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A small hotel of modernist rooms within the 1540 stone walls of an estate in the historic center of Arequipa.
Arequipa & the Colca Canyon · Peru
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because it is the reason to give Peru's second city its due — sixteenth-century walls, a modernist interior and the most refined kitchen in Arequipa — and because the staff arrange the excursions, from the historic city to the Chilina Valley and the Colca Canyon.
- On Calle Sucre, in the historic center of Arequipa; an independent house.
- The 1540 stone walls; rooms of sparse, modernist-influenced décor with rain showers; the glass-walled restaurant of contemporary interpretations of Arequipa's flavors and its shaded terrace; excursions to the Chilina Valley and the Colca Canyon.
- Two MICHELIN Keys in the 2025 selection; holds four-star standing.
- Walls meticulously preserved and among the first built by European settlers in the New World; a somewhat eclectic décor reminiscent of the best Italian hotels, reading lamps where technology is needed and old-world tranquility everywhere else.
The neighborhood
Arequipa & the Colca Canyon
The white city of Arequipa under its volcanoes and, to the north, the Colca Valley and its canyon grander than the Grand. The valley lies high in the Andes, among terraced farmland and the village of Yanque, well to the north of Arequipa airport by road.
- The historic center of Arequipa and the Plaza de Armas, minutes on foot.
- The Chilina Valley, by road; the Colca Canyon, a long day's drive to the north.
- Arequipa airport, about twenty minutes.
“A small hotel of modernist rooms within the 1540 stone walls of an estate in the historic center of Arequipa.”
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