The Top 15 Hotels Near explora Valle Sagrado
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The resort sits on an ancient Inca site that was only discovered mid-construction, which forced the architects to improvise and, by most accounts, produced something better than the original plan. Adobe and wood keep the minimalist rooms grounded while the Pumacahua Bath House spa and the restaurant pull in the opposite direction entirely. The Sacred Valley stretches out beyond it all, with Machu Picchu waiting at the far end. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Key.
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Twenty-four casitas scattered across a hundred hillside acres in the Sacred Valley, with the Andes sitting right outside your private terrace. This is a luxury eco-resort grown around Incan landscape rather than imposed on it, and it holds two Michelin Keys. Oxen and hand tools work the farm that feeds the restaurant, heated floors warm the rooms at altitude, and the hikes from the property cover Inca Trail terrain without the traffic.
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The only hotel in the Sacred Valley with its own private railway station, which tells you something about the register. This luxury resort sits along the Urubamba River on the path toward Machu Picchu, with stone fireplaces, Inca-influenced wood pavilions, and windows sized to the mountains outside. An on-site garden supplies the kitchen, and guides are on hand to pull the whole landscape into focus.
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Nine rooms, each with a private terrace and a wall of Andean peaks, sets the scale for this small boutique hotel tucked into the Sacred Valley between Pisac and Urubamba. Locally crafted decor and organic bath products keep things grounded in the region rather than generic luxury. The in-house restaurant leans on local ingredients, and Machu Picchu is close enough for a day trip without the hotel feeling like a staging post for one.
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The Urubamba River, sacred to the Incas, runs right past this Belmond resort in the Sacred Valley, which turns out not to be a branding decision. Nineteen rooms and suites are arranged to recall a traditional Andean village, their materials blending into the hillside rather than announcing themselves. The restaurant leans on an on-site garden, a small spa handles the unwinding, and most guests spend their days exploring the valley by foot, horseback, or water. It holds a Michelin Key.
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A former convent, the stonework still Inca underneath the colonial plaster, converted into an all-suite hotel a short walk from Plaza de Armas. The only outdoor heated pool in Cusco sits in a courtyard quiet enough to forget the altitude-dazed crowds outside. Oxygen-enriched suites are a practical luxury at elevation, and the spa leans on Andean ingredients rather than generic hotel-brand lotions. A Forbes Four Star property and one of the World's 50 Best Hotels.
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Stone cloisters, hand-painted frescoes, and a 300-year-old cedar in the courtyard: Monasterio is a Belmond hotel built inside a colonial-era monastery a short walk from the Plaza de Armas. Rooms occupy the old monks' quarters, dressed in alpaca throws and marble, and some are oxygen-enriched for the altitude, which is a feature you don't find at most places. Opera occasionally echoes through the chapel. Forbes Four Star.
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A 16th-century convent a short walk from the Plaza de Armas, converted into a JW Marriott with enough restraint that the bones of the building still do the talking. Incan and Spanish colonial artifacts uncovered during restoration sit in museum-style cases along the corridors. The subterranean spa pool and a courtyard bar are good reasons to come back after a morning at the Cathedral or the San Pedro Market.
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A rehabilitated Spanish colonial manor in the heart of old Cusco, La Casona holds just eleven suites, which means no one is elbowing past you in the lobby on the way to Machu Picchu. Heavy carved doors, stone fireplaces, and underfloor heating give it the feel of a very well-appointed private house. Spa treatments and private Andean guides are on offer, and if you have the budget and the friends, you can book the whole place. Michelin awarded it 2 Keys.
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The lobby's vivid blue walls are a deliberate echo of a nearby baroque church, which tells you everything about how seriously this Luxury Collection hotel takes its surroundings. A five-century-old mansion turned hotel, it sits steps from the main plaza with cobblestone courtyards, stone arches, and carved wood alongside a hydrotherapy spa and rooms that don't ask you to rough it for the sake of authenticity.
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Clay-walled bungalows sit on 25 acres outside Urubamba, built with native stone and locally made brick, giant hummingbirds included at no extra charge. This small resort in the Sacred Valley sits on the road between Cusco and Machu Picchu, so the guest mix skews explorers in various states of pre- or post-trek recovery. The casitas come with wood-burning fireplaces and outdoor Jacuzzis, and the sheets are Peruvian pima cotton, which the hotel will absolutely tell you about.
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Twelve acres of cloud forest wrap around this 85-room eco-lodge at the edge of Machu Picchu Pueblo, with wild orchids and high-altitude birds doing more for the ambiance than any decorator could. Rooms are done in Spanish Colonial style, with alpaca blankets and handmade local furnishings, and the whole operation runs carbon-neutral. A Michelin Key sits on the record. Getting here involves a train through the Andes, which is not a hardship.
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The last town before Machu Picchu tends to lower your expectations considerably, which makes Sumaq a small shock. This 60-room hotel is dressed in Inca art and handsome objects, the rooms facing the river valley have views that compete with the ruins themselves, and a spa is on hand for the legs you've destroyed on the trail. The cocktail bar, for its part, takes a pisco sour seriously.
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The only luxury hotel inside the protected sanctuary, sitting yards from the citadel walls, which means you get Machu Picchu in the late afternoon once the tour groups have cleared out. Rooms are comfortable rather than grand, and some patios open straight onto the ruins. Two restaurants, one reserved for guests. Nights run cold year-round, and the rainy season stretches November through March, so pack accordingly and don't say you weren't warned.