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( 40-5728;
www.posadadelmonasterio.com.pe
;
Santa Catalina 300; s/d/tr incl buffet
breakfast from S160/205/260; )
On a prime pedestrian corner, this hotel grace-
fully inhabits an architecturally mix-and-match building combining the best of the Old
and New Worlds, especially popular with European tour groups. The comfortable modern
rooms here have all the expected facilities. From the rooftop terrace you can peer into the
Santa Catalina convent across the street.
Posada Nueva España $$
( 25-2941;
www.nuespana.com
; Antiquilla 106, Yanahuara; s/d/tr incl breakfast S75/
100/125; )
This distinguished 19th-century colonial house has just more than a dozen
rooms with solar hot showers. It's in the quaint suburb of Yanahuara; call for free pickups.
Spanish, French, German and English are spoken.
HOTEL
Hostal El Descanso del Fundador $
( 20-2341;
www.eldescansodelfundador.com
; Jerusalén 605; s/d S70/80; )
In a
charming, pale-blue house on the cusp of the colonial core, this old mansion has a more
classical feel than the heavier baroque abodes further south. Rooms are a little past their
refurb date, but service is cute and helpful.
HOTEL
Eating
Hunker down. If you want to truly 'get' Arequipa, you've got some serious food sampling
to enjoy. Start with the basics:
rocoto relleno
(stuffed spicy red peppers) and
chupe de ca-
marones
(prawn chowder) and work up to the stuff you'll never find east of the Amazon
(at least on a dinner plate) - guinea pig, anyone? Trendy upscale restaurants line Calle San
Francisco north of the Plaza de Armas, while touristy outdoor cafes huddle together on
Pasaje Catedral behind the cathedral.
Zingaro $$
(
www.zingaro-restaurante.com
;
San Francisco 309; mains S25-45; noon-11pm Mon-
Sat)
In an old
sillar
building with wooden balconies, stained glass and a resident pianist,
culinary legends are made. Zingaro has taken on Zig Zag and Chicha as a font of gastro-
nomic innovation, meaning it's an ideal place to try out
nouveau
renditions of Peruvian
standards including alpaca ribs, ceviche, or perhaps your first
cuy
(guinea pig). Two doors
PERUVIAN, PARRILLA
