Things to do in Piura
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Capuccino
Recently relocated into a beautiful dining room with modern decor, Capuccino serves upscale salads, fresh seafood, sandwiches and desserts that work great for both light lunches or full dinners with a bottle of wine. Try the elegant and simple appetizer of grilled squid with olive oil. For caffeine freaks, Capuccino is the only place in town serving real-deal espressos and coffee drinks.
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Casa Grau
Casa Grau is the house where Admiral Miguel Grau was born on July 27, 1834. The house was restored by the Peruvian navy and is now a naval museum. Admiral Grau was a hero of the War of the Pacific against Chile (1879–83), and the captain of the British-built warship Huáscar, a model of which can be seen in the museum.
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Carburmer
This cozy and romantic place is the best Italian restaurant in town. Dripping with moodily lit ambience (check out the wacky pulley system that opens the door), this is the ideal place for that special night out. It has an excellently executed menu where Italian dishes vie for your attention with Peruvian specialties.
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Museo de Oro Vicus
The small Museo de Oro Vicus has an underground museum with gold from nearby Vicus culture sites. Some excellent pieces are displayed, including a gold belt decorated with a life-sized gold cat head that puts today’s belt buckles to shame. The hours here can vary with unexpected closures.
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Galería de Artesanía
The Galería de Artesanía is actually a tiny mall of about a dozen different craft shops featuring regional specialties from baskets to weavings to Chulucanas pottery. With fair and negotiable prices, it’s a great stop if you don’t have time to go to the outlying craft towns.
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Matteos
With two central locations, Matteos serves as an antidote to the hills of parrillada found all over Peru. The all-veggie menu has lots of I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-meat versions of local dishes, salads and heaped plates of fruit and yogurt. The second branch is at Tacna 532.
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Ganimedes
No goat-head soups here, but plenty of refreshing fruit juices, yummy yogurts, wholegrain biscuits and lots and lots of salads. Ganimedes doubles as a whole-grain bakery, making it a great place to stock your picnic basket or to try their signature focaccia.
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Queens
If you really need to shake your rump, head down to Queens, which is not in New York, but just east of town. On rowdy weekend nights the place is filled with gringos and well-heeled Peruvians shakin’ their money-makers to an eclectic international music mix.
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Don Parce
Serving a long list of Peruvian standards as well as daily specials, Don Parce is an inviting lunch and dinner spot in a convenient location off the Plaza de Armas. The best deal is a three-course lunch menú, always with a hearty, meaty main dish.
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Heladería el Chalán
This fast-food joint has multiple outlets whipping up burgers and sandwiches, but our money’s on the excellent selection of juices and the dozens of flavors of cool, cool ice cream. There are also branches at Grau 173 and 453.
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Snack Bar Romano
With an excellent menú, this local favorite has been around as long as its middle-aged waiters. It gets the double thumbs-up for ceviches and local specialties.
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Iglesia de San Francisco
The church worth seeing is the Iglesia de San Francisco, where Piura’s independence was declared on January 4, 1821.
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Las Tradiciones
With wicker chairs spread throughout a gently crumbling colonial building, this is a decent place to sample cheap local fare.
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Cine Planet
In a brand-spanking-new shopping complex, this cinema shows Hollywood flicks in blissful air-conditioned comfort.
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Iglesia del Carmen
Iglesia del Carmen has a religious art museum and the chair used by the pope in 1985.
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D’Pauli
Leave room for dessert after your meal and visit here – it’s a great cake shop.
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