How walkable is Barrios Altos?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Barrios Altos has a walkability score of 84 out of 100 across the 850 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 3rd most walkable of 3 neighbourhoods ranked in Lima, which scores 86 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,075 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Barrios Altos. The nearest grocery is Mercado Mercedarias, about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping and schools.
- Hiperbodega Price One8 min
- Market Capon10 min
- Mercado Buenos Aires6 min
- El Point de Luchyfer7 min
- Safari Group4 min
- Comercial Mariel6 min
- El Boulevard del Café17 min
- Peru Cacao20 min
- BBVA Continental11 min
- Scotiabank11 min
- Rotonda11 min
- Plaza José Faustino Sánchez Carrión11 min
- Colegio Ramon Espinosa6 min
- Cenepa School Heroes7 min
- Nico Fabi Market11 min
- Tai Heng12 min
- Museo de Neuropatologia12 min
- Museo del Cerebro12 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Barrios Altos at -12.0512, -77.0194. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 68 street intersections per km², and blocks average 121 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Barrios Altos
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 850 m around the centre of Barrios Altos. Rings mark 400 m and 850 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Lima
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Barrio Chino | 600 m | 94 |
| Santa Beatriz | 2.6 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Lima page.
Questions about walking in Barrios Altos
Is Barrios Altos walkable?
Yes. Barrios Altos in Lima has a walkability score of 84 out of 100 across the 850 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Barrios Altos more walkable than the rest of Lima?
Barrios Altos is about as walkable as Lima as a whole: it scores 84, against 86 for the 5 km around Lima's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 3 Lima neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Lima?
Of the 3 Lima neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Barrio Chino (94), Santa Beatriz (93) and Barrios Altos (84).
How is the walkability score of Barrios Altos calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Barrios Altos it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 850 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.