Sits next to one of the city’s largest and prettiest parks, yet is still only a 15-minute walk to the Plaza de Armas. The rose-colored, colonial-style building has a grand lobby with elegant details carried throughout the building. Large rooms are decorated in colonial style with dark wood furniture, deep red carpets, and huge bathrooms with tubs. The big outdoor pool is surrounded by gardens and a playground. The Sunday buffet is served poolside and is excellent.

The open colonial patios make for a wonderful place to sit with an afternoon coffee and a good book. Rooms are spacious, with warm down comforters and wireless Internet access. An on-site museum and gourmet restaurants round out the hotel´s offerings.

Has a stunning location right on the Plaza de Armas. There is a rooftop terrace with a small pool, lunch served on a terrace over the square itself (the remaining rooms look into a modern, interior courtyard). Rooms have air-conditioning, fridge, cable TV, and a safety deposit box.

Is a completely remodeled modern hotel that stands out for the bright red-and-orange blocks designing its façade. Though completely uncolonial, Casa Andina is comfortable. Its 94 rooms have security boxes, cable TV, and comfy beds, and many have tubs.

The modern, blocky exterior doesn´t jibe with the architecture of the rooms, which attempt to mimic the local colonial construction. However, the sheer size of the 43 rooms and their amenities make up for it: Each room has a small patio, cable TV, phones, large bathrooms, and easy access to a grassy lawn with a small pool and good views of Misty.

Worth every dollar is this picturesque colonial hotel with a flower- bedecked courtyard, light and quiet rooms (with minibar), carefully chosen antiques, a sunny terrace and a lounge. Some rooms suffer from street noise, so request one in the back. Apartment style suites on the upper floors have stellar city views.

On a prime pedestrian corner, this hotel gracefully 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 there are fine views of the Santa Catalina convent across the street.

Located in the heart of the city of Arequipa Across the street from the Santa Catalina Monastery, 2.5 blocks from the main square in the heart of the historic colonial district.