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Machu Picchu, next to the ruins Phone 51 84 21 1039/38 Fax 51 84 21 1053 Email info@peruorientexpress.com.pe Rates Single $474 Double $567 Suite $768
The only hotel next to the ruins, the
Sanctuary Lodge occupies the same structure built in
the 70s by the Peruvian government as a provisional
guest house for showing Machu Picchu to excellent visitors
and tourists.
Owned by Orient Express (the same as
Monasterio
Hotel in Cusco), the lodge was refurbished and upgraded
to a deluxe category in 2001.
Photo courtesy: Orient
Express
Although the lodge is inevitably seen by many as an
intrusion, it's far from being disruptive: actually,
you cannot see it from the ruins.
The Sanctuary Lodge has 32 standard double rooms and
one suite, all of which have such a high demand year
round that it's fundamental to make reservations well
in advance. Nine of the rooms have terraces with breathtaking
views of the ruins of Machu Picchu and the Sacred Mountain.
The hotel has two restaurants: Tinkuy Restaurant Buffet,
offering a daily lunch buffet which is open to the general
public; and Tampu Bar Restaurant, a stylish restaurant
with a modern Andean-style decoration, and an exclusive
local and international cuisine.
The Sanctuary Lodge unique setting has an obvious downturn:
it's utterly expensive. The rooms are comfortable and
nicely equipped (telephone, Cable TV, Minibar), but
the price outmatches any of this -yes, it's the setting
you're paying for. However, sunrises and full moon nights
over Machu Picchu are undoubtedly worth it.