Hospedaje Genais

Huaraz & the Cordilleras


Just getting off the ground at last visit, the Genais has filled a run-of-the-mill Huari tenement with small but wonderfully comfortable rooms, all with plush bedspreads, tiled floors and modern bathrooms. The stand-out features, however, are the wooden doors, carved and hand-painted with various intricate designs. Hands down Huari's best hotel.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Huaraz & the Cordilleras attractions

1. Laguna Purhuay

3.3 MILES

In a scoop of a valley 8km above Huari and just inside the Parque Nacional Huascarán, this idyllic lake is well set up for day excursions, but is…

2. Museo Nacional de Chavín

15.67 MILES

This outstanding museum, funded jointly by the Peruvian and Japanese governments, houses most of the intricate tenon heads carved with horror-stricken…

3. Mirador de Shallapa

16.62 MILES

After admiring the Chavin ruins from ground (and underground) level, you can climb up to this trio of crosses grafted onto a crag high above town for a…

4. Chavín de Huántar

16.81 MILES

In most people's minds, Chavín is less a town and more a set of ruins – not any old ruins, but the erstwhile ceremonial center of one of Peru's most…

5. Museo Archeologico

18.35 MILES

Small three-room museum with a modest collection of ceramics and pre-Inca objects framed by a historical trajectory of the Conchucos area (in Spanish). A…

6. Santuario de Mama Ashu

18.36 MILES

Chacas’ showpiece building, dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, is not just a work of art but an admirable rehabilitation project, courtesy of a…

7. Monumento Nacional Wilkahuaín

24.88 MILES

This small Wari ruin about 8km north of Huaraz is remarkably well preserved, dating from about AD 600 to 900. It’s an imitation of the temple at Chavín…

8. Mirador de Retaqeñua

26.64 MILES

Mirador de Retaqeñua is about a 45-minute walk southeast of the center and has great views of the city and its mountainous backdrop. Unfortunately,…