Country Club Lima

Built in 1927 and completely refurbished by 1998, this deluxe hacienda-style hotel is Lima's most unique and lovely.

Immortalized in Alfredo Bryce's renowned novel A world for Julius, the Country Club is fascinating and sparkling as ever, although it isn't anymore the focal point of Lima's social life as it was during the 50s and 60s, when posh kids used to swarm around the swimming pool and the most influential men congregated in the ballroom dressed in their finest dinner-jackets.

The refined 75 rooms and suites are decorated with antique furnishings and colonial paintings on loan from the prominent Pedro de Osma museum, besides featuring marble bathrooms, plenty workspace, and all the modern services. Moreover, some rooms have great views over the adjacent Lima Golf Club, while others comprise balconies overlooking the hotel's pool and gardens.

The Perroquet restaurant serves international and traditional Criollo fare, and stages live music on Fridays and Saturdays. At Los Vitrales lobby bar, instead, coffee and cocktails are served to the accompaniment of live piano music (Mondays through Fridays from 5pm to 8pm). There is also an English Bar, open until 1am. Rates are more than fair considering the hotel's grandeur and overall experience.

Room services: air conditioning, minibar, in-room safes, iron and ironing board, cable TV, multi-line telephones.

Hotel services: 24-hour room service, laundry, safe deposit, computer facilities, 24-hour high-speed Internet access, swimming pool, business facilities, sauna, whirlpool, car-rental, pets allowed, fitness club, free parking, no smoking rooms and handicapped accessible rooms available.

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Rates double $99-139, governor's suite $189-219, presidential suite $425

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