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Palacio del Inka, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Cusco
Cusco, Peru · The Luxury Collection · High Luxury
Palacio del Inka occupies a 500-year-old colonial mansion directly across from Qoricancha, the Inca empire's Temple of the Sun, with some rooms overlooking Kusicancha, the complex believed to have supplied Qoricancha's ritual objects.
- 203 rooms
- Opened 1520
- Neighborhood: Centro Histórico / Santo Domingo
- Rooms from 248 sq ft (23 m²)
About Palacio del Inka, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Cusco
- The hotel sits inside a 500-year-old mansion, directly facing Qoricancha, the Temple of the Sun at the heart of the Inca empire's most sacred complex.
- Some rooms look onto Kusicancha, the site believed to have produced the ceramics, textiles, and ritual objects used in Qoricancha's ceremonies.
- Inti Raymi, the on-site restaurant, keeps a wine list curated by a master sommelier.
- Andes Spirit Spa runs Cusco's only full thermal circuit.
- The property is a five-minute walk from Cusco's main square, shops, and museums.
History
The solar northwest of Qoricancha, the Inca Temple of the Sun, sat on Intipampa, the plaza of the sun. Local legend, labelled as such, makes it a palace of Pachacuti. The atlas dates surviving fabric to 1520. When the Spanish entered Cusco in 1533 the lot went to Gonzalo Pizarro, who later sold it to Juan de Salas y Valdés, conquistador's son, alcalde, and builder of the two-storey Casa de los Cuatro Bustos on Inca walls, with stone arches over the old masonry. The four busts on the San Agustín lintel, Salas, his wife, son, and daughter-in-law, are early 1600s Renaissance carving.
Salas descendants left during the Túpac Amaru II rebellion of 1780. In 1950 the republic used the house as the Viceroyal Museum of Cusco. Supreme Resolution 207 of 1 March 1967 moved the Regional Historical Museum to the Casa de Garcilaso. Hoteles Libertador took the mansion in 1976.
Starwood's Luxury Collection folded it in after a remodel reported at 15 million dollars around 2013; the hotel file dates the Luxury Collection flag from 2010. Inti Raymi and Andes Spirit Spa sit in a colonial casona that still faces Santo Domingo's church on the temple of the sun.
The setting
5-minute walk to Plaza de Armas square. 2 km from Sacred Valley ruins.
Amenities
- Spa
- Indoor pool
- Sauna
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Recommended (2026)
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