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Advantages: A five-star stay…
Disadvantages: …with just three-star facilities

...what it was about the Casa San Blas at Cusco that I liked so much. The hotel is certainly not without its limitations and even its failings, but it's a nevertheless a charming and delightful place to stay. Let's try to summarise what it has to offer. * Location * The Casa San Blas is situated just a few minutes' walk from Cusco's Plaza de Armas (central square), and is therefore convenient for all the main sights of the ancient Inca capital, such ...
...and scale * The Casa San Blas is small, having been converted from a former merchant's house of no great grandeur. The 250-year-old building has been sensitively restored, retaining many of the original features. Approached down its little stone-paved cul-de-sac, it presents a welcoming aspect to the world, its entrance overhung with bougainvillea, while lanterns and potted geraniums decorate the walls, and two parasoled tables flank the separate ... Read review

Advantages: Possibly the best hotel I've ever stayed in
Disadvantages: Possibly the most expensive too

...So what made the Inkaterra Machu Picchu Hotel - formerly and still alternatively known as the Pueblo - different? The welcome? The rooms? The setting? The facilities? The cuisine? The service? The ethos? In a word, yes. * The welcome…. ….does not wait for your arrival at reception. As you alight from the train at Aguas Calientes station you are greeted on the platform by an Inkaterra representative, who will arrange for your luggage to be taken ...
...organic crop grown on the Inkaterra estate and flavoured with their own limes; we later found that a jug of this refreshing nectar is kept topped up at all times in reception for guests to help themselves. Bowls of fruit are also around on the same basis. Any questions you may have, not just about the hotel and its many services, but also about sight-seeing in the area, are answered at the same time, courteously and in fluent English. You are then ... Read review