Built as a monastery in 1952 on the foundations of Inca Amaru Qhala’s palace. Monks cells converted into glamorous suites and an astonishing baroque chapel. Described as the best hotel in South America by travel magazine Condé Nast Traveller.

"THE MINUTE YOU WALK INTO THIS HOTEL, YOU KNOW IT´S IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE. Set in a restored convent, The Monasterio is indisputably Cuzco´s most beautiful hotel, with stunning public areas and over 100 surrounding two colonial courtyards. It has an excellent restaurant and everything expected of the staggering price tag."

"One of Peru's loveliest hotels is in the restored 1592 monastery of San Antonio Abad, a national historic monument. Planners managed to retain the austere beauty of the complex -- the lodging even counts the original chapel and its collection of Cusqueño art -- and kept rooms simple and elegant with a mix of colonial and modern furnishings ... Eighty rooms can be pressurized much like an airplane cabin to duplicate conditions of those 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) lower than Cusco, the only such hotel system in the world,... "

"Cusco's premier hotel, in one of the city's finest colonial buildings, with all the five-star trimmings."

"This 5-star, beautifully restored Seminary of San Antonio Abad is central and quite simply the best hotel in town."