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La Perla, Callao — Area Guide & Where to Stay
La Perla is a Callao district that grew out of a seaside resort where the President of Peru once summered, made a district in 1964.
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Where to stay in La Perla
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
The shoreline past still shapes La Perla, a district of just under three square kilometres that once drew summer visitors to the Callao coast and now counts the Villa Deportiva del Callao among its addresses. Hotels are few. Most travellers sleep in Callao and come out for the Polideportivo del Callao.
The colegio militar Leoncio Prado stands on its own ground, and its administrative pavilion is the third named site here.
Few places to stay in La Perla — most visitors book in Callao nearby.
About La Perla
What are the main landmarks in La Perla?
Three names carry it. The Villa Deportiva del Callao and the Polideportivo del Callao give La Perla two sports venues, while the colegio militar Leoncio Prado contributes the area of its main administrative pavilion. No museum or church appears in the record for La Perla.
Both sports grounds carry the Callao name rather than the district's own.
What is the history of La Perla?
Before the district existed, La Perla worked as an upper-class seaside resort, and the summer residence of the President of Peru stood here through the early twentieth century. Official standing came later. Callao established La Perla as a district on 22 October 1964.
What the record names besides that past is sport and schooling: the Villa Deportiva del Callao, the Polideportivo del Callao and the colegio militar Leoncio Prado.
Where is La Perla?
La Perla takes up just under three square kilometres of Callao, a former seaside resort district lying along the province's shoreline.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in La Perla?
Callao: arrivals who want the province's own streets before La Perla's seaside edge.
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Updated September 2026