Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The best hotels tend to be booked up on Friday and Saturday, and on major festivals
such as San Juan. The busiest season is from May to September, when prices may rise
slightly.
Most budget hotels have bathrooms and fans unless otherwise indicated; midrange
places have air-con and private bathroom, normally with hot water. Walk-in rates for
standard rooms are given here; holiday rates may be higher.
La Casa Fitzcarraldo $$
( 60-1138/39;
http://lacasafitzcarraldo.com
; Av La Marina 2153; r
S180-350; )
Sequestered within a serene walled garden away from the city chaos,
this is the most interesting accommodation option. The house takes its title from Werner
Herzog's film − Herzog and co stayed here during the filming of
Fitzcarraldo
(
Click here
). Stay in the mahogany-floored Mick Jagger room, the luxuriantly green Klaus Kinski
suite or five other individually designed rooms. There is a tree house (with wi-fi!), a
lovely swimming pool (nonresidents S5) and a huge breakfast included in the price, as
well as a bar- restaurant , minicinema and several four-legged residents to check out.
GUESTHOUSE
Casa Morey $$$
( 23-1913;
www.casamorey.com
; Loreto 200; s/d incl breakfast S155/260; )
This former mansion of the rubber baron Luis F Morey dates from 1910 and has been ren-
ovated to its former elegance, with 14 suites each large enough to house a fair few hotels
in their entirety. There are plenty of original
azulejos,
voluminous bathrooms with baths,
river views, a courtyard with a small pool, a library with a stupendous collection of
Amazon-related literature and a grandiose dining area (though the tiling here isn't origin-
al) to enjoy breakfast in.
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
Camiri $
( 965-982-854; marcelbendayan@hotmail.com; end of Pevas cuadra 1; dm/d S30/100)
For a memorable dose of relaxed, rustic Iquitos living, come to crash at this floating
hostel-bar, accessed by boardwalks over the river. Dorms sleep either six or 10. River
views are exquisite and the owner is a mine of intriguing information. After a recent ex-
pansion, the bar has to be the most atmospheric place for a riverside drink in Iquitos.
Nights can get pretty wild. Camiri now also has a jungle lodge, llaquipayay, in the
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