Callao is the port of Lima, and the area is not really a tourist attraction. However, there are a couple of military and naval museums, and it is possible to go on a boat tour to the Islas Palomino, a group of islands 30 minutes from Lima where there are sea lions and sea birds. Cruises to the islands can be arranged at Av. Arequipa 4964, office 202 in Miraflores (T 910 8396). The military prison island of El Frontón is also close to Callao, This was Peru's version of Alcatraz, and was used to hold high security prisoners, including terrorists in the 1980s. Many of the terrorists rebelled in the late 1980s, and Peru's then president, Alán García, sent planes to bomb the island, resulting in the death of dozens of prisoners.
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