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Published: June 22nd 2017
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Hotel Aranwa
The hotel is a heritage-listed, 400 year-old converted mansion. It boasts an "intelligent oxygen" system that introduces oxygen to the room to counter the effects of altitude. I'm not convinced that it's not simply marketing - the effects are imperceptible. Our heritage room is windowless (yikes!) but the bathroom is the most modern opulence we have seen in a hotel bathroom. Geo: -13.52, -71.99
LAN 767-300 to Lima, then a three-hour connection for a LAN A320 to Cusco, landing at 1535 (two hours behind Argentina). Cusco's elevation is 3,400m (11,150ft) so we'll need to adjust to the altitude. Machu Picchu is at 8,000ft and Puno, on the shores of Lake Titicaca, is the highest at 12,500ft. Cusco was the Incan capital until conquered and plundered by Pizzaro in the 1530s. Today the population is a little under 450,000 and Cusco is recognised as Peru's Historical Capital.
It was rainy and bleak on Sat. We borrowed umbrellas from the hotel and walked around the shops and had a happy hour Pisco Sour cocktail. After a light room-service snack we went to bed early and wrestled to adjust with the two-hour time difference.
On Sun we had a quiet morning of acclimatising and a city tour in the afternoon.
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