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The old centre of Lima is surrounded by a number of sprawling suburbs , or distritos, which spread across the desert between the foothills of the Andes and the coast. South of Lima Centro lies the lively suburb of Miraflores , a slick, fast-moving and very ostentatious mini-metropolis, which has become Lima's business and shopping zone and doubles up as a popular meeting place for the wealthier sector of Lima society; a brand new clifftop development, Larco Mar has been built at the bottom of Miraflores' main street, seriously adding to this barrio's appeal. Sandwiched between Lima Centro and Miraflores is the plush suburb of San Isidro , boasting a golf course and surrounded by sky-scraping apartment buildings and ultramodern shopping complexes, as well as many square kilometres of simple houses looking almost pre-Inca in style. South of Miraflores begins the oceanside suburb of Barranco , one of the oldest and most attractive parts of the city, located above the steep sandy cliffs of the Costa Verde , and hosting a small but active nightlife. Southwest of Lima Centro lies the city's port area, the suburb of Callao , an interesting, old if rather insalubrious zone, and the peninsula of La Punta with its air of slightly decayed grandeur. Other than these, the main reason for venturing into Lima's suburbs is to visit some of its many and varied museums, which are scattered throughout the city's sprawl, in particular the comprehensive Museo Nacional de Arqueologia, Antropologia y Historia del Peru , the outstanding Museo de Oro and the modern Museo de La Nacion .
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