| Overview | | | | guests. Nevertheless, it is worth the expense |
| Whilst becoming acclimatized we took an amiable | | | | because you really do need to get used to the |
| stroll around the unforgettable sites of Cusco, | | | | particularly thin quality of the air that can leave you |
| starting at the Plaza de Armas. I'm afraid our amble | | | | gasping for breath and make you dizzy if you do too |
| took on all the characteristics of a route march which | | | | much too quickly. |
| left us thrilled, but exhausted. However, we did see | | | | Peace and Tranquillity |
| Sacsayhuaman Fortress and the Tambomachay | | | | Once we arrived at Aguas Calientas, the village just a |
| 'Virgin Baths' during our short stay in Cusco. There is | | | | 15 minute drive from Machu Picchu, we booked into |
| a wide range of really good hotels in Cusco and, no | | | | our hotel which held a further surprise for us. It was |
| matter whether you can afford to spend a lot, or | | | | set amongst 12 acres, complete with waterfall and |
| just a little, there is a hotel to suit you. In fact, we | | | | trickling streams, flotillas of butterflies. This is Cusco |
| found that all the Cusco and Machu Picchu hotels we | | | | and Machu Picchu hotels at their best! Aside from |
| came across were superb, both in their treatment of | | | | Machu Picchu itself, which is unforgettable, staying at |
| guests and in the standard of the accommodation on | | | | this hotel there are plenty of other things to do. The |
| offer. | | | | hotel itself is situated alongside the Vilaconota River |
| Dizzying Altitude | | | | and you can just want to enjoy the sights, smells |
| Splurging out at the start of our holiday, we had | | | | and sounds of the gorgeous gardens around you |
| booked into La Casona - mainly to enjoy an opulence | | | | whilst eating a gourmet meal in the hotel's restaurant. |
| that normally we could never have experienced in our | | | | There are plenty of other Cusco and Machu Picchu |
| wildest dreams. Of all Cusco and Machu Picchu hotels, | | | | hotels of different standards, both in Cusco itself and |
| this is certainly the most opulent one. Aside from | | | | in Agua Calientas. In fact, there is even a hotel up at |
| being the very first boutique hotel opened in Cusco, | | | | the Machu Picchu site itself. Personally, however, I |
| its other claim to fame is its total privacy in the midst | | | | would choose to stay at the Machu Picchu Pueblo |
| of such a busy city. La Casona, one of Inkaterra's | | | | Hotel, amidst its 12 acres of peace and tranquility in |
| hotels, has just 11 suites in which to accommodate | | | | what is, generally, quite a strenuous holiday. |