Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Roger Jara
(rogerjaraalmiron@hotmail.com)
Guided trips to all of the attractions listed above, as
well as remnant virgin jungle near Quillabamba. Roger can also guide you through the
area's big draws, Pongo de Mainique and Vilcabamba. He speaks some English.
GUIDED TOUR
Sleeping
There are many cheap, cold-water hostels around the Plaza de Armas and the Mercado.
Hostal Don Carlos $$
( 28-1150;
www.hostaldoncarlosquillabamba.com
; Jirón Libertad 556; s/d/tr S75/110/
120; )
With an onsite cafe, this colonial-style hotel features bright, ample rooms
around a sunny interior courtyard. Rooms have hot showers and frigobars. It's half a block
from the Plaza de Armas.
HOTEL
Hostal Alto Urubamba $
( 28-1131; altourubamba@gmail.com; 2 de Mayo 333; s/d/tr S45/75/85, s/d/tr without
bathroom S20/30/40)
Clean, comfortable-enough rooms with fans encircle a sunny court-
yard in this dementedly noisy, long-established traveler favorite.
HOTEL
Eating & Drinking
Looking at the
heladerías
(ice-cream shops) on every corner, you could be forgiven for
assuming that locals subsist on ice cream. Given the shortage of alternatives, you could be
forgiven for doing the same.
Pizzería Alamos $
(Espinar s/n; pizzas from S10; 7am-11pm Mon-Sat, 3-11pm Sun)
No other place in
town is quite so kind to foreign tourists. Staffed by enthusiastic youth, this restaurant fires
up pizzas that are big enough to feed an army of Inca warriors, and the open-air courtyard
bar is a local hangout after dark.
PIZZERIA
Heladería la Esquina $
(cnr Espinar & Libertad; sandwiches from S3; 8am-11pm Mon-Sat)
This retro cafe
serves up delicious juices, cakes, ice cream and fast-food snacks. Service is grouchy, but
the 1950s-diner decor makes up for that.
ICE CREAM
