MONASTERIO HOTEL, ONE OF THE BEST LUXURY HOTELS IN CUSCO

Monasterio Hotel

By Peru Trip Advisors 

Monasterio Hotel by Orient Express was the first upscale luxury hotel established in Cusco just when tourism became a more dynamic activity in Peru settled in a former monastery and national monument that was built from 1592 on the site of the palace of Inca Amaru Qhala.

Hotel's main coutyard

Since then, the hotel has been one of the most recognized hotels in Cusco city and it has gained fame around the world because it’s unique architecture, the valuable colonial art that decorates every corner of the hotel and the excellent service.

The location of the hotel is as good as most of the best hotels in Cusco: in the center, a few steps away from the Main Square, at Plazoleta Nazarenas, easy to access by car or on foot and safe to walk around at any time of the day.

Outside the hotel

 

Walls decorated with authentic paints from the Colonial times

Because the Monastery is a national monument protected by the National Institute of Culture, there are several limitations in what architectonical changes respects, reason why most of the rooms are quite small considering guest´s expectations for a hotel of such a category, these rooms were once the cells of the clerics who inhabited the monastery.

The hotel counts with different room´s categories from Superior to Royal Suites and rates that goes from US$390 to more than US$2000 per room/night. 

Junior Suite at Monasterio Hotel

They were the first ones in the country that offered the feature of oxygen supplement that enriches the atmosphere in the rooms and makes the stay a lot pleasant considering Cusco’s high elevation.

Monastery Hotel charges US$48 per night for this feature while other hotels that open years later counts with oxygen-enriched rooms at no extra cost. 

Breakfast time at the hotel

In what food concerns, the hotel´s restaurants: Illariy (for lunch) and El Tupay (for dinner) offer delicious dishes of the Peruvian gastronomy with French and Mediterranean touches. They had gained international popularity and had obtained the SQF2000 certification for their high standards of food preparation.

 

El Tupay Restaurant

Booking a table ahead of time is important, especially for dinner. 

If you are not a guest of this hotel and want to enjoy of a meal in any of its restaurants, you can book it at the following link: http://www.monasteriohotel.com/web/ocus/ocus_t5d_booking.jsp

 

They count with live music on certain days of the week. Also, try the Lobby Bar and enjoy of a drink and canapés before your meal. The ambience is simply excellent. 

Lobby bar

Canapes served at the Lobby Bat

All in all, this hotel is one of the best alternatives to stay in Cusco in its category with international recognition and even if you cannot stay overnight here, you still have the chance to indulge yourself with a fancy meal or just chill out in their bar after a day full of activities in the magical Cusco! 

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ROYAL TOMBS OF SIPAN MUSEUM

The north of Peru was once the center of a magnificent culture, Moche that occupied the northern coast of Peru of the modern territories of La Libertad, Lambayeque and Piura from the years 100 to 800 AD reaching a high level of cultural and artistic production as well as monumental architecture. 

They also established a system of taxes and a social structure strictly based on hierarchy, the planned agriculture consisted in the use of irrigation channels as well as water reservoirs and food storage. 

Moches became famous all over the world when on July 1987, an important discovery took place: The Royal Tombs of the Lord of Sipan were founded. The discovery was so important because the tombs were founded intact, something that is not common since the Spanish conquistadors start to profane them in order to steal important pieces made of gold, silver as well as ceramics and textiles. 

Huaca Rajada, the site were the tomb was founded

With this wonderful discovery began the difficult task of recover and study each piece. Major findings were made on the Moche culture, their daily life, customs and beliefs and the importance of gods and religious ceremonies.

The number of the pieces founded, recovered and restored totaled 5.041 and this caused the controversy of where the collection will be exposed as not any museum had the proper infrastructure to host them.

Lord of Sipan and some of the pieces founded in his tomb

Gold necklace - Lord of Sipan

Considering that there was a proper museum for the exhibition, the construction of a new one had to begin.

Unbelievable, this project didn´t receive the support of the Government so the archeologist in charged had to ask for the collaboration of individuals, institutions and Peruvian private companies as well as the international scientific community and international corporations.

The Lord of Sipan collection was also exhibited in different countries, collecting sufficient funds to build the museum.

The museum design was inspired in a large truncated pyramid of concrete, like the ancient Mochica sanctuaries used to be and it is located in an area of ​​7.97 hectares in the city of Lambayeque.

Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum in Lambayeque inaugurated on 2002

The discovery and investigation of the Royal Tombs of Sipan, is one of the few cases in the world that offer the opportunity to organize a museum presentation about an intact funerary tomb and that today’s people can witness all the splendor of the jewelry and ornaments rescued so we can learn about the advanced technology development our ancestors reached and their complex social organization and cultural concepts about life and death, issues of concern and relevance to humanity of all times. 

The Museum had also become a sort of shrine and mausoleum that preserves the challenges, meaning and memory of important Peruvian ancestors. 

The real Lord of Sipan at the museum

Representation of the Lord of Sipan at the museum

 
The Royal Tombs of Sipan was inaugurated on November 8, 2002, becoming an historical and touristic reference of a region, a culture and up to date it shows the following more collections founded through the years in Lambayeque:

• The Mochica Culture
• The Sanctuary of Sipan and the spiritual world of the Moche
• The Archaeological Research (methods and procedures)
• Tomb of the Lord of Sipan
• Priest's Tomb
• Other Royal Tombs
• Tomb of the Old Lord of Sipan
• Conservation and restoration
• Tomb sacked and international recoveries
• Recreation Mochica court (Casa Real).

If you are visiting Peru, consider a visit to the north of the country and the Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum in Lambayeque!

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