• Peru Guide

  • Introduction to Peru
  • Weather
  • Things not to miss
  • Entry requirements
  • Money
  • Getting around
  • Public holidays

• Explore Peru

  • Lima
  • Around Lima
  • The south coast
  • Arequipa
  • Around Arequipa
  • The Titicaca Basin
  • Cusco
  • The Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu
  • Around Cusco
  • The Central Sierra
  • The North
  • The Jungle

• Cities

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  • Ayacucho
    
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  • Lima
    
  • Trujillo
    

Peru Guide

Lima

Museo Submarino Abtao

Opening time: Tues– Sun 9am–5pm

Price: $2

Telephone: 7956900

The Museo Submarino Abtao, or Submarine Museum is actually a real sub that literally opened its hatches in 2004 to allow public access for thirty-minute guided tours including a simulated attack by enemy sub. A Sierra-type vessel, this torpedo-firing battle sub was built in Connecticut, USA, between 1952 and 1954, when it first arrived in Peru. You can touch the periscope, visit the dorms, smell the kitchens and enter the engine and control rooms which were responsible for over five thousand submersions during 48 years of service.