Sumaq Machu Picchu Hotel

Description:

• The newest upscale hotel in Aguas Calientes is perfect for someone who wants the comfort and services of Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel but at a more accessible cost. A sprawling, cantilevered structure -- with stonework designed to echo Inca masonry -- near the river and a 10-minute walk from the train station, it offers spacious tiled-floor rooms with excellent bedding, soft linens, and Andean motifs in bathrooms and on the headboards. Many rooms have small balconies. Guests who are beat from scaling Machu Picchu will revel in the full-service on-premises Aqlla spa, where they can pick up a relaxing massage or indulge in the steam sauna. The restaurant terrace, with views of the surrounding mountains, is a good spot to celebrate making it to Machu Picchu.

• © Frommer's 2012

Awards:

Frommer's

•  Recommended 2010