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Cuzco


This big backpacker haven is a stone’s throw from Plaza Regocijo. One of the all-inclusives (with bar, pool room and sunbathing), it's thrumming with business but staff can't hide their grumpiness when a line forms at the desk. There are lovely wicker lounges in the courtyard, device plugs located in lockers and sturdy beds that are extra long. With 24-hour security.


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Nearby Cuzco attractions

1. Museo Municipal de Arte Contemporáneo

0.03 MILES

The small collection of contemporary Andean art on display at this museum in the municipality building is really one for the fans. Museo Quijote has a…

2. Museo Histórico Regional

0.08 MILES

This eclectic museum is housed in the colonial Casa Garcilaso de la Vega, the house of the Inca-Spanish chronicler who now lies buried in the cathedral…

3. Iglesia de Santa Teresa

0.09 MILES

This church dating from 1676 belongs to the Carmelite order. Its baroque interior features brick and rough stone and a beautiful dome.

4. Plaza de Armas

0.14 MILES

In Inca times, the plaza, called Huacaypata or Aucaypata, was the heart of the capital. Today it’s the nerve center of the modern city. Two flags usually…

5. Iglesia San Francisco

0.15 MILES

More austere than many of Cuzco’s other churches, Iglesia San Francisco dates from the 16th and 17th centuries and is one of the few that didn’t need to…

6. Templo y Convento de La Merced

0.15 MILES

Cuzco’s third most important colonial church, La Merced was destroyed in the 1650 earthquake, but was quickly rebuilt. To the left of the church, at the…

7. Museo de Historia Natural

0.18 MILES

This university-run natural history museum houses a somewhat motley collection of stuffed local animals and birds and over 150 snakes from the Amazon. The…

8. Iglesia de La Compañía de Jesús

0.19 MILES

Built upon the palace of Huayna Cápac, the last inca to rule an undivided, unconquered empire, the church was built by the Jesuits in 1571 and…