Boutique Hotels Are Even Springing Up Near Machu Picchu

Where: Plazoleta Nazarenas 211, Cusco, Peru

5/02/2008 at 9:14 AM
Tags: Green Hotels, Hotel Openings, Peru Hotel Reviews, Hotel Hype

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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In Peru, the Hotel and Spa Laguna Seca is Worth Checking Out

Where: Av. Manco Cápac, 1098, Banos de Inca, Peru

9/17/2007 at 11:39 AM
Tags: Laguna Seca, Peru Hotel Reviews

Tropical spas usually mean world-class workout facilities, intense yoga classes and steep prices. But that's not the case at Hotel & Spa Laguna Seca in Cajamarca, Peru, about a two-hour flight from Lima. The 42-room resort may not have exercise classes or meditation--in fact,guests can even smoke in the dining area--but it has enough deluxe accommodations that even the most stressed of travelers can unwind.

Guests lounge in fluffy white terry-cloth robes between unique spa treatments like Turkish bath sessions, dips in geothermal pools, and one-and-a-half-hour mud messages and mineral baths that cost a fraction of typical costs in the U.S. or Europe. (Double occupancies start at $120 a night and massages will set travelers back a mere $40.)

But guests don't need to partake in Laguna Seca's lengthy service menu to enjoy all the resort has to offer. Rooms boast beautiful views of the grounds, which include gardens, cobblestone courtyards and fountains. And each bathroom has its own huge sunken tub that's perfect for unwinding, with the same geothermal water Incas swore by for medicinal purposes. [Photo: NYT Times

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Best Western in Lima May Be Your Best Bet

Where: Juan Fanning 320, Miraflores, Lima, Peru

3/20/2007 at 11:13 AM
Tags: Lima Hotel Reviews, Peru Hotel Reviews, Best Western

An FOHC--that'd be a friend of HotelChatter--just got back from an 11-day trip through in Peru. While he didn't enjoy being trapped on a boat with retirees, cruising up the Amazon, he did have a time and a half in Lima.

He dropped this report in our tip jar after spending a couple nights in the Peruvian capital:

In a huge city like Lima, a ride from the airport is a valuable commodity. The Best Western Embajadores will send a driver to the airport for you. Nothing like coming out of customs and seeing a sign with your name on it, held by a friendly driver. Embajadores is only 5 blocks from the best shopping center in town, built into the cliffs above the beach.

Hotel E is compact, very clean and well-maintained, and features an excellent breakfast buffet, with eggs, boiled yucca, a variety of breads, and Peruvian fruit. The hotel staff were eager to practice their English on us, and did very well. Miraflores is a well-to-do section of Lima, with plenty of shops and  restaurants.

From the hotel it is an easy walk to the long park built along the top of the cliff above the beach. Lots of joggers, strolling couples, and ice cream vendors on 3 wheeled bikes. For 58 dollars a night, this is a great bargain!

Just don't get your hopes up about the rooftop pool--our tipster's been in hot tubs that were bigger.

[Photo: Tripadvisor]

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