Huaraz & the Cordilleras
A rudimentary campground in a walled enclosure with access to basic cooking and toilet facilities. The enclosure also serves as the entry point to the…
Must-see hotels in Peru
Piura
Winning the budget stakes by a nose, this hospedaje (small, family-owned inn) has four floors of tidy rooms with warm paint jobs, TV and the occasional…
Lima & Around
At the surfer spot, the compact Punta Hermosa Surf Hostel has six rooms, a cozy hangout area with hammocks and cable TV. Guests have kitchen access and…
Lima
Central and low-key, this small hotel features smart, bright decor. The 23 spotless suites are spacious, with small kitchenettes equipped with microwaves…
Amazon Basin
Clean tiled rooms typify the upper end of the upward curve in Lagunas accommodations standards. There are fans and TVs – but of course both stop with the…
Lima
In a stucco mansion, this 42-room inn has pleasant but dark rooms, many around a lovely garden courtyard where breakfast is served. Rooms sport a 1980s…
Cuzco & the Sacred Valley
This cement multistory is a decent night's stay. Friendly, it features nice, clean rooms with bright sheet sets, hot-water bathrooms and cable TV. It also…
North Coast
While it gets a two-outta-10 on the friendliness scale, this place offers good deals on rustic but comfortable beachfront accommodations. The loud music…
Arequipa
On a street full of not-so-great guesthouses, this secure, friendly hostel is always stuffed with gringos. The colorful rooms sport yesteryear orange…
Puerto Maldonado
A good choice for travelers, sporting lots of large, clean rooms with fans or air-con. The courtyard has seen better days, but still, get a room here as…
South Coast
A solid midrange choice in the heart of town, Miculla has elegant and comfortable rooms with work desks and good bathrooms although there is no air…
Cuzco
A roomy place with a pleasant stone courtyard, well-kept colonial terraces and whimsical collections of old sewing machines, phones and typewriters…
Lima
A simple hotel with a restaurant, painted salmon pink. It has carpeted rooms adorned with folksy Peruvian paintings and amenities such as minibars and…
Lima
On a street cluttered with print shops, this comfy, 15-room hotel features simple, carpeted rooms, spick-and-span bathrooms and cable TV. Service could be…
Huancayo
A long-time backpacker-accustomed place with spotless bathrooms. Rooms get lots of street noise but are not bad value. And it is still going. That is…
Nazca & Around
This is a classic travelers’ haunt with a restaurant, manicured grounds and pool. It has narrow, tile-floor business-standard rooms. All in all it's an OK…
Gran Hotel Turístico Municipal
Central Highlands
San Pedro de Casta's only hotel is not as grand as its name suggests, but it gives you a roof over your head after the exertions of climbing up to…
Central Highlands
This bright red place above a shop, is decent enough by the town of La Unión's basic standards. You really do deserve to be termed a viajero (traveler) if…
Northern Highlands
The pick of the none-too-inspiring hotels in Pedro Ruíz is by the road junction, but try to get a room away from the noisy highway. Rooms are basic but…
North Coast
This simple, family-run guesthouse near the sports field has a couple of basic rooms, a kitchen and a little living-room area. It's a good spot for bigger…
Lake Titicaca
Richard Cahui Flores works with lots of families and is the best point of contact for advance bookings. He will set you up with somebody else if he doesn…
Aguas Calientes
On a side street crowded with midrange hotels, this newer option has well-kept and polished rooms, amiable service and a sheltered patio area near the…
South Coast
Neat and tidy, this new hotel just steps from the plaza has bright modern rooms with small but spotless bathrooms and good mattresses. You can book all…
Cuzco & the Sacred Valley
With an on-site cafe, this colonial-style hotel features bright, ample rooms around a sunny interior courtyard. Rooms have hot showers and minibars. It’s…
Cuzco
A pleasant B&B with just seven rooms and a sunny courtyard featuring fresh flowers and balcony seating. Breakfast is served in cozy booths. Heaters and…
South Coast
Rooms are cramped and have poor light, but they get the job done, and some have ocean views. The upstairs terrace provides a pleasant setting to sip a…
North Coast
Feeling somewhat out of place in underdeveloped Lobitos, this large three-story hotel has modern and comfortable rooms with private balconies overlooking…
Cuzco
Cuzco’s cheapest, this place offers dated but pleasant lodgings with a flower-lined patio and tiny guest kitchen. It's run by an eccentric but welcoming…
Aguas Calientes
A multistory hotel with a set of attractive riverside rooms with modern decor. It's good value, but we wish they used more gentle cleaning products. There…
North Coast
In a well-preserved colonial house, this hostal has a clutch of appelaing rooms with enormous bathrooms. Rooms out the back are more modern. It’s a block…
Lima
This long-standing hotel features more than 100 rooms and a lovely grassy courtyard. Think standard amenities, with cable TV and perfunctory stabs at…
Cañón Del Colca
A simple, clean hospedaje (small, family-owned inn) with bathrooms, cable TV and laundry service. It’s a couple blocks from the plaza in the direction of…
Chinchero
A welcoming family hostelry with large, neat rooms with pastel accents and a sunny courtyard. If no one answers the bell, call the cell phone or reserve…
Central Highlands
A perfectly alright, clean, multi-story hotel let down by dopey service. Despite its name, it sits halfway between a hostal (budget guesthouse) and a…
Cuzco
Ambient and cheap, this old colonial features worn rooms with gold bedspreads, gelatinous mattresses and dark, carved furniture around a pleasant central…
Huaraz & the Cordilleras
Hospedaje Alameda offers a friendly welcome and (very) modest rooms in a rambling old house, although those with shared bathrooms are barely big enough to…
Cañón Del Colca
These bungalows in Sagalle are basic, with tiled floors and rickety wooden beds, but come here for the large garden pool and small bar with simple…
South Coast
Located on a busy main street not far from the plaza, the Arequipa has clean and inviting rooms with hot showers and cable TV. Service here is reasonably…
Cuzco
One of several 16th-century colonial buildings redone in candy colors. Guests have use of a kitchen and there are weekly barbecues on the courtyard patio…
Lima
One of the more affordable of the Casa Andina branches, with 50-plus rooms decorated in contemporary Andean color schemes with full hotel amenities. At a…
