Lima sells what the Andes, the Amazon and the Pacific coast make: baby alpaca knitwear, Shipibo textiles, single-origin cacao and Chulucanas ceramics. Three days move from Surquillo's market aisles to Barranco's design mansions and Gamarra's garment blocks.
Lima's chef-favourite produce market, two blocks from Miraflores across the Vía Expresa. Open 07:00–18:00 daily: 300-odd stalls of Amazonian fruit, dozens of potato varieties, ají pastes and cheap ceviche counters upstairs.
Six linked artisan markets fill the Petit Thouars blocks between 5200 and 5400, open 10:00–20:00. Alpaca knitwear, Ayacucho retablos, Shipibo cloth and Chulucanas ceramics sold stall by stall, all within walking distance.
Mari Solari's folk-art house on a quiet Barranco street; ring the bell to be let in. Museum-grade Shipibo pottery, Huancayo mates burilados and Ayacucho altarpieces bought straight from the families who make them. Mon–Sat 09:00–19:00.
A crumbling Barranco mansion at Sáenz Peña 295 turned design collective: some 60 Peruvian makers selling silver jewellery, hand-thrown ceramics and alpaca throws across ten rooms, with a courtyard café under a fig tree. Tue–Sun 11:00–20:00.
The retail arm of Grupo Inca's alpaca mills, open 10:00–21:00 near Parque Kennedy. Baby alpaca and vicuña knitwear graded by micron count, with tags naming the herd region — the benchmark to feel before you bargain in the markets.
Lima's most literary bookshop, on a quiet Miraflores side street at Jr. Bolognesi 510 since the 1970s. Peruvian first editions, Spanish-language art books, a deep Andean history shelf and a small café at the back. Mon–Sat 10:00–20:00.
A colonial-style arcade off Av. La Paz where antique dealers, silversmiths and framers share a cobbled courtyard. Colonial santos, mid-century Peruvian silver and Cusco-school canvases; most shops open 11:00–19:00 and close Sunday.
Gallery-shop on Av. El Bosque pairing contemporary Peruvian painting with high-end craft: Chulucanas blackware, native-cotton weaving from Lambayeque and filigree silver from Catacaos. Mon–Sat 10:00–20:00.
Two markets in one block of Jr. Ucayali: the Mercado Central for copper pans and dried chillies, the Mercado de Brujas herb stalls behind it, then Chinatown's arch on Jr. Capón for tea and cheap ceramics. Trading from 07:00.
A single-origin cacao shop in Barranco stocking some 80 bars from Peruvian growers in Piura, Cusco and the Amazon, each labelled by cooperative. Free tastings, English-speaking owner, open Tue–Sun from midday.
South America's largest clothing hub: roughly 20,000 workshops across twenty blocks, selling pima cotton, denim and knitwear at factory prices. Busiest 09:00–18:00; Jr. Gamarra and Jr. Antonio Bazo form the core.
Peru's flagship mall on Av. Javier Prado Este, open 10:00–22:00 daily: around 250 stores mixing international labels with Peruvian names like Ilaria silver and Sol Alpaca, plus a supermarket for pisco and coffee to take home.