Belmond Hotel Monasterio
Cusco, Peru
Location
Cusco
In the historic centre of Cusco, two blocks from the Plaza de Armas, at three thousand three hundred and ninety-nine metres — a 1592 monastery on Inca foundations, the classic heritage base for Machu Picchu.
Transfer
A Cusco transfer
A short transfer from Cusco airport, CUZ, into the historic centre, two blocks from the main square — oxygen-enriched rooms ease the arrival at altitude.
Villas
120 rooms & suites
Around a hundred and twenty rooms and suites among original stone cloisters and vaulted arches, from around twenty square metres up to one-bedroom suites with private terraces and butler service — oxygen-enrichment available throughout, with colonial interiors and alpaca throws.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples and culture travellers using Cusco as the base for Machu Picchu — a 1592 monastery with cloisters and a gold-leaf chapel, oxygen-enriched rooms for the altitude and candlelit chapel dining, two blocks from the Plaza de Armas.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
A bed-and-breakfast base with buffet breakfast — El Tupay for candlelit chapel dining with opera nights, a courtyard restaurant for all-day dining and the Lobby Bar with an Andean harpist.
Overview
A 1592 former monastery on Inca foundations
Belmond Hotel Monasterio occupies a 1592 former monastery and seminary built on an Inca palace foundation, two blocks from Cusco's Plaza de Armas. Around a hundred and twenty rooms and suites sit among original stone cloisters and vaulted arches, from around twenty square metres up to one-bedroom suites with private terraces and butler service, and oxygen-enriched rooms are available to ease the three-thousand-three-hundred-and-ninety-nine-metre altitude. A gold-leaf chapel, an Escuela Cusquena art collection and a three-hundred-year-old cedar courtyard set the scene. El Tupay serves candlelit dinners in the stone-arched historic chapel with opera nights, a courtyard restaurant handles all-day dining and the Lobby Bar adds an Andean harpist, while the Therapy Suite works Andean-tradition treatments within the monastery walls. It is the classic Cusco heritage base for Machu Picchu, linked to the citadel by the Hiram Bingham luxury train, on a bed-and-breakfast base — made for couples and culture travellers who want to sleep inside Cusco's history, the cloisters and the chapel a working part of the stay.
Accommodation
Rooms & suites
Around a hundred and twenty rooms and suites sit among original stone cloisters and vaulted arches, from around twenty square metres up through two-level Junior Suites to one-bedroom suites with private terraces and butler service. Oxygen-enrichment is available throughout to ease the altitude, with colonial interiors, marble baths and alpaca throws.
Entry
Deluxe Room
Sleeps two. Around 20 square metres with colonial interiors, a marble bath and alpaca throws; oxygen-enrichment available.
20 sqmOxygen available
Signature
Junior Suite
Sleeps two. Around 28 square metres on two levels, with a mezzanine bedroom and living area; oxygen available.
28 sqmTwo-level
Suite
One-Bedroom Suite
Sleeps two. Around 45 square metres with a private terrace, separate living area, large marble bath and butler; oxygen-enriched.
45 sqmButler
Top
Royal Suite
Sleeps two. An expansive private terrace with city views, a bedroom and separate living and a large marble bath.
Private terraceTop suite
Food & Drink
Dining
El Tupay serves candlelit dinners in the stone-arched historic chapel with opera nights, a courtyard restaurant handles all-day dining by the cedar courtyard, and the Lobby Bar adds an Andean harpist. It is a bed-and-breakfast base, the dining woven into the monastery's historic rooms.
Signature
El Tupay
El Tupay, candlelit fine dining in the historic chapel, with opera nights.
Courtyard
Courtyard restaurant
A courtyard restaurant, all-day dining by the cedar courtyard.
Bar
Lobby Bar
The Lobby Bar, with an Andean harpist.
Wellbeing
The Therapy Suite
The Therapy Suite works Andean-tradition treatments within the monastery walls, while oxygen-enriched rooms ease the three-thousand-three-hundred-and-ninety-nine-metre altitude and the three-hundred-year-old cedar courtyard offers a quiet corner. It is heritage wellness in a 1592 monastery at altitude, the stone cloisters and gardens a calm retreat from the streets of Cusco.
Andean-tradition spa
Andean-tradition treatments, in the Therapy Suite.
Oxygen-enriched rooms
Oxygen-enriched rooms, for the altitude.
The cedar courtyard
The cedar courtyard, three hundred years old.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
Cusco, the Incas and Machu Picchu define a stay — walk two blocks to the Plaza de Armas, explore Inca Cusco at Qorikancha and the ruins, take in the Escuela Cusquena art through the cloisters, and dine at El Tupay's opera nights in the chapel. The Hiram Bingham luxury train links the hotel to Machu Picchu.
Plaza de Armas
The Plaza de Armas, two blocks away.
Inca Cusco
Inca Cusco, Qorikancha and the ruins.
El Tupay opera nights
El Tupay opera nights, in the chapel.
Escuela Cusqueña art
Escuela Cusquena art, through the cloisters.
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu, by the Hiram Bingham train.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
From Cusco (CUZ)
A short transfer from Cusco airport, CUZ, into the historic centre two blocks from the main square.
In the centre
Cusco
In the heart of Cusco at 3,399 metres, two blocks from the Plaza de Armas.
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Board basis
- A bed-and-breakfast base, with buffet breakfast.
Altitude
- At 3,399 metres, with oxygen-enriched rooms available.
Made for couples
- Made for couples and culture travellers.
Getting there
- A short transfer from Cusco airport, CUZ.
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