Where To Stay in Peru: Finding Your Perfect Luxury Hotel in Lima

Exploring Peru is a must-do, but a stop-off in Lima is essential for getting the best sense of the country’s history mixed in with vibrant city life. By day you can choose to hit the beach, explore the pre-Inca ruin Huaca Pucllana or wander the historic city starting from central square Plaza de Armas.


Lima is also home to some of the best luxury hotels in Peru, with the upscale San Isidro and Miraflores neighborhoods scoring particularly highly. So where should you go if you pitch up in Lima, looking for luxury? Here’s our pick of two of the very best places to stay in the capital, whether you’re looking for sleek modern design or a cultural landmark...

Historic grandeur: Country Club Lima Hotel in San Isidro

This is by far one of the country’s most renowned luxury hotels, definitively put on the map by its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Since opening in 1927 it’s been the venue of many a rip-roaring shindig for the well-to-do, and carries that stamp of class and sophistication today in antique-filled interiors, smooth green lawns and absolutely impeccable service. By which we mean, you’re treated with total friendliness and care in an unstuffy environment: there’s none of the hoity-toityness associated with some other high-end hotels.

Another big plus point for Country Club Lima, besides the sense of unique history, is the award-winning restaurant Perroquet, a beautiful setting to tuck in to Peruvian and international cuisine. If you really want to amp up the luxe factor, High Tea in Vitrales lobby bar’s stained glass cupola is the ultimate treat, and a taste of the hotel’s world-famous Pisco Sour cocktail is almost a guest requirement.

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Sleek modern luxury: Miraflores Park Plaza in Miraflores

Perched on the ocean’s edge, Miraflores Park Plaza offers high-ceilinged, cool spaces and sparkling sea and sunset views to the horizon: you could find a better bolthole to take a breath of fresh air. It’s lauded as Lima’s top business destination, and indeed business folk are well taken care of with myriad meeting rooms and dedicated business services staff. However , Miraflores Park Plaza is also a marvellously modern all-rounder. Couples and leisure travelers keep just as happy sipping cocktails in the atmospheric Jekyll & Hyde bar and indulging in a few expert treatments at the Zest Spa.

Miraflores itself is a buzzy and accessible location, known for its stretches of manicured parkland and commercial centres. Quite simply, you can eat out, do your shopping and have a business meeting all within a short stroll from your luxury hotel: now that’s a winner.

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