Need to know
Rooms
Nine, including seven suites.
Check–Out
12 noon, but flexible a couple hours either side of check-in and out, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
More details
Rates include a delicious homemade breakfast of Peruvian fruit, cakes and breads, eggs any-way, waffles, crêpes made to order.
Also
While rooms aren’t adapted, Junior Suite five has a street-level entrance and a roll-in shower.
At the hotel
Rooftop bar and terrace, garden, interior courtyard, lounge and library, free WiFi, free-to-borrow bikes and helmets, charged laundry service, free WiFi. In rooms: Glass bottles with filtered water (refilled on request), air-conditioning, organic bath products.
Our favourite rooms
Each has something unique to offer, plus furnishings and antiques of different eras that took the designer a year and a half to track down. Most have outdoor space too – three rooms on the ground level each have a slice of garden (with seating for happy hour), and interconnect for families and groups. But, we rather like Junior Suite 7, set upstairs from the courtyard and with a tucked-away terrace all to itself. And, the Master Suite is the star act – with a separate loft through which you access a terrace with a Pacific view, and a huge bathroom where a freestanding tub sits under a skylight and there’s a small dressing area too.
Packing tips
‘Look, don’t tag’ applies in this street-art haven, where it’s a local privilege to scribble on the walls – leave the spray paints at home, but pack a sketchbook to capture the vibrant full-wall works.
Also
With 24 hours’ notice, a masseur can be called in for a treatment in your room.
Pet‐friendly
Pets can stay in all rooms for free. See more pet-friendly hotels in Lima.
Children
The villa’s cosy, homey feel means families will feel welcome, but there’s not much to distract smalls onsite. Children up to the age of six can share their parents' bed for free, otherwise the full rate will apply.
Sustainability efforts
The Ananay group put life and personality back into this 1920s villa, gently restoring stuccoes and zhuzhing up the interiors, moulding new clay roof tiles (even using the original French stamp), and restoring the mosaic frieze around one of the villa’s towers in a local crafts workshop. It’s not their first rodeo too – they’ve previously worked on antique houses in Cusco and have another in the works for Arequipa City. In furnishing Barranco, they didn’t want it to look like a museum, so antique and modern pieces were sourced. The hotel is green in how it operates too: only organic, biodegradable cleaning products are used, plastics are banned, water is filtered using reverse osmosis and served in glass bottles in rooms, and the hotel only uses Peruvian products, including wine and spirits. And, they’ve partnered with Qaira who work to improve air quality, and Sinba, who lobby for responsible waste management and social equality.