Magic Water Circuit of the Reserve Park

This guide to the Magic Water Circuit in Lima traces how a nineteenth-century military drill ground, where ordinary Limeños were handed rifles during the War of the Pacific, became a fountain park decades later. It follows the site from its 1929 dedication as the Park of the Reserve through a long slide into neglect to a 2007 reopening built entirely around water instead of soldiers. Linger by the Tunnel of Surprises, where the water arches overhead in curves you can walk through.