Belmond Palacio Nazarenas

Sitting in a beautifully-restored colonial-Spanish Carmelite monastery in the heart of old Cusco, filled with priceless antiques and with its own restored baroque chapel, the Nazarenas combines the romantically historical with the intimate and lavish.

Rooms sit in cloisters around a fountain-filled garden and a gorgeous sapphire pool. Beds are draped with luxurious Egyptian linens. Cusqueño – Spanish-indigenous art and crafts – adorn the walls.

The hotel’s restaurant, Senzo, serves a menu of modern Peruvian cooking by Peru’s top chef, Virgilio Martinez and is one of the best in the city. The Plaza de Armas is a stroll away.