Improved! Southern Highlights Tour

LIMA
After a long flight to Lima travelers can step out of the International Terminal, walk a short distance, and enter the lobby of Ramada's newly constructed Costa del Sol Hotel. This stylish four-star, 130 guest room hotel is the perfect place to unwind before exploring the wonders of Peru. Amenities include: Spa (dry & vapor saunas, Jacuzzi, indoor pool, massage); Fitness Center; Signature restaurants offering Peruvian and international flavors; currency exchange; Business Center, 220/110 Volt power supply. Rooms feature: marble bathroom; mini-bar; personal safe; individual climate control; high-speed internet (wireless in common areas); and cable television.

SOUTHERN COAST
The new Libertador Hotel-Paracas overlooks the bay across from the stunning Paracas National Reserve.  This elegant property features an outdoor pool, spa, and an exclusive restaurant in a dramatic desert setting.  The luxurious spa offers treatments designed to leave you feeling relaxed and renewed, including Jacuzzi, Vichy shower, hydrotherapy, mud treatment, aromatherapy and massages.

The serene Hotel Cantayo Resort & Spa truly caters to both body and mind. This luxurious, spacious property has all the amenities of a first class resort, along with a biodynamic agricultural area producing fresh, all-natural produce for use in the hotel’s magnificent restaurant. The 40 rooms feature telephone, internet, air conditioning, mini bar and safe. The property also includes a multi-lingual library, piano bar, pool, circuit for jogging, cycling and horseback riding surrounded by orange and lemon trees, and it’s own heliport. Relax after a day of seeing the sites with spa services such as therapeutic hydro massage.

AREQUIPA
In 2008 Casa Andina Private Collection - Arequipa unveiled one of Peru’s most stunning luxury properties by meticulously restoring the 1794 former Casa de la Moneda (Mint House) – a National Historic Monument- to its former glory. The colonial mansion features vaulted ceilings, 2 ample courtyards, an elegant gourmet restaurant, a bar opening onto the main courtyard, and 41 sumptuous rooms. Along with modern amenities such as wireless internet access, this living museum also features numerous surprises unearthed during the restoration, including original frescoes, reliefs and even a chapel long hidden from view.

PUNO
Hotel Libertador Puno is located on the shore of Esteves Island, in Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake. The hotel is located within minutes from downtown Puno. The 123 elegantly decorated rooms have wonderful panoramic views and provide all the services expected of a luxury hotel including private marble baths with hair dryer, direct dial telephone, and cable TV. In the Uros restaurant, guests enjoy exquisite regional and international dishes, while admiring the view of lake Titicaca. To relax, guests may visit the cozy Taquile Bar and savor a traditional Pisco sour while enjoying the warmth of the fireplace. The hotel has a private dock, allowing guests to leave comfortably for all the lake's destinations. After an intense day of touring or hiking, relax in the sauna, Jacuzzi, or gym.

CUSCO
Cusco’s first 4-star plus hotel, the Libertador is ideally located a couple of blocks from the main square across from Santo Domingo Church and Coricancha Inca site. Built on the foundations of the Aclla Huasi, or chosen women’s house, the lobby, bar and restaurant all boast original Inca walls. Sunny courtyards and arched entries add colonial elegance to the hotel’s ambiance. Rooms are modern featuring 24-hour room service, mini-bar, cable TV, individual air conditioning/heater units, and hair dryers. The hotel offers an excellent breakfast and dinner buffet with a variety of entries as well as a la carte options and the café features sandwiches and light meals.

SACRED VALLEY
Designed to promote the allure of nature and the magic of the Sacred Valley, the Sol Y Luna Hotel features 14 bungalows distributed throughout a delightfully landscaped site. Each bungalow is an integration of adobe, wood, stone and clay from the area, resulting in a construction that lives in harmony with nature. Local craftsmen were used in all aspects of building the hotel. The bungalows feature tastefully appointed interior with rustic decor, telephone, king-sized beds, private bath and hot water all day. Each has its own private terrace. The outdoor swimming pool is surrounded by expansive terraces for enjoying the Andean sun or a delicious lunch buffet. The hotel’s restaurant, Killa Wasi, offers a variety of Peruvian dishes as well as international favorites in a cozy atmosphere made even more charming with an open fireplace. The second floor pub, Chicha Wasi, is a great place to relax with a Pisco Sour or tasty Cusquena beer while listening to music or telling tales of your day’s adventures.

MACHU PICCHU
The Inkaterra Machu Picchu Hotel is a unique, ecological hotel situated in 12 private acres of cloud forest above the Urubamba River within Machu Picchu Historical Sanctuary. Featuring 83 spacious, sunlit rooms whose architecture is Spanish colonial with stone archways and red tiled roofs (each room differs slightly). The hotel was built like a typical "Andean village" with guest rooms located in in one or two-storey whitewash cottages distributed throughout the gardens. Stone paths through the natural habitat of the area with fountains and canals flowing with spring water create a special atmosphere and permit visitors to enjoy a relaxing stay in direct contact with nature. The gardens (illuminated at night) feature a little more than 3 miles of ecological paths with several oberseravation points for viewing over 370 native species of orchid, 157 bird species, 108 butterfly species, more than 200 species of trees including native palms, ferns, begonias, fruit trees and medicinal plants. The main house offers a spacious lounge with a fireplace, sofas and a good selection of books. The Mikhuna Wasi Restaurant,"The House of Food" in Quechua, with an outside terrace offering exceptional views of the Urubamba River is the perfect place to enjoy a buffet breakfast or delicious lunch and dinner. The hotel also has a small chapel, a cool water swimming pool (fed by pure mountain spring), boutique, library and media room, a reading room and the Unu Spa which offers Andean sauna, massage room and foot therapy.

UPGRADE OPTIONS
LIMA: Located on the Malecon de la Reserva the Miraflores Park Hotel's 81 suites offer guests the ideal space for work and rest. Ample private bathrooms in marble and granite, comfortable king-size beds, air conditioning and heating system as well as spacious closets, sitting area equipped with the best in communications technology - fax machine, two phone lines, dataport, access to internet and personal computers upon request - as well as a splendid ocean view complete guest amenities. Two restaurants and a bar offer everything from innovative, fresh and creative Peruvian-European cuisine to sandwiches and lighter fare for casual dining. For guests' leisure activities the hotel offers spa service including sauna, massage, facials or a full hair treatment as well as an indoor squash court, gym and rooftop swimming pool.

LIMA: Enjoy a view of the Pacific Ocean against the shoreline at one of Condé Nast Traveler's Top-20 Latin American hotels, the JW Marriott Hotel Lima. This 5-Star facility has prime location near the Larcomar shopping and entertainment center, and all the features you would expect from a luxury property including: Health club & Spa; Swimming pool (Dec-Mar); Casino; Tennis Courts; Business Center including secretarial service and translator; currency exchange; wireless internet in common areas; and concierge service. Rooms are luxury accommodations that feature: spectacular ocean or city views; high-speed internet; individual climate control; luxurious bedding (down comforters, custom duvets, cotton-rich linens); personal safe; mini-bar; cable television; and some Suites include separate Jacuzzi/hot tub.

CUSCO: Built in 1592 on the site of the Inca Amaru Qhala Palace, the original monastery was given the seal of royal approval in 1692 as the San Antonio Abad Seminary and was converted into Cusco’s best and most delightful 5-star hotel in 1995. Only two blocks from Cusco’s main square, the Monasterio Hotel, part of the Orient Express chain, features 109 guest rooms, 12 junior suites, 1 deleuxe suite, 2 royal suites and 3 presidential suites all decorated in a tasteful combination of colonial and modern styles. Guests also have the unique option of oxygen-enriched rooms to help adjust to Cusco’s high altitude. Rooms include multiple telephones, central heating, minibar, personal in-room electronic safe, cable TV, and hair dryer. Laundry and room service are available 24-hours a day. The Illariy Restaurant, adjacent to the main courtyard, is open for lunch and dinner. It is decorated with paintings from the ancient Cuzco seminary and is the ideal place to enjoy a light meal or snack and a gourmet dinner. The charming El Tupay Restaurant features the hotel’s well-known buffet breakfast and Saturday evening Inca Dinners. Set in the original refectory of the ancient monastery the service in this ambiance is warm and friendly. As the Monasterio was originally a seminary, please note that size of rooms may vary.

MACHU PICCHU: Orient Express’ Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge enjoys a unique position at the entrance of the Inca Citadel ruins, at 8,200 feet above sea level. The unequaled location of this upscale 4-star hotel allows guests easy access to the archaeological site, as well as breathtaking scenery and bird watching. Guests enjoy lunch in the self-service cafeteria where they may choose from a wide variety of dishes and enjoy spectacular views of Huanyna Picchu and part of the citadel of Machu Picchu. There is also an indoor dining room where a delicious breakfast buffet and a varied dinner menu featuring international fare are available. The 32 standard double rooms, nine of them with views over the Inca ruins, are well-appointed with private bathroom, cable TV, mini-bar and safety deposit box. Laundry facilities are available.