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Ticket and booking rules for Lima: timed entries, closing days and official links, checked September 2026.
Checked September 2026 against official sources
Lima
Bookings and opening rules
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Tickets and opening days
- The Museo Larco (Avenida Simón Bolívar 1515, Pueblo Libre, entrance on Calle Navarra) is open Monday to Sunday including public holidays 9:00–19:00, with reduced hours on a few holidays. General admission is S/50 at the museum and S/45 online; students S/25, seniors over 60 S/35, children aged 3–8 free.Source: Museo Larco · checked Sep 2026
- The Circuito Mágico del Agua in the Parque de la Reserva is open Monday to Sunday 15:00–22:00; general admission is S/7, children under 5 free with ID, and the multimedia shows at the Fuente de la Fantasía run at 19:15, 20:15 and 21:10.Source: Circuito Mágico del Agua, official site · checked Sep 2026
- Huaca Pucllana's site museum is open Monday to Sunday 9:00–17:00, closed on Tuesdays; night visits run Wednesday to Sunday 18:30–21:00 by reservation. Daytime admission is S/15, the night visit S/17; all visits are guided.Source: Visita Miraflores, Municipality of Miraflores · checked Sep 2026
- The Museo Catedral de Lima is open Monday to Friday 9:00–20:00, Saturday 10:00–22:00 and Sunday 13:00–19:00; foreign adults pay S/30 and foreign children S/15, Peruvian adults S/20.Source: Museo Catedral de Lima · checked Sep 2026
- The Museo Convento de San Francisco, on the corner of Jirón Áncash and Jirón Lampa at Plaza San Francisco, is listed by the Ministry of Culture as open Monday to Sunday from 9:00 a.m.Source: Ministry of Culture of Peru, Museos · checked Sep 2026
- The Pachacamac museum and sanctuary (Antigua Panamericana Sur km 31.5, Lurín) is open Tuesday to Saturday 9:00–17:00 with ticket sales until 16:30 and Sunday 9:00–16:00 with sales until 15:30. General adult admission is S/15, children and teenagers aged 3–17 S/1, accredited university students S/5, and the guided Pilgrims' Route S/20.Source: Museo Pachacamac, Ministry of Culture · checked Sep 2026
- The MALI opens Tuesday to Sunday 10:00–18:00, closing at 17:00 on Saturdays, with access to the galleries until 15 minutes before closing. Foreign visitors pay S/40 general and S/20 for students, teachers and seniors over 65; children under 8 are free; Peruvians and residents pay S/15.Source: MALI, Museo de Arte de Lima · checked Sep 2026
On the day
What to watch at each stop
Basilica and Convent of San Francisco
- Museum open daily from 9:00; guided visit with ticket at the door
Pachacamac
- Tue–Sat 9:00–17:00 (tickets to 16:30), Sun 9:00–16:00, closed Mondays; S/15
Questions
Quick answers
Which days should I plan around?
Huaca Pucllana is closed on Tuesdays, so keep day two off a Tuesday; Pachacamac and the MALI are closed on Mondays, so keep day three off a Monday. The Museo Larco, the catacombs and the fountains are open every day; the fountain show runs at 19:15, 20:15 and 21:10.
How much do the tickets cost?
The Museo Larco is S/50 at the door and S/45 online, the cathedral museum S/30 for foreign visitors, the Magic Water Circuit S/7, Huaca Pucllana S/15 by day, Pachacamac S/15 and the MALI S/40 for foreigners. The catacombs of San Francisco are visited on a short guided tour with a ticket at the door.
The days these rules belong to
3 days in Lima
Lima is a city of districts strung along the Pacific, and its traffic is bad, so each day of this plan stays in one of them. Day one is the Centro Histórico on foot, the Plaza Mayor, the cathedral, the catacombs of San Francisco and the Plaza San Martín, then a taxi to the Museo Larco in Pueblo Libre and, after dark, the fountain show at the Parque de la Reserva. Day two is Miraflores and Barranco: a guided walk up the adobe pyramid of Huaca Pucllana, the parks along the cliffs, lunch above the sea, and the afternoon and evening in Barranco. Day three goes south to Pachacamac, comes back for a chifa lunch in Chinatown, spends the afternoon in the Museo de Arte de Lima and ends at Parque Kennedy. Huaca Pucllana is closed on Tuesdays and Pachacamac and the MALI on Mondays, so set the days accordingly.
