We stayed 3 nights. The room was very clean and the shower had hot water. We paid additional Soles to have breakfast in the garden each morning. The second floor room had big windows with a view of the flower filled garden. Everyone at the hospedaje was very nice from the children to the adults. The collectivos stop two blocks away and the bus station is within walking distance.

Los Jardines is strategically located in a small city called Urubamba just between Cusco and Ollantaytambo, therefore allowing you to either go south and do all the sightseeing in Cusco (1hr 50min) passing first through Chinchero (1hr), popular because of its craft fair, or head west to Ollanta (45 min) and take one of the trains departing to Machupicchu without the rush of traveling all the way from Cusco or having to pay an overpriced stay in Ollantaytambo. The charge per night/ per room, not per person, in this hotel is just $24.00!

Sleeping in this town also allows you to get used to the altitude. Urubamba is definetly not as high above sea level as Cusco, I don't know exact numbers at the top of my head, but my boyfriend was first hand witness; as soon as we stepped off the plane the "soroche" (high-sickeness) symptoms began, so we just rushed to the hotel in Urubamba. Whatever it was, the couple hundred less masl allowed him to make it through the night.

Raul, the owner of Los Jardines, and his mother were extremely friendly with us. The first night we got to the hotel they notice my boyfriend's condition and didn't hasitate to offer their help with anything I and specially he could need. He helped us with our luggage and came up stairs with us to the room to check on everything. He broght extra towels, extra pillows, and made sure that the hot water was running, crucial if you want to take a shower in the Andes where the water is freezing cold. He even arranged for a taxi driver to pick us up the next morning to catch the first train to Macchupichu and only charged 30 soles!

In conclusion, the price is totally affortable, the rooms are very clean and nice, the staff is super kind, trustworthy, and would go out of their way to help you... and at last, but not least, the view out of the rooms of the second floor is so beautiful, wich reminds me that there is virtually no noise around the hotel..., another great feature ^.^

My cousin and I stayed here for 5 nights in Sept. Walking distance to town, clean rooms, hot water and a wonderful bunch of people. Raul and his mother who own the hospedaje were so helpful when we were chasing up our lost luggage with LAN. The staff were extremely friendly and always willing to help with anything. The garden was great to relax in, lots of flowers and birds. 2 negatives: the rooster next door is an early riser!!! and the beds were somewhat hard! other than that we had a great stay and were given a send off like no other, felt like our family. Thanks for a great experience.

A friend of mine and I went to Peru in March 2008 to see a bit of the country. We stayed for a week in Los Jardines and it was the most wonderful place I have ever been to. The staff are so helpful and nice - whatever we needed, they made sure we got it. The breakfast is fantastic - the weather was really nice while we were there so we got to have breakfast outside in the beautiful garden every morning with hummingbirds zooming about the place. We shared an appartment (3 beds and a bathroom); they were very clean, and so was the bathroom.
Another great feature of Los Jardines is its location - it's about an hour away from Cusco; half an hour in the other direction was Ollantaytambo where there is also a train station; the train leaving from Ollantaytambo heads right to Machu Picchu (we got our tickets and everything from Michael, a friend of the owners of the posada).
I can only say it again: GO THERE! You'll have the most awesome stay you can imagine.