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Peru | May 27 - Jun 6, 2024

This is a top notch hotel, in an amazing building, feels like a museum - staff is amazing and always there when you need anything. The family suite was great for us (king + 2 doubles) - breakfast was the best part of the stay - great choices from all around the world + a la carte menu. The courtyards were a nice touch and the bar for sports super fun for watching the Champions league, spa really nice and relaxing after the flight and altitude readjustment.

This was our favorite hotel the entire trip - small but so quaint and in the middle of a botanical garden, sort of - the flora in the hotel was just spectacular. The rooms were just right with great shutters to get a great night sleep. The location, first a bit odd in the train station, but on second thought perfect to get on the train to MP and back to pick up bags. Staff, amazing and super helpful.

Small, cute and great views in this hotel - location is perfect a few steps from train station and the bus to MP. Staff sweet, tries hard but still has some things to figure out - especially in the restaurant or the spa. Overall, excellent experience though.

Great location to the pier to get to the islands. Staff very friendly, especially in the bar and restaurant. A bit chilly in the common areas but I think that is the nature of the hotel. The views from the patios in the morning were truly exceptional. Getting to the restaurant in the early am is a bit cold (different buildings and through outside) but not a big deal. Appreciated the games by the fireplace!

The salt mines, Chinchero with the weavers and the Corpus Cristi celebration was so much fun - the lunch at the lodge with the alpacas and lamas was out of this world - excellent food in the middle of nowhere (literally) and the lamas walking into the restaurant were so natural.

This was by far the best, felt authentic (while clearly targeted for tourism to support the islanders) - Jose, our guide, was so knowledgeable, proud and ready to share. The lunch on Taquiles was the best fish we had in Peru and the view could be confused with Positano in Italy. The Uros islanders interactions were fun and real - and something we truly enjoyed.

Amazing end of our trip - while we thought we ate it all, Carlos sure had some aces in his sleeve. The food and the setting in the restaurants (Limara and the one by the ruins) were true gems, as was the market - we were worried we are not going to be able to eat anymore as the tasting menu was a lot of food. Really loved the variety, the interaction - make your own ceviche and the pisco sour demonstration and tasting. Truly well done - and we got to see a bit of Lima too!

The 10 hour train from Cusco to Puno was unique and the train definitely quaint - however, 10 hours in a sitting position was a lot (half would have been enough) - but I get it - it's the geography :-) The food and service were top notch though.