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Scrap the Backpacker Trail: Take A Boutique Entrance to Machu Picchu

Where: Plazoleta Nazarenas 211, Cusco, Peru

Yes, we subscribe to the standard world traveler's dream of wanting to visit Machu Picchu one day. But we will be sure to spend some time in the gateway town of Cusco on our way there because the La Casona Inkaterra Cusco looks like a damn nice place to stay.

Opening almost a year ago, it claims to be the first boutique hotel to hit Cusco and has just eleven suites arranged around a central courtyard. But although it's a historical building that some think was the first Spanish-built structure in Cusco, it's got all the modern touches too with heated floors and iPods. We see no shame in mixing nifty old stuff with the comforts of technology so we're all for this trend.

For a new hotel things are rolling along nicely--we looked at bookings today and the next month is booked solidly. For a patio suite next month you'd pay $600 a night, or $940 a night for the superior plaza suites. The Incas would no doubt be shocked at these prices but for most people a Peruvian vacation is a once-in-a-lifetime (maybe because you can't afford a second time).

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Boutique Hotels Are Even Springing Up Near Machu Picchu

Where: Plazoleta Nazarenas 211, Cusco, Peru

If you want to trek to Machu Picchu, but sleep beforehand with a bit of style, take note of the new La Casona Inkaterra, opening this month. It's Cusco's first boutique hotel (with just 11 rooms), a renovation of a colonial manor house. Each suite overlooks either the hotel's courtyard (Patio Suites) or has views over the town of Cusco (Plaza Suites).

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Amazing Race 7 Hotel Report: When In Incaville...

Where: Calle Palacio 136, Cusco, Peru

The Amazing Race 7 kicked off last night, so we are back to talk about hotels featured in each and every episode. What do we do when a hotel isn't featured in an episode? We guess where we think the cast and crew might be staying. No hotels were featured during last nights premiere, so let the guess work begin!

When you are starting a long, grueling, intensely competitive round the world journey you need to stay in style your first night away from home. With that philosophy in mind, if we were in charge of Amazing Race accommodations for CBS we would hook up our crew at the Hotel Monasterio Cusco high in the mountains of Peru. Hotel Monasterio is a spiritual five star hotel in a great locale.

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