Hotel Casa Sur Ica — Hotel in Ica

I'm currently staying in the Casa Sur Hotel (Nov 2011) and I can honestly say it's fantastic. At $60 per night it offers much better value for money than the Las Dunas hotel up the road. ||OK, lets be clear, this is not a resort hotel like Las Dunas but it does have a lovely small pool at the back of the hotel and a gym. This hotel is ideal for anyone staying on business.||||Free Wi-fi is available throughout the hotel, in the rooms and in the restaurant/bar.||||The food I had every day was excellent, very typical Peruvian dishes. The restaurant offers a "menu of the day" which offers a main course and a desert for 28Solles (roughly £7) which I can honestly say is fantastic value - I chose this every day. Breakfast is included in the room price and is fairly standard faire but made to order not a buffet style. I usually had some bread rolls with marmalade and then eggs and ham. Fresh juice and coffee also available - all types of fresh juice and all freshly squeezed!||||Most the receptionists speak English, there was only a few occasions where someone didnt speak English but my broken Spanish was enough to communicate what I needed. The restaurant waiter deserves extra credit he was fantastic - a Peruvian man called Asteven - although he spoke hardly any English he catered for all my needs and was very cheery - he even said hello to my Grandfather on Skype!||||The rooms are good. Very large double bed - I dont think I've even been in one so huge! The length of the bed was a little small for me but I am very tall, especially by peruvian standards! Matress on the bed was the memory foam type and was very luxuirous and uncommon for many places.||||The room is a little basic, it has a table and 2 chairs, large flatscreen TV with cable channels (most of them Spanish but you find the occasional English programs on). There is a small air conditioning portable unit but I never needed it even when it was 35c outside as the rooms remained very cool. Lock box is provided for your valuables.||||Bathroom was basic but functional, it comes with a complimentary bar of soap and shampoo bottle. Not a power shower but always had hot water and was fine. No issues.||||The hotel offers secure parking and is in a quiet area which restricts access to residents and hotel goers only by means of a security guard check at the top of the road (this covers Las Dunas, Casa Sur and the other hotels).||||Overall I'd highly reccomend this hotel for business travellers and couples. If you have a family and prefer to keep your holidays staying based at the hotel rather than go off exploring then it may be better to try Las Dunas. If you're the more adventurous family then this is a much more affordable...

For the first night in Ica we had a very good hotel nearby this one. Unfortunately there wasn't any room for us the second night, so we had to leave. The directed us to this hotel which should be similar.||||Breakfast is included and is very good. The man who serves it is very kind and knows what you want. We really liked the different kinds of juices and the option to choose how we want our eggs made. This man saved this hotel from getting less points!||||The service at this hotel, apart from the restaurant, is very poor. At the desk they are not interested in your trip. They won't book bus tickets for you. They can't give you information about trips in the neighbourhood. They don't think the way a tourist does. At one night, we went to bed early, they rang the phone twice to ask if we were coming to dinner...we answered no since we already ate in the city. Solution for this problem: pull the phone-wire out of the wall.||||The room is spacious and clean, although it is decorated very cold. The bed is enormous, you can get lost in it.||||Shower looks outdated and a bit dirty because of the ugly tiles. although it very clean. The water is warm, but not so much so you have to dance to catch some water at some body parts.||||The hotel also has a nice pool and an area to lay down in the sun what is nice.||||The wifi in the hotel is very bad. With an iPad and an iPod touch I had to reconnect several times.||||I wouldn't recommend this when I have in mind that there are other hotels with much more value for...

Since I am tardy in writing this review, I can say ditto to the already great reviews listed. This is THE place to stay when going to see the Nazca lines. The owner host is a great chef, conversationalist, and goodwill ambassador. He speaks several languages, is full of information, suggests things to see (locally and elsewhere) and how to go about seeing them. He came to Peru from Austria to set-up and manage the hotel at the top of Macchu Picchu and has stayed in Peru ever since. We enjoyed walking around the area and seeing the sand dunes down the street. Andeantreks (Boston) Peter Robertson suggested the Austria when we wanted to see the Lines after our tour of Cuzco and Lima. It was the perfect place for us. Be sure to visit the local museum, The mummies are interesting, but the weavings are not to be missed and the rest of the place worth the time. On our bus ride down from Lima, we saw the earthquake damage in Pisca. Wow! There is some in Ica as well.||||p.s. we did not need air conditioning when we visited Ica the first ...