Hotel Cajamarca — Hotel in Cajamarca

Stayed for one night as part of a three-week birding trip to North Peru.||This is a beautiful old hotel with carved wooden doors and panelling and a fountain in the centre of a comfortable communal area. The room was pleasant with thick, firm mattresses and good quality bedding. The shower heat was good and the flow reasonable. There was also hot water in the basin.||The staff were all very friendly and we enjoyed a lovely brandy-based welcome drink at the bar (although service was a bit slow). Our evening meals were all good and included trout in garlic sauce, chicken and spag' bol'. The buffet breakfast was of equal quality and included lovely rolls, good coffee, fruit and cheese etc.||WiFi was good.||The location is excellent, close to the central square in the historical area. ||The price for al this was pretty reasonable....

The rooms in the hotel vary widely in space, light and cleanliness. We looked at about 5 rooms and finally found one we wanted to stay in. We found out about an hour later that the room was not going to be available after all. While we waited we decided to have breakfast at Hotel Cajamarca. Continental breakfast was a fiasco. They brought us soda crackers and cheese. We kept waiting for more food. Finally we asked the hotel receptionist if is this was all there was to continental breakfast. She said no and scurried around and brought us some olives, another waiter brought us juice and yet another waiter brought us tea. That was all that they served us. My guess is that they completely forgot about us. I doubt we...

This hotel is in a good location very close to the plaza. The interior, enclosed open patio is very nice and we saw people having lunch there. There are no elevators. The rooms are average but have few amenities ( no hair dryer, one towel per person, no extra towel for stepping out of the shower), no heater and it is cool at 7000+ feet. Bed is ok and has a thick comforter. Not much insulation in the rooms means you hear people talking outside the rooms. A breakfast buffet is included ( did not have breakfast so can’t say how good it is). I fell that at $74 dollars per room the price is a bit high, but this is probably due to the touristy nature...