| Route | First Bus | Last Bus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paita to Lima | 16:00 | 17:30 | BOOK NOW |
| Paita to Chimbote | 19:45 | 20:45 | BOOK NOW |
| Paita to Trujillo | 19:45 | 22:00 | BOOK NOW |
| Route | First Bus | Last Bus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lima to Paita | 16:00 | 19:00 | BOOK NOW |
| Trujillo to Paita | 22:30 | 23:15 | BOOK NOW |
| Chimbote to Paita | 20:30 | 22:40 | BOOK NOW |
A good moment to visit Paita is in September, on the 24th to participate of the religious important date Virgen de Las Mercedes.
-The climate in Paita is warm, although with humidity most of the year, with average temperatures of 80,6 °F (27 °C).
Location: Panam. 160 - Km. 1
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Location: Jr. Hermanos Cárcamo s/n
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Location: Calle Junín 472
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Loation: Urb. Isabel Barreto II etapa O-18 (in front of the UGEL)
Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Price: low-cost menu from s/ 7
One of the most crowded restaurants of Paita, due to its variety of dishes, its service, and low-cost rates. We could recommend the ceviche mixto and cachema.
Location: Malecón Jorge Chávez
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Price: no available information
It's a little but welcoming restaurant, with a view over the sea of Paita and the ships. The menu has traditional dishes, made of sea ingredients. The service is nice and fast, you won't have to wait long time to taste the ceviche or a succulent rice with shellfish.
Location: downtwn of the city
Hours: all day
Price: free entrance
Even if it's a little square, its charm is great. It's the main meeting point of locals in Paita, where the civic events take place. Furthermore it's surrounded by constructions and colonial mansions.
Location: Av. La Merced, close to the Plaza de Armas.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Price: free entrance
It's the oldest church of the Piura department, with an antiquity that dates from middle of the 16th century. Its structure suffered diverse natural disasters, reason why the church was restored and combines different architecture styles. You can distinguish the Rococo, Baroque and Churrigueresco style among others. Inside there is a deep devotion to the image of the Virgen de las Mercedes, patron saint that is paid tribute to in September.
Location: Jr. Nueva de Pozo N° 391
Hours: Monday to Saturday/ 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Price: you may ask the access to the owners.
It's a construction of great historic value, since it was the last home of the woman who captivated the liberator Simon Bolivar, standing out also due to its tireless and valuable contribution to the Independence cause.
Location: at 2 min. from the Plaza de Armas
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Price: you need a special permission
The port is considered one of the oldest in Peru and from there you can see all kind of ships sailing through the Paita sea.
Location: at just 8 mi (13 km) to the south-west of Paita
Hours: all day
Price: free entrance
This small beach measures 1509 feet (460 meters) long and 656 feet (200 meters) wide and usually was called the beach of artisan fishermen, although during the summer becomes a beach of white sand and not so deep waters, just ideal for the people who look for calm, sun and some adventure. Nearby you can practice sport fishing, rappel in the cliffs, swimming and sandboarding, since there is a sand dune of 49 feet (15 meters).
Location: at 23 km. (20 min.) from the port of Paita.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Price: free entrance
It's the only Peruvian island of easy access to the people who want to learn about the huge marine biodiversity of the coast region. Among the species that you will contemplate on the route, there are seals, turtles, dolphins, penguins and guano birds.
Location: at 15 min. from the city, take a combi for s/ 2
In the emerald color waters of this crowded beach are practiced sports as surf, windsurf, jet ski, paragliding and quad bikes. If you have never tried, this is your chance, there are also instructors to teach you. Colan is one of the favorite destination to the traveler who recognize the sentence Sun of colan and moon of Paita, since in Colan you can enjoy an excellent climate of beautiful twilights and in Paita you can appreciate the majesty of an immense silver moon. If you go to get to know this paradise beach with your family, you will get the best out of it.
As Paita is a port city and of ancestral marine tradition, the main dishes of the gastronomy are made of fish and other sea species.
The mackerell is cleaned to be boiled for 5 minutes. Once it's ready, you add a sauce of chilly pepper, onion, tomato, coriander, lemon juice, salt and oil. It's served with boiled manioc and sliced fried banana.
The preparation of this dish doesn't vary a lot from the one of other coast cities. To cook it, you boil fish slices in lemon juice, all of it with onions, salt, chilly peppers and coriander. Once that is ready, it's served with potatoes and a lettuce leaf.
This ray omelette is made cleaning well the ray and leaving it in water 24 hours, before preparing it. When it's ready the fish pass through hot water and then is put in a bowl of eggs onions and other spices. You mix up all the ingredients and put them in a frying pan with oil, until it's crunchy and gold-colored. Enjoy it as with the side dish that you prefer.
In the preparation of this dish, you take the fish cut in slices, seasoned with salt and pepper. Then you put them in a dressing of chilly pepper, garlic, tomato and onions. The combination is boiled in a closed pot for 10 minutes, and you add coriander and a chilly pepper. And you wait until the steam cooks it. Enjoy it with a boiled manioc and rice. Something just exquisite!!
This nourishing dish is made of fishes and shellfishes. First you fry the slices of fish with onion, garlic, tomato, chilly pepper and the spices. Then you add some wine and leave it cook for 5 minutes. And afterwards you put it in a soup of fish heads and mussels. At the end it's served with shellfish, mussels, with lemon, salt and pepper.
| Festividad de la Virgen de las Mercedes de Paita | September the 24th | This celebration is one of the most important in the province of Paita, since it joins together thousands of parishioners who participate of the religious activities with masses, processions and fairs. The central day of the activities is the 24th, when there is a procession with the image of the virgin across the main streets of Paita. |