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El Retablo

Cusco, Cusco Region, Peru

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El Retablo

A tranquil, family-run guesthouse sits in up-and-coming, arty San Blas neighbourhood, with views of central Cusco at every street corner.

Average £52

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El Mercado

Cusco, Cusco Region, Peru

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El Mercado

Good-value, centrally located hotel with modern rooms fitted into the cloisters of the Spanish-colonial market.

Average £94

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Inkaterra La Casona

Cusco, Cusco Region, Peru

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Inkaterra La Casona

Luxurious rooms in a beautifully-restored 16th Century Spanish-colonial mansion where Simon Bolivar once stayed.

Average £302

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2+ bedrooms

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Hotel Monasterio

Cusco, Cusco Region, Peru

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Hotel Monasterio

A grand, luxury hotel housed in a restored 16th-century monastery and filled with priceless colonial art. Restful and meditative, yet just a few blocks from Cusco’s historic heart. 

Average £416

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2+ bedrooms

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Belmond Palacio Nazarenas

Cusco, Cusco Region, Peru

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Belmond Palacio Nazarenas

A luxuriously-restored convent with a glittering baroque chapel, filled with Cusqueno artworks and home to one of Cusco’s top restaurants.

Average £574

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2+ bedrooms

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