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Modern and fresh meets colonial in this playful design hotel adorned with painted rocking horses and market carts. Activity centers on an open stone courtyard with loungers and evening bonfires. Large 2nd-story rooms feature radiant heat – a luxury in these parts – as well as fireplaces. Breakfasts are varied, with made-to-order juices from an old-fashioned cart. With elevator access.

Part of the Mountain Lodges of Peru; most clients come here on package tours covering an active Sacred Valley circuit.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • Museo Inkariy

    Museo Inkariy

    13.68 MILES

    This wonderful new museum takes visitors into the world of the fascinating pre-Colombian civilizations that came before the Inca. It acknowledges the…

  • Museo Machu Picchu

    Museo Machu Picchu

    0.41 MILES

    This newish museum exhibits 360 pieces from Machu Picchu taken by Hiram Bingham's expeditions and recently returned by Yale University, including stone…

  • Cusco Planetarium

    Cusco Planetarium

    0.79 MILES

    An excellent way to explore the fascinating Inca cosmovision. They defined constellations of darkness as well as light, used astronomy to predict weather…

  • A large fountain and Cusco Cathedral in Plaza-de-Armas.

    La Catedral

    0.33 MILES

    A squatter on the site of Viracocha Inca’s palace, the cathedral was built using blocks pilfered from the nearby Inca site of Sacsaywamán. Its…

  • The temple of the sun or "Qorikancha" in Cusco during Inti Raymi (hence the solar disc), Peru.

    Qorikancha

    0.54 MILES

    If you visit only one Cuzco site, make it these Inca ruins forming the base of the colonial church and convent of Santo Domingo. Once the richest temple…

  • Sacsaywamán

    Sacsaywamán

    0.54 MILES

    This immense ruin of both religious and military significance is the most impressive in the immediate area around Cuzco. The long Quechua name means …

  • Pisac Ruins

    Pisac Ruins

    11.68 MILES

    A truly awesome site with relatively few tourists, this hilltop Inca citadel lies high above the village on a triangular plateau with a plunging gorge on…

  • Plaza de Armas

    Plaza de Armas

    0.27 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…

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Nearby Cuzco attractions

1. Iglesia de Santa Teresa

0.12 MILES

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

2. Iglesia San Francisco

0.13 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…

3. Museo Municipal de Arte Contemporáneo

0.15 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…

4. Museo Histórico Regional

0.18 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…

5. Iglesia y Convento de Santa Clara

0.25 MILES

This 16th-century church, part of a strict convent, is difficult to visit but it's worth making the effort to go for morning services, because this is one…

6. Templo y Convento de La Merced

0.25 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. Plaza de Armas

0.27 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…

8. Iglesia de San Pedro

0.3 MILES

The original version of this baroque church was destroyed by the 1615 earthquake and rebuilt by 1699. Its Renaissance facade is typical of the Cuzco…