San Isidro is an upscale, elegant district,
with many good restaurants, shops and bars. It's more
aristocratic than Miraflores
-and obviously than the bohemian Barranco-,
and surely glamorous, yet far less lively.
Notable for the many parks -remarkably
El Olivar, a centuries-old olive grove- and exclusive
residential areas, San Isidro has become Lima's main
financial quarter: since the mid 90s, most banks have
left downtown Lima to set up their headquarters in here.