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Shabbat in Lima

Peru · community hub: San Isidro (Salaverry) · airport LIM, about 60 min by car. Everything below was checked against the sources on each listing in November 2026; confirm times with the shul before you rely on them.

3 minyanim (1 with times)8 hotels (0 confirmed, 2 guest-reported)5 kosher places (5 sell Shabbat meals)2 mikvaosEruv: unknown
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Eruv

Eruv: unknown

Not found online as of Nov 2026 (checked Wikipedia's list of eruvin, Chabad Peru's centre page, TotallyJewishTravel, Jewish Link and Hebrew and Spanish searches); no status page found. Treat Lima as having no eruv and do not carry on Shabbat unless Chabad of Peru (WhatsApp +51 999 770 998) confirms otherwise.

Where to stay

Wyndham Costa del Sol Lima City

Av. Gral. Felipe Salaverry 3060, San Isidro
Ask for a mechanical key

Across Av. Salaverry from Chabad of Peru (3060 vs 3075; Booking Q&A: about 200 m, 2-3 min walk). No Shabbat key, elevator or kosher food is stated. Guests report key-card entry (Booking.com Q&A 2026: electronic key cards; a staircase exists), so ask the desk about a manual override and a low floor. Breakfast buffet; Lima hotels do not serve kosher food · +51 1 200 9200

Melia Lima

Av. Gral. Felipe Salaverry 2599, San Isidro
Ask for a mechanical key

TotallyJewishTravel: non-kosher, observant-friendly, 5 min walk from Union Israelita (Sharon) and 9 min from Chabad. No Shabbat key or elevator stated. Guests report key-card entry (Booking.com Q&A 2026: electronic key cards; stairs exist), so ask about a manual override · +51 1 411 9000

El Golf Hotel Boutique

Calle Gral. Francisco Valle Riestra 576, San Isidro
Guests report Shabbat-friendly

Guests report: rooms open with a physical metal key and the building has no elevator, stairs only (Booking.com Q&A 2026; Booking's amenity list shows key access only and no elevator). TotallyJewishTravel: non-kosher, observant-friendly, 8 min walk from Chabad and 15 min from Union Israelita; about 170 m from the Sefaradi shul by map. No Shabbat arrangement is stated by the hotel, so confirm the key and a low floor when booking · +51 1 677 8888

Country Club Lima Hotel

Calle Los Eucaliptos 590, San Isidro
Ask for a mechanical key

TotallyJewishTravel: non-kosher, observant-friendly, 10 min walk from Chabad and Union Israelita (about 520 m to Sharon by map). Luxury hotel with an elevator. Guests report key-card entry only (Booking.com Q&A 2026); nothing Shabbat-specific is stated, so ask about a manual override · +51 1 611 9000

LUOXO Hotel (listed as Hotel Libertador Lima)

Calle Los Eucaliptos 550, San Isidro
Ask for a mechanical key

TotallyJewishTravel lists Hotel Libertador Lima as observant-friendly, 10 min walk from Chabad and Union Israelita (its page shows the neighbouring number 590); Booking shows the same property as LUOXO (URL libertador-lima). Guests report key-card entry (Booking.com Q&A 2026) and Booking lists an elevator; no Shabbat arrangement stated · +51 902 757 163

Dazzler San Isidro by Wyndham

Av. Javier Prado Oeste 2479, San Isidro
Ask for a mechanical key

About 400 m from Chabad of Peru by map. Guests report key-card entry and working elevators (Booking.com Q&A 2026; a TripAdvisor reviewer, Sep 2026, said one lift was out of service). No Shabbat or kosher arrangement stated, so ask about a manual override and stair access · +51 1 641 6300

Inkari Suites Hotel

Av. Augusto Perez Aranibar 1147 (Av. Ejercito), San Isidro
Ask for a mechanical key

About 450 m from the Sefaradi shul and 600 m from Chabad by map. Guests report key-card entry (Booking.com Q&A 2026) and Booking lists an elevator; no Shabbat arrangement stated. A guest review says security limits visitors to 30 minutes, relevant if hosting Shabbat guests · +51 1 207 0860

Hotel San Isidro Inn

Av. Gral. Juan Antonio Pezet 1765, San Isidro
Guests report Shabbat-friendly

TotallyJewishTravel: non-kosher, observant-friendly, 7 min walk from Chabad (about 490 m by map) and 15 min from Union Israelita. Guests report: rooms open with a physical metal key and the hotel has no elevator (Booking.com Q&A 2026), but Booking's amenity list shows an elevator and a Google review says the elevator does not work, so confirm before booking. Google reviews are mixed (4.0; some mention a new owner and maintenance problems). Budget 3-star; no Shabbat arrangement stated by the hotel · +51 970 861 819

Where to daven

Chabad Lubavitch of Peru (Beit Jabad)

Av. Gral. Felipe Salaverry 3075, San Isidro
Chabad

Minyan: Times: call. Daily minyanim reported (Jewish Link, Apr 2024; son Moshe runs the shul). Google reviewers describe Friday-night and Shabbat meals here. Google shows 'open 24 hours' (not a service time). Founder Rabbi Schneur Zalman Blumenfeld died Oct 2021 (Chabad.org) and the chabad.org centre page still lists him; Rebbetzin Sara Blumenfeld is co-director (Jewish Press, Feb 2025), so use the WhatsApp number rather than old listings

Contact: +51 999 770 994 or WhatsApp +51 999 770 998 · atrebbetzins@gmail.com (Rebbetzin Blumenfeld, per Jewish Press Feb 2025) · chabad.org/centers/default_cdo/aid/117867

Sinagoga Sharon (Union Israelita del Peru)

C. Carlos Porras Osores 210, San Isidro (Union Israelita offices: Av. Dos de Mayo 1815)
Ashkenaz

Minyan: Times: call. Orthodox (Wikipedia); Kabbalat Shabbat is described as the centre of community religious life, and a Google reviewer says 'always minyan'. Rabbi Simantob Nigri (since 2019 per the community site). Gil Travel names Sharon and the Sephardic shul as its Shabbat options in Lima. Google also lists the community building ('Israelita') next door at C. Carlos Porras Osores 223 with the same phone; the museum refuses walk-in visitors, so call before going

Contact: +51 988 948 556 or +51 1 421-3688 (undated directory) · kosherperu.com

Sinagoga Sefaradi (Bet Haknesset Rabi Abraham Benhamu)

Av. Augusto Bolognesi 201, San Isidro
Sephardic

Minyan: Times: call. Orthodox Sephardic; a Google reviewer reports a daily minyan and a Kiddush on Shabbat. Office open Mon-Thu 09:30-16:00. Visitors must show ID at the door

Contact: +51 1 264 2078 · sefaradiperu.com

Kosher food

Chabad of Peru kosher kitchens and catering (listed by TotallyJewishTravel as Chabad of Peru Meat & Dairy Restaurants & Catering)

Av. Gral. Felipe Salaverry 3075, San Isidro
cateringChabad (listed as local Rabbi/Vaad)Shabbat meals · pre-order

Three kitchens serving kosher meat and dairy meals daily plus catering (Jewish Link, 2024); Chabad.org (Oct 2021) confirms a kosher restaurant and bakery in Lima and kosher meat and dairy imports but names neither. Google reviewers describe Friday-night and Shabbat meals (mixed food reviews; men and women seated separately). No price or booking page published, so WhatsApp ahead

Hours: — · +51 999 770 998 (WhatsApp) or +51 999 770 994

Chabad kosher bakery (challah and bread)

Lima (Chabad bakery; pickup point not published, ask Chabad)
bakeryChabadShabbat meals · pre-order

About 200 challahs a week; Shabbat orders are collected at the bakery on Fridays. Described as the only kosher bakery in Peru; uses unenriched flour because Peru's enriched flour has non-kosher additives. Article undated

Hours: — · +51 999 770 998 (WhatsApp)

Kosher Minimarket (Union Israelita del Peru)

San Isidro (street address not published; call)
groceryUnion Israelita del PeruShabbat meals · pre-order

Lima's first kosher store (opened 1993): challah, kosher chicken and meat; also works as a restaurant and delivers to Jewish tourists (community site, undated). The community mikve is in the same building. Street address still unconfirmed; Google lists the community building at C. Carlos Porras Osores 223 beside Sharon (+51 988 948 556), but no source places the store or mikve there

Hours: Daily per community site; hours not published · +51 998 101 879 · kosher@kosherperu.com

Bobe's Kitchen

Av. Gral. Juan Antonio Pezet 1472, San Isidro
dairyUnion Israelita del Peru (mashgiach on site)Shabbat meals · pre-orderFri closes 17:00

TotallyJewishTravel lists dairy and meat, Shabbat meals and delivery. Opened under the Union Israelita (2016-19). Guests praise the Peruvian-kosher menu (quiches, sea bass). Closed for Shabbat, reopens Saturday evening

Hours: Sun-Thu 10:00-22:00; Fri 08:00-17:00; Sat 19:00-23:00 (TotallyJewishTravel; not on Google) · +51 1 291 9484

D'Myrian Kosher Catering

Av. Los Conquistadores 396, of. 209, San Isidro
cateringUnion Israelita del Peru (glatt per TotallyJewishTravel)Shabbat meals · pre-orderFri closes 16:00

Meat, dairy and pareve; lists Shabbat meals and delivery (TotallyJewishTravel). Office address, about 2 km from the shuls, so order for delivery. Closed Saturday and Sunday

Hours: Mon-Fri 07:00-16:00; closed Sat-Sun (Google) · +51 946 339 677

Mikvah

Chabad of Peru mikve (women, men, utensils)

Av. Gral. Felipe Salaverry 3075, San Isidro

Booking: +51 999 770 998 (WhatsApp); run by the Blumenfeld family, book ahead

Union Israelita del Peru mikve (plus utensil mikve)

San Isidro, in the same building as the kosher minimarket (street address not published)

Booking: +51 998 101 879 · kosher@kosherperu.com (community kashrut office; ask for the mikve attendant)

What locals would tell you

  • Stay in west San Isidro, not Miraflores. Chabad (Salaverry 3075), the Sefaradi shul (Bolognesi 201) and Sharon (Porras Osores 210) are 370-770 m apart; Jewish Link puts Miraflores a 40-60 min walk away. Miraflores hotels (JW Marriott, Belmond, Hilton, Casa Andina) and Hyatt Centric San Isidro (about 1.4 km from Sharon) are not practical for a walking Shabbat.
  • Shabbat meals: Chabad of Peru feeds travellers (Google reviews describe Friday-night and Shabbat meals, men and women seated separately) but publishes no price or booking page; WhatsApp +51 999 770 998 early in the week. Jewish Link says to find lodging elsewhere and eat at the Chabad House.
  • Friday timing: Bobe's Kitchen closes 17:00 and reopens Saturday 19:00 (TotallyJewishTravel hours); D'Myrian closes 16:00 and is shut Saturday. Chabad's bakery takes Friday challah pickups, and the Union Israelita minimarket delivers to Jewish tourists. Pre-order and collect on Thursday or Friday morning.
  • Security: carry ID for the Sefaradi shul. Google reviewers report being turned away at the gate at Sharon (museum) and at the Conservative Sinagoga 1870 in Miraflores, so phone or WhatsApp before visiting and do not just turn up.
  • Kashrut: the local hechsher is the Union Israelita del Peru (kosher@kosherperu.com, +51 998 101 879; a consumer list PDF is on kosherperu.com). Hotels do not serve kosher food (Jewish Link) and no kosher outlet at LIM airport turned up in Google or searches as of Nov 2026, so carry food. Peruvian flour is enriched with non-kosher additives, so bread is safest from the Chabad bakery.
  • Machu Picchu: spend Shabbat in Cusco at Beit Jabad Cusco (Vitoque 631, +51 984 067 703); Google reviewers cite Shabbat dinner and lunch and kosher meat. Cusco is about 3,400 m, so arrive early in the week to acclimatise and do not land on a Friday afternoon.
  • Hotel keys (Booking.com Q&A, 2026): El Golf Hotel Boutique and Hotel San Isidro Inn open with metal keys; Wyndham Costa del Sol, Melia, Dazzler, Country Club, LUOXO and Inkari use electronic key cards, so ask in writing for a manual override or a code-free door before booking. Neither metal-key hotel confirmed a Shabbat arrangement.
  • Checked and not listed (Nov 2026): Sinagoga 1870 / Sociedad de Beneficencia Israelita (Jose Galvez 282 / Libertad 375, Miraflores) is Conservative per earlier guides and turns visitors away at the gate (Google reviewers). A Chabad or other Orthodox minyan in Miraflores, Surco or La Molina did not turn up in Google Places (English, Spanish and Hebrew queries) or Hebrew searches as of Nov 2026; ask Chabad of Peru before assuming there is none. Oh-jala bagels (Los Libertadores 256) are Jewish-owned but open Saturdays with no hechsher found; Tori Polleria (Jose Galvez 390) is called kosher by one Google reviewer but trades daily with no hechsher found. Suites Antique Apart Hotel (Av. Dos de Mayo 954) is on TotallyJewishTravel but that address now shows Hotel Inti Llaqta; Edificio Melia (Salaverry 1880, Jesus Maria) is an apartment block, not Melia Lima. Weekly service times for the three shuls and Chabad's meal prices: not found online (sefaradiperu.com refused automated access; kosherperu.com publishes none), so phone.

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