Palacio Nazarenas

Cusco, Peru. Located on a small square in the heart of Cusco, close to the Plaza de Armas and the cathedral.

Palacio NazarenasCusco, Peru

Compare rates for your dates: Expedia Hotels.com

Practical information

55 oxygen-enriched suites, some with Inca-style niches, brick arches or painted ceilings.
Mauka, the Andean restaurant led by chef Pía León, and Senzo Bar for pisco cocktails.
Heated outdoor pool, the first in Cusco, Hypnôze Spa, chapel, library and gardens.
Located on a small square in the heart of Cusco, close to the Plaza de Armas and the cathedral.

11 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

Mid-1500s
A private house rises on the site of an Inca building, reusing its stones; owners include the soldier and gambler Mancio Serra de Leguizamón.
1644
The Jesuits acquire the property and turn it into a school.
1650
A devastating earthquake strikes Cusco and the building needs extensive repairs.
1715
It becomes a beaterio, a convent for nuns from native aristocratic families, who sell marzipan through a turntable still seen at the entrance.
1876
A girls’ boarding school and a school for young women of modest means open within the convent.
1961
The Nazarene nuns merge into the Carmelite order and their numbers decline.
1977
The last nuns leave; the building is leased to the government agency Plan Copesco for restoration.
1999
The lease passes to Orient-Express Hotels, two years after Plan Copesco’s departure.
2012
After a complex restoration, it opens as Palacio Nazarenas, with Cusco’s first outdoor swimming pool.
2014
Orient-Express becomes Belmond and the hotel is renamed Belmond Palacio Nazarenas.
2020
Belmond announces the official reopening of the hotel, together with Belmond Hotel Rio Sagrado.