Solo Travel in Cusco

A beloved San Blas café roasting single-origin Peruvian coffees from Chanchamayo and Cajamarca — a warm, book-lined space perfect for altitude acclimatization days and planning Sacred Valley day trips.

📍Tandapata 693, San Blas, Cusco

Outstanding modern Peruvian cuisine in a colonial mansion overlooking the Plaza de Armas — imaginative ceviche, guinea pig prepared as fine dining, and Andean ingredients reimagined through a contemporary lens. The best food in Cusco.

📍Portal de Carnes 236, Plaza de Armas, Cusco

Home to over 300 artifacts excavated by Hiram Bingham from Machu Picchu in 1912 and returned from Yale University — an essential pre-visit to the citadel to understand what you're seeing. Located in a beautiful colonial mansion in the San Blas neighborhood.

📍Santa Catalina Ancha 320, Cusco

The most sacred temple of the Inca Empire — once covered in 700 sheets of pure gold, its extraordinary curved stonework forms the foundation of the colonial church of Santo Domingo built on top of it. The finest example of Inca masonry in Cusco.

📍Av. Sol s/n, Cusco

Cusco's most social backpacker hostel — renowned on the South American Explorers circuit for its legendary bar, nightly pisco sour socials, and the best Inca Trail departure point briefings. The community here is extraordinary for solo travelers.

📍Mesón de la Estrella 172, Cusco