Hotel Paracas
| Hotel Paracas | |
|---|---|
 Local beach | |
| General information | |
| Location | Paracas Bay, Paracas District, Pisco Province, Peru |
| Coordinates | 13°50′9″S 76°15′16″W / 13.83583°S 76.25444°W |
| Opening | 1944 (reopened in November 2009) |
| Owner | Libertador Hotels, Resorts & Spas |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 120 |
| Number of suites | 16 |
| Number of restaurants | 4 |
Hotel Paracas, or the Hotel Paracas a Luxury Collection Resort is a five star luxury hotel and resort located in near Pisco, Peru, 240 kilometres south of Lima. The hotel was established in 1944 by Emilio Guimoye and is a small resort surrounded by desert at Paracas Bay on the Pacific coast. The Paracas is a prestigious name in Peru, and many of the wealthiest businessmen in Peru from Lima visit the resort or have an apartment in the area.[1]
Damage and restoration
The hotel was severely damaged during the 2007 Peruvian eathquake and was hit by a 5-metre tsunami soon after the earthquake. [2]It reopened in November 2009, and the boating dock is the only remaining part of the original hotel. The new building was designed by Bernardo Fort-Brescia, who also part owns the hotel. It is part of the Libertador Hotels, Resorts & Spas (http://www.libertador.com.pe/en) luxury hotel chain in Peru.
Today the hotel is a white cubist display of two-storey buildings, with bamboo. It has 120 rooms and 16 luxury suites. 40 of the rooms overlook the sea.
Restaurants
The hotel has four restaurants and lounges. The Ballestas Restaurant serves Peruvian fusion cuisine such as seafood, mashed potato, avocado, Peruvian chillies and aioli etc. The Bar Lounge serves fusion snacks such as ceviche and a beverage known as the Pisco Sour which includes ingredients such as lemon juice, egg white, sugar syrup and angostura bitter. There is also the Zarcillo Bar serving drinks in a fire-lit room which has some curious items such as a shark jaw and a dolphin skeleton, and the Trattoria restaurant which serves Italian cuisine.
References
- ↑ Echenique, A.B. & Wood, D (2008). Huerto Cerrado, Hispanic Texts. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-6413-9.
- ↑ "Hotel Paracas" (in Spanish). Libertador. Retrieved May 19, 2009.