Cheap hotels in Cusco
Cusco, the former Inca capital, sits high in the Andes with a beautiful colonial center built on Inca foundations. Most visitors stay a few nights before heading to Machu Picchu.
Cusco, the former Inca capital, sits high in the Andes with a beautiful colonial center built on Inca foundations. Most visitors stay a few nights before heading to Machu Picchu.
Finding cheap rooms in Cusco is easier when you know where to look. We compare live hotel rates across the top booking sites and point you to the neighborhoods where hotels are cheap but the location is still great.
Cusco is the gateway to Machu Picchu, with trains to Aguas Calientes leaving from nearby Poroy and Ollantaytambo.
Walk to the cathedral, museums and restaurants.
An artsy hillside neighborhood with guesthouses and views.
Lower altitude and quiet — handy for trains to Machu Picchu.
Convenient for early flights.
A luxury hotel in a former 16th-century monastery.
Check rates at Belmond Hotel MonasterioZoom and pan the map to compare hotel prices by neighborhood; rates come live from the booking sites.
May–September is the dry season and busiest; the rainy season runs December–March.
Cusco sits at about 11,000 feet; rest, drink water and consider starting in the lower Sacred Valley.
The Historic Center or San Blas are the most convenient.
Take a train from Poroy or Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes, then a bus up to the site.