Barranco

Barranco is a coastal district in the south of Lima, developed in the late nineteenth century as a seaside resort for the city's elite and still the most artistic of its neighbourhoods. Its streets hold colourful republican-era mansions, small plazas and a clifftop walk above the Pacific. A wooden footbridge called the Bridge of Sighs crosses a ravine that descends toward the shore, framed by murals and old lamps. Visitors follow the ravine down to the beach, pass galleries and cafes in converted houses.