Cafe Express

Iquitos


Wondering what to do for breakfast? Don't wonder. This is the spot; has been for decades. Grab a newspaper from the old dude outside and pull up a pew with the locals for a dose of the infamously curt service (part of the fun) and then the tasty grub. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Iquitos attractions

1. Casa de Fierro

0.08 MILES

Every guidebook mentions the ‘majestic’ Casa de Fierro (Iron House), designed by Gustave Eiffel (of Eiffel Tower fame). It was made in Paris in 1860 and…

2. Museum of Indigenous Amazon Cultures

0.09 MILES

This intuitively presented museum takes you through the traits, traditions and beliefs of the tribes of the Amazon Basin, with a focus on the Peruvian…

4. Malecón

0.18 MILES

The sight of Iquitos' sophisticated riverside walkway, edged by swanky bars and restaurants and yet cut off from the rest of the world by hundreds of…

5. Historical Ships Museum

0.36 MILES

Moored below Plaza Castilla is the diverting Historical Ships Museum, on a 1906 Amazon riverboat, the gorgeously restored three-deck Ayapua. The…

6. Belén Mercado

0.6 MILES

At the southeast end of town is the floating shantytown of Belén, consisting of scores of huts, built on rafts, which rise and fall with the river. During…

7. Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm

4.04 MILES

Ostensibly, the Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm is a conservation and breeding center for Amazonian butterflies. Butterflies aplenty there certainly are,…

8. Laguna Quistacocha

7.52 MILES

This lake, 15km south of Iquitos, is served by minibus (S2) several times an hour from near Plaza 28 de Julio (corner of Bermúdez and Moore), as well as…