Location

Casa Cartagena Cusco Boutique Hotel is located in the historic center, Calle Pumacurco # 336, 200 meters from Cusco’s Plaza Mayor (Main Square).

Cusco was declared a World Heritage Site by the Unesco

Casa Cartagena was built in an urban area exclusive to Inca Nobility; nowadays this area is still one of the most important and quiet in the city. Shops, restaurants, city attractions as well as typical cobblestone streets that represent a city with Spanish and Inca influences surround the hotel.

Tourist Attractions

The Pre-Columbian Museum of Art (also known by its acronym MAP) dedicated to the display of archaelogical artifacts and examples of Pre-columbian artwork drawn from all regions of Pre-Columbian Peru is located few meters away from the hotel.

You’ll find the The Inka museum, also known as the Archaeological Museum of Cusco which  contains artifacts that trace Peruvian history from pre-Inca civilizations and Inca culture to the impact of the Conquest and colonial times on these native cultures on the way to the Cathedral,  the Iglesia La Compañía de Jesús (Church of the Society of Jesus)  and the Plaza Mayor (Cusco’s Main Square) .

Other attractions such as The Korikancha or Temple of the Sun and the Museum of Religious Art are located close to the Plaza Mayor.

Sacsayhuaman, (also called Saqsaywaman, which means Satisfied Falcon in Quechua) is one of the most imposing architectonic complexes inherited from the Inca Society and the site of a portion of Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun. It is located Within a 15 minute walking distancefrom the hotel.

Located within a 5-minute walk, the Artisan neighborhood of San Blas, which rises into the hills above Cusco is characterized by steep cobblestone alleys that offer spectacular views of the city. You’ll find studios and workshops of artists and artisans was well as art galleries, ceramic shops and jewelry stores.