Cusco
Days 1-2 · 2 nightsOn calle Choquechaca, in the San Blas district, 400 m from the Plaza de Armas. The right position for exploring on foot between the San Blas workshops, the square and the Inca lanes.
The name means "stone door": the entrance is an original Inca doorway, listed as a national monument.
€75 a nightSee on Booking →On calle Carmen Bajo, in San Blas, 600 m from the Plaza de Armas. A boutique hotel in the artisans' district, for those who want the quiet of the sloping lanes in the evening.
€110 a nightSee on Booking →Calle Santa Catalina Angosta, a lane leading off the Plaza de Armas, as close as it gets to the cathedral. You have the Inca walls of the centre at the door, and no slope to climb when you come back in the evening.
€95 a nightSee on Booking →A hostel for the Cusco stop, with dormitories and communal areas. You sleep here on a small budget during the first days of acclimatisation, between the Plaza de Armas and the San Pedro market.
€25 a nightSee on Booking →On calle Quillichapata, in the Santa Ana area, 700 m from the Plaza de Armas. A party hostel for those who come as much for the nights out as for Sacsayhuamán.
€12 a nightSee on Booking →Siete Cuartones street, on the San Cristóbal side, in the historic centre of Cusco. For having the old town on foot without spending much, while you get used to the altitude before the Sacred Valley.
€25 a nightSee on Booking →On the small Nazarenas square, at the foot of San Blas and a few streets from the Plaza de Armas, in a former convent. For a very comfortable, quiet stay, with old Cusco on foot as soon as you step out.
The Museo de Arte Precolombino opens onto the same square: an easy visit to fit in at the end of the day.
€520 a nightSee on Booking →Tandapata street, in the sloping lanes of San Blas, the artisans' quarter above the centre. Away from the noise of the Plaza de Armas, with workshops and cafés at the door, but steps to climb on the way back.
€140 a nightSee on Booking →