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Cusco Travel Guide
Where to eat
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Alma, cocina viva (Casa Andina Private Collection – Cusco): One of the most elegant restaurants in Cusco, sprawling across 4 colonial rooms, decorated with dripping candelabras, wrought-iron chandeliers, and Cusco School colonial paintings. The menu, by Chef Teddy Bournocle, emphasizes creative Novo Cusqueña fare.
o Recommended dish: Chicken breast, “charcoal”, green peas compote and chicha de jora sauce
o Address: Plazoleta de Limacpampa Chico 473. Tel: (084) 232-610
o Website: www.casa-andina.com/almacusco |
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Cicciolina: Chic and stylish, with a design nod to Tuscany, serving creative tapas in the bar and upscale Mediterranean and Asian-inflected dishes in the dining room in back.
o Recommended dish: Polenta with marcaspone and Bolognese sauce
o Address: Triunfo 393, 2nd floor. Tel: (084) 239-510
o Website: www.cicciolinacuzco.com |
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MAP Café: In a minimalist glass box, in the middle of the colonial patio of the Museum of Pre-Columbian Art, this elegant restaurant serves a good-value, 4-course, prix fixe menu at dinner.
o Recommended dish: Guinea pig confit
o Address: Plaza Nazarenas 231. Tel: (084) 242-476
o Website: www.cuscorestaurants.com/mapcafe.htm |
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Pachapapa: An easygoing quinta serving Andean standards in a courtyard setting across from the church in San Blas, perfect for lunch.
o Recommended dish: Lomo Saltado Don Lucho and excellent pizzas
o Address: Plazoleta San Blas 120. Tel: (084) 241-318
o Website: www.cuscorestaurants.com/pachapapa.htm |
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Inkagrill: A longtime favorite in Cusco, in a modern, relaxed space right on the Plaza de Armas, serving novo Andina (modern Andean) dishes.
o Recommended dish: Alpaca Tupac Turín with a napoleon of quinoa and ratatouille
o Address: Portal de panes 115, Plaza de Armas. Tel: (084) 262-992
o Website: www.cuscorestaurants.com/inkagrill.htm |
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Incanto: A new restaurant just steps from the Plaza de Armas, this large, inviting space features a stunning original Inca wall and well-prepared Andean specialties, as well as pizzas from a wood-burning oven.
o Recommended dish: Ossobucco with papardelle in a butter sauce
o Address: Santa Catalina Angosta 135. Tel: (084) 254-753
o Website: www.cuscorestaurants.com/incanto.htm |
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Other restaurants worth visiting include: Greens (Santa Catalina Angosta 135, 2nd floor; Tel: (084) 243-579), great for vegetarians and fans of Asian and Thai cooking; Granja Heidi (Custa San Blas 525; Tel. (084) 238-383), a charming, inexpensive second-floor café with some German-influenced dishes, as well as an excellent seco de cordero (dried lamb) and superb desserts and pastries; and La Retama (Portal de Panes 123/Plaza de Armas, Tel. (084) 226-372), a traditional Cusco restaurant with a criollo buffet, music show and the best views of the Plaza de Armas. Jack’s Café Bar (Choquechaca 509; Tel. (084) 806-960), a casual hangout, is hugely popular with young tourists for its breakfasts, fresh salads, sandwiches and juices. |
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| QUICK LINKS |
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| Casa Andina Hotels in Cusco |
| Casa Andina Activities in Cusco |
| Valle Sagrado Travel Guide |
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More than 15 years of publications, including 220 books and guides about Peru and its environment. |
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More than 15 years of publications, including 220 books and guides about Peru and its environment, five encyclopedias and more than 1,000 articles in magazines in Peru and abroad. He is considered the most prolific publisher on ecological topics in the country in the last decade. Forest engineer, journalist, publisher, professional photographer and analyst of environmental topics, Wust is the only Peruvian to publish five articles in National Geographic magazine. Currently he is the director of Wust Ediciones. |
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Ten years crisscrossing Peru, producing 240 TV programs on diverse topics. |
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Ten years crisscrossing Peru, producing 240 TV programs on diverse topics. A journalist and writer, for nearly a decade he has directed and hosted the TV program Tiempo de Viaje, in which he travels throughout Peru (and occasionally other countries), documenting natural, historical and human scenes infrequently visited by conventional tourism. His perspective is not that of a tourist, but of a traveler, who immerses himself in what he finds and shies away from nothing in his reporting. He is also the author and/or publisher of an extensive series of books about Peruvian culture. |
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The author of 15 travel guides to cities and countries around the world, including 4 editions of Frommer’s Peru. |
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The author of 15 travel guides to cities and countries around the world, including 4 editions of Frommer’s Peru, and articles on subjects ranging from the travel industry to food and wine. A travel writer, journalist and photographer, Schlecht first traveled to Peru and trekked to Machu Picchu as a student in 1983, and he has returned repeatedly to Peru over the last two decades. He has also been a consultant on international development projects for the European Union and USAID, as well as a correspondent for a Spanish art magazine. |
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With nearly 15 years of travel experience, and having lived in different places in Peru. |
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With nearly 15 years of travel experience, and having lived in different places in Peru. Agronomist, theologist, and holding an M.A in Amazonian anthropology. He’s lived 7 years with the Aguarunan people of Alto Marañon; also in Huanchaco (Trujillo), Urubamba (Cusco), and Madre de Dios. Consultant in tourism, collaborator for several media resources and professor of Sustainable Tourism Diploma at Ruiz de Montoya University. |
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