Place · Barranco
Puente de los Suspiros
A small wooden bridge and the street below it, with steps to the sea: 30 minutes, after 16:00 when the light is better.
Key facts
- Time on site
- 30–45 min
- p95 60 min
- Price
- Free
- Hours
- unknown
- Best time
- after 16:00
- quietest window
- 28″ bags
- Painful
- Barranco: painful
- Getting there
- Bajada de Baños, Barranco
- Go after 16:00
- Free entry
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Time on site
Minimum
15min
Worthwhile
30min
Typical
45min
p95
60min
Opening hours are not printed until verified.
What to see, in order
01
Bridge
A short wooden bridge over the path.
02
Bajada de Baños
Steep steps and a path toward the sea.
03
Parque Municipal
The plaza a block away, with benches.
How to do it well
- 1Go after 16:00; walk down to the sea only in daylight.
- 2Keep bags in front; the crowd is busy at sunset.
- 3Return by car or the main road, not the beach path.
Facilities
- toilets
- In nearby cafés (customers only).
- tickets
- Free.
- shade
- Trees around the plaza.
On the ground
Getting in, crowds, and where to go if it does not work
Getting in
- Stop
- Bajada de Baños, Barranco
- Exit
- —
- Ticket
- free · official site
- Stairs
- note: none of note
- Shoes
- Shoes on.
Crowds and switching
- Crowd clock
- Busy at sunset.
- Sensory load
- 3/5
- Exposure
- high
Bailouts
heat
Puente de los Suspiros viewpoint (field-verify)
Nearest rescue anchor: B — Puente de los Suspiros viewpoint (field-verify)
Red lines
- Do not walk the beach path below the cliff after dark.
Deep dive
Questions, what is nearby, photos and sources
Questions and answers
No questions answered here yet.
Nearby
Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.
Sources
- officialPromPerú — Peru travel