Arequipa & Canyon Country
This guesthouse in Alca has a good mix of clean rooms at varying prices, including some of the most comfortable digs in the whole valley. There is 24-hour…
Must-see hotels in Peru
Huaraz & the Cordilleras
Relatively low on the budget scale and hospitality hierarchy in Pomabamba is Hostal Leo overlooking the main plaza, with good-value modern rooms spread…
South Coast
The cheapest town-center option, La Casona has bright rooms with high-ceilings, cable TV and hot water. The staff can be stiff necked, but the atmosphere…
Arequipa & Canyon Country
Basic accommodations with cable TV and hot water in Corire, a jumping-off point for visiting the Toro Muerto petroglyphs.
Huaraz & the Cordilleras
This large, rambling building has modest but perfectly functional rooms with electric showers, set round three different patios. It's just steps from the…
Northern Highlands
Good spacious rooms with hot water, wi-fi and big TVs, right on the plaza. Get one of the rooms with windows overlooking the plaza, as interior rooms are…
Nazca & Around
A rock-bottom, bargain-basement place with friendly, elderly owners. Army-barracks-style rooms offer bare-bones facilities; some have private bathrooms.
Cuzco
In a bustling commercial district, this small hotel has agreeable staff and tiny, well-kept and airy doubles. The triples are a little too tight.
South Coast
A basic but dependable three-storied yellow block with some 2nd-floor rooms offering peek-a-boo river views. There’s hot water and cable TV.
Cuzco
An array of dark but decent doubles sit around an interior courtyard. While it isn't outstanding, it's inexpensive. Service is meh.
Northern Highlands
Right on the Plaza de Armas, Hostal Celendín has reliable hot water and worn but inviting rooms, many with balconies and grand plaza views.
Cañón Del Colca
A very basic homestay in a traditional house in Sibayo. The eager-to-please owners can rustle up dinner (S15) and take you trout fishing.
South Coast
A good deal right in the middle of town, the Plaza offers four floors of bright modern rooms with wood accents and efficient service.
South Coast
This 2nd-floor place two blocks from the bus station offers clean, if unremarkable, rooms and helpful management. It's a solid base.
North Coast
Modern, economic and clean, this great little hotel in the center of town offers friendly service and excellent value for your sol.
Cuzco
Good value in a rickety old wood-floored building; all rooms have orthopedic mattresses and the option of heaters; some have views.
North Coast
The best-value place to stay in Otuzco is the centrally located Hostal Los Portales, located two-and-a-half blocks from the plaza.
Central Highlands
Nice rooms face into a green courtyard garden; all are generously proportioned but only the doubles have private bathrooms.
Ollantaytambo
An adequate though dated hotel with a small, grassy courtyard and rooms with parquet floors, down bedding and TVs.
North Coast
Clean, safe and friendly, the Lourdes offers austere (for Tumbes) rooms with fans, phones, TV and hot showers.
Aguas Calientes
Sparkling and keen to please, Mayurina is a friendly option. Rooms have phones and TV.
Huaraz & the Cordilleras
Very basic family-run village house with four rooms and cold water.
Huaraz & the Cordilleras
Perched on a hillside overlooking town, this 6-hectare farm has icy showers but offers fantastic views over rooftops to the ruins. There's a basic refugio…
Pisac
Uphill from the plaza, this family-run lodging beyond a handicrafts shop offers no-frills lodging with warm showers. The raggedy, rambling garden is a…
South Coast
Bringing the feeling of an old-school resort to the city center, the architecturally uninteresting DM Hotel Tacna is certainly large but is well past it's…
Ollantaytambo
At these prices you can't be picky. Front rooms are dated and dark, with tired pillows – go for the fresher new ones behind the flowery courtyard. Despite…
Northern Highlands
If price is your main deal-breaker, the SR has a few rudimentary rooms with no natural light and semi-private bathrooms hidden behind a chin-high breeze…
Cuzco
A friendly, rambling hostel clinging precariously to the hillside, hidden up a flight of stairs teetering way above town. There’s a proper kitchen and…
Aguas Calientes
This small campground has toilets, showers and kitchen facilities. It’s a 20-minute walk downhill from the center of town on the road to Machu Picchu,…
Lima
Inside a scruffy concrete apartment block, the helpful Ibarra sisters keep seven basic guest rooms that are clean and have firm beds. There is a shared…
Aguas Calientes
Great value, this big, multistory guesthouse has dated but clean rooms with laminate floors. Features include reliable hot water and a few balconies. The…
Cuzco
Most rooms in this pint-sized guesthouse are very basic, but location and staff are fabulous and there’s a sociable, stony, indoor courtyard. The two…
Cuzco
This Peruvian hostel goes for the Spanish-language-school formula, with free lessons, evening events and barbecues. Small dorms have snug down covers but…
Cuzco & the Sacred Valley
The town’s biggest building, this guesthouse is run by the Cobos family of local guides. There's hot water for showers, a rare find in these parts. You…
Cuzco
At the far end of Saphi, where the city starts to peter out, this hotel has a rustic wooden construction with skylights and murals in most rooms. Choose…
Lima
Tiny and rambling, this sardine-can hostel sits in the thick of Barranco nightlife – for better or worse. Highlights include an ambient rooftop deck. It…
Cajamarca
Grotty little hotel on the main plaza with iffy wi-fi and temperamental hot water, set in a rambling old colonial house. Its only redeeming factors are…
Chiclayo
This price is right at this secure spot, but you'd have to be on a really tight budget to want to spend much time here. The rooms don't have fans, and it…
Cañón Del Colca
These scruffy digs are the only option on Madrigal's Plaza de Armas. Rooms are basic but it makes a good base to explore the nearby archaeological sites.
Huaraz & the Cordilleras
A rather grubby little place near the market with cramped rooms a few years past their best-before date. OK if you're desperate and/or broke.
