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Sonesta Hotel Yucay -Valle Sagrado
Yucay, Peru · Sonesta · Accessible Luxury
Nuns of Santa Catalina de Sena kept a convent on this ground in Yucay until the eighteenth century, and Sonesta Posadas del Inca still occupies that monastery, chapel included. A hotelier bought the property in 1976 and opened 17 rooms in March 1978. Posadas del Inca took over in 1995. The house now counts 118 rooms among cobbled paths, gardens, and views onto Inca platforms, five minutes from Urubamba. The chapel still hosts weddings. INKAFE and La Dispensa cook on the grounds.
- 118 rooms
- Opened 1978
About Sonesta Hotel Yucay -Valle Sagrado
- The hotel stands on a convent of Santa Catalina de Sena. Nuns from Cusco kept it until the eighteenth century, then sold and returned to the city.
- A hotelier bought the property in 1976 and opened a 17-room hostel in March 1978. Posadas del Inca acquired it in 1995, then with 67 rooms.
- Sonesta Posadas del Inca Yucay now counts 118 rooms, with cobbled paths and views onto the Inca platforms.
- The chapel in the gardens still hosts weddings, baptisms, and masses. INKAFE and La Dispensa Trattoria cook on the property.
History
Sonesta Posadas del Inca Yucay occupies a former convent in the town of Yucay, five minutes from Urubamba. Nuns of the order of Santa Catalina de Sena came from Cusco in the sixteenth century and later sold the house in the eighteenth century, returning to their convent in the city. The hotel presents the surviving monastery as eighteenth-century work, chapel included. A hotelier bought the property in 1976 and opened 17 rooms in March 1978. Posadas del Inca bought it in 1995, then with 67 rooms. The current official count is 118 rooms, with gardens, cobbled paths, and views onto Inca agricultural platforms. INKAFE and La Dispensa Trattoria are the restaurants. The palace of Sayri Tupac is a separate archaeological site in the same town.
Restaurants and bars
- INKAFE — Restaurant · Peruvian
- La Dispensa Trattoria — Restaurant · Italian
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