This classic Spanish-style property welcomes you with a lobby/reception area combining stone floors, wood-paneled walls and white stucco columns, tastefully lighted. Instead of overwhelming arriving guests, it whispers: ‘Bienvenido.’ It’s reached via a short, narrow street that tour buses can’t enter --- a plus if you’ve ever had one roaring underneath your window early in the morning.

My own room did face a busy street, but noise was only a minor problem. The room was comfortably and tastefully furnished and more spacious than in many European-style hotels.

Unfortunately, the heating system was overwhelmed by what residents called ‘the coldest August within memory’ --- but that seemed to be the case throughout Andean Peru that so-called Spring. Restaurant dinner hours were later than I prefer, but there were many other restaurants nearby.

Libertador is a chain with hotels in several Peruvian cities. This review is somewhat biased because management at another Libertador hotel went to great lengths --- at no charge --- to help me through a potentially-serious bout of altitude sickness. I stayed at Libertador hotels in Cuzco, Puno and Arequipa. They’re quality hotels run by quality people.

The price range above was only guess --- I was on a prepaid group tour rate.