Hostal San Juan de Dios

Cuzco


With wonderful staff, this spotless guesthouse is part of a nonprofit enterprise that supports a hospital clinic and also provides job opportunities for young people with disabilities. The quiet, carpeted rooms have large windows; most have twin beds, though there’s one matrimonial double. Staff help with everything from laundry services to making international phone calls.

It’s a brisk 30-minute walk from the city center in a nontouristy sector, near shops and amenities.


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Nearby Cuzco attractions

1. Museo de la Coca

1.48 MILES

A good primer on Andean culture, this is a wonderful and kitschy little museum that traces the uses of the coca leaf, from sacred ritual to its more…

2. Museo del Sitio de Qorikancha

1.49 MILES

There are sundry moth-bitten archaeological displays interpreting Inca and pre-Inca cultures at this small, mangy, underground archaeological museum,…

3. Iglesia de Santo Domingo

1.49 MILES

The church of Santo Domingo is next door to Qorikancha. Less baroque and ornate than many of Cuzco’s churches, it is notable for its charming paintings of…

4. Iglesia de San Blas

1.5 MILES

This simple adobe church is comparatively small, but you can’t help but be awed by the baroque, gold-leaf principal altar. The exquisitely carved pulpit,…

5. Qorikancha

1.51 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…

6. Museo de Arte Religioso

1.59 MILES

Originally the palace of Inca Roca, the foundations of this museum were converted into a grand colonial residence and later became the archbishop’s palace…

7. Museo Machu Picchu

1.61 MILES

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

8. Iglesia y Monasterio de Santa Catalina

1.64 MILES

This convent houses many colonial paintings of the escuela cuzqueña (Cuzco school), as well as an impressive collection of vestments and other intricate…