{"product_id":"monasterio-a-belmond-hotel-cusco","title":"Monasterio, A Belmond Hotel, Cusco","description":"\u003cp\u003eMonasterio sits in Cusco's Centro Histórico, occupying a baroque monastery founded in 1595 on the foundations of an Inca palace — the original stonework is still visible in the walls. The hotel is twenty minutes by road from Alejandro Velasco Astete Airport, and the central square is on the doorstep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe building holds ninety-seven rooms and twenty suites arranged around cloistered courtyards. Because Cusco sits at high altitude, many suites and some rooms can be enriched with supplemental oxygen to help with acclimatisation; the suites range from thirty-one to seventy-one square metres. Rooms vary in size and character — each is distinct, and the décor draws on the hotel's collection of Cusco School art, a tradition of colonial-era Andean religious painting that fills the corridors and chapels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the centre of the main courtyard stands a three-hundred-year-old Andean cedar, said to be the last of its kind in Cusco. An ornate baroque chapel within the walls is available for ceremonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two restaurants take different approaches: Oqre, in the cloisters overlooking the courtyard, serves Peruvian cooking built around native potatoes, paiche fish, loche squash, and Peruvian lamb; El Tupay is an international fine-dining room set under stone arches with live opera. The Oqre Bar is in the lobby. Cooking classes and an Andean spirits tasting are among the additional dining experiences offered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor onward travel, Poroy train station — the departure point for trains toward Machu Picchu — is forty minutes by road.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wetu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43805837066299,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/6776\/2747\/files\/27096mon-ext-292jpg_75fc3513-f1ea-4c86-81de-6f20d0533e8b.webp?v=1784329452","url":"https:\/\/plekify.com\/products\/monasterio-a-belmond-hotel-cusco","provider":"Plekify","version":"1.0","type":"link"}