher learning. Academically, PUCP ranks alternatively as first, second or third in Peru. In July 2012, the Holy See withdrew from the university the right under canon law to use the titles Catholic and Pontifical in its name.
National University of Engineering
The National University of Engineering (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, UNI) is a public engineering and science university located in the Rímac District of Lima, Peru.
University of the Pacific (Peru)
University of the Pacific (UP) is a small private university in the Jesús María District of Lima, Peru. It was established in 1962 by a group of Peruvian entrepreneurs supported by the Society of Jesus. In the past three decades, Universidad del Pacifico has been ranked as one of the most esteemed universities in fields of economics, law, finance, accounting, and business administration in Peru and among the leading institutions of its kind in the Latin American region.
Historic Centre of Lima
Located principally in the city centre or Cercado de Lima and Rímac areas, the Historic Centre of Lima is among the most important tourist destinations in Peru.
Acapulco, Peru
Acapulco is a town in the Zorritos District of the Contralmirante Villar Province, in the Tumbes Region of Peru. It has a population of 1,331. (1999).
Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú
The Museo Nacional de Arqueología Antropología e Historia del Perú is the largest and oldest museum in Peru, located on Plaza Bolívar in the Pueblo Libre district of Lima. The museum houses more than 100,000 artifacts spanning the entire history of human occupation in what is now Peru. Highlights include the Raimondi Stela and the Tello Obelisk from Chavín de Huantar, and an impressive scale model of the Inca citadel, Machu Picchu.
Estadio Alberto Gallardo
Estadio Alberto Gallardo is a football stadium in the San Martín de Porres District of Lima, Peru, current home ground of the football club Sporting Cristal. The stadium was built in the 1960s along the Rímac River for local football use and originally named Estadio San Martín de Porres. Many clubs playing in the Primera División, Segunda División, and district leagues of San Martín de Porres were among the many tenants the stadium had.
Estadio Miguel Grau (Callao)
Estadio Miguel Grau is a multi-use stadium in Callao, Peru. Its use is available to several football teams in the region including Primera División club Sport Boys. The stadium's maximum capacity is 17,000 and was inaugurated on 16 June 1996 with a match between Sport Boys and Deportivo Pesquero for the 1996 Torneo Descentralizado. The match was a 3–1 win for Sport Boys. Floodlight towers were installed in 2003.
El Frontón
El Frontón is an island off the coast of Callao, Peru. For much of El Frontón's history, the island was used as a prison. Fernando Belaúnde Terry, who was twice president of Peru, was imprisoned on the island as a political prisoner. During his imprisonment, Belaúnde Terry made an unsuccessful attempt to swim to freedom. Hugo Blanco was also imprisoned on the island. During the insurgency of the Shining Path, the island was used as a prison for Maoist militants.
Peruvian Naval School
The Naval Academy of Peru (Spanish: Escuela Naval del Perú) is the institution in charge of the undergraduate education of officers of the Peruvian Navy. It is located at La Punta, Callao, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Its current director is Rear Admiral Cristian Lindley.
San Lorenzo Megaport Project
The San Lorenzo Megaport Project is a proposed plan to build a huge air, naval, and terrestrial port on the island of San Lorenzo in Callao, Peru using land reclamation techniques. It plans to be the largest port and only megaport in Latin America. The island is strategically located on the middle west coast of South America where it has easy access to Asia, North America, and Oceania.
1987 Alianza Lima air disaster
The 1987 Alianza Lima air disaster took place on December 8, 1987, when a Peruvian Navy Fokker F27-400M chartered by Peruvian football club Alianza Lima plunged into the Pacific Ocean six miles short of its destination, off the Ventanilla District of the city of Callao. On board the flight were a total of 44 players, managers, staff, cheerleaders, and crewmembers, of whom only the pilot survived the accident. The team was returning from a Peruvian league match in Pucallpa.
El Campo de Marte
The Campo de Marte is one of the largest parks in the metropolitan area of Lima, capital city of Peru. Similar in size to Parque de la Exposición and Parque de la Reserva. Campo de Marte originally was part of Exposición and later a horse racetrack, the Hipódromo de Santa Beatriz, in operation from 1903 to 1938.
Larco Museum
The Larco Museum (Spanish: Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera) is a privately owned museum of pre-Columbian art, located in the Pueblo Libre District of Lima, Peru. The museum is housed in an 18th century vice-royal building built over a 7th century pre-Columbian pyramid. It showcases chronological galleries that provide a thorough overview of 4,000 years of Peruvian pre-Columbian history. It is well known for its gallery of pre-Columbian erotic pottery.
Coliseo Amauta
Coliseo Amauta is the biggest multi-use indoor arena in Peru, located in the southern zone of the Lima District in Lima-Peru. The arena has a capacity for 20,000 people, which can vary depending on use. It originally opened in 1968. It was the most important arena in Peru, today it has been left to its luck, no one gives care to this arena.
La Cruz del Viajero
La Cruz del Viajero (The Cross of the Traveller) is a monument placed by Franciscan monks in 1672 in the small town of Magdalena Vieja, just outside Lima, the capital city of Peru, and the old centre of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. This followed a tradition started by Conquistador Francisco Pizarro, requiring the placement of a cross on the main routes to other parts of the country.
Museum of Italian Art
The Museum of Italian Art is a public museum in Lima, Peru, under the administration of the National Culture Institute. It's the only European arts museum in Peru.
San Lorenzo Island, Peru
San Lorenzo Island is the largest island of Peru. The island is in the Pacific Ocean near the port of Callao and measures 16.5 square kilometres .
Teatro Peruano Japonés
The Teatro Peruano Japonés is a theatre in Lima, Peru.
Park of the Exposition
The Park of the Exposition is a park located in the Santa Beatriz neighborhood of downtown Lima, capital of Peru.
Embassy of Colombia, Lima
The Embassy of Colombia in Lima is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Colombia to the Republic of Peru; it is headed by the Ambassador of Colombia to Peru. It is located in the San Isidro district of Lima, precisely at Avenida Jorge Basadre Grohmann 1580 at the intersection of Los Eucaliptos.