We stayed here for a few nights before and after a short break away at Machu Pichu (and Agues Calientes).
The lobby area is very impressive - a colonial style 3 or 4 tiered balcony surrounded internal courtyard. Our room was abolsutely fine. I've read reviews about people complaining about the noise, but we didn't suffer from this. It's a hotel, with a unique style, with flagstone floors, so if someone is wheeling a suitcase across it, it will make a noise. But the flagstone floor helps make the ambiance of the hotel. We slept just fine.
The staff were a great help and we found them to be as friednly as everywhere else we stayed in Peru (ie very).
It's located a little bit of a walk to the centre - we stuck to 3 tried and tested routes. The obvious route is a bit bland, but by taking a couple of side streets you see so much more culture and it's more interesting. Don't recall it taking long to get to the central square at all -maybe 5 mins?
Our rooms were good (allocated a different one on return from Machu Pichu) - nicely decorated. Not massive, but a good, comfortable size and we loved the decor.
Breakfast was very nice in a lovely room. In fact, the hotel is full of very interesting, and old looking (possibly genuine I've no idea) old artifacts and pictures and style. It oozed style from a by-gone era. We loved it.
We'd definitely stay here again if we return to Cusco and would reocmmend it to friends. If you like spotless, formulaic, sterile places to stay, then I'm sure you'll find these places elsewhere in Cusco. If you want to stay somewhere with a unique style and je ne sais qoi, and offering good value for money, then look no further.
Oh and we'll also remember it as the place we watched Prince William and Kate Middleton get married, live on the TV.
- Munay Wasi Hotel
