Hotel La Época

Iquitos


At the apex of the colonial boutique sector of Iquitos' many luxury sleeps, Hotel La Época is great value for all that guests get. There are the high ceilings, lofty rooms, beautiful tile work and art nouveau flourishes that are the rubber boom era's raison d'être, plus minibars and cable TV in the bedrooms, and a lovely 2nd-floor restaurant.

In places, with its photographs depicting turn-of-the-century Iquitos, La Época resembles as much a museum as a hotel. Find it on Ramirez Hurtado, which at this point is still known as the Malecón Tarapaca.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Iquitos attractions

1. Museum of Indigenous Amazon Cultures

0.23 MILES

This intuitively presented museum takes you through the traits, traditions and beliefs of the tribes of the Amazon Basin, with a focus on the Peruvian…

2. Belén Mercado

0.32 MILES

At the southeast end of town is the floating shantytown of Belén, consisting of scores of huts, built on rafts, which rise and fall with the river. During…

3. Casa de Fierro

0.35 MILES

Every guidebook mentions the ‘majestic’ Casa de Fierro (Iron House), designed by Gustave Eiffel (of Eiffel Tower fame). It was made in Paris in 1860 and…

5. Malecón

0.42 MILES

The sight of Iquitos' sophisticated riverside walkway, edged by swanky bars and restaurants and yet cut off from the rest of the world by hundreds of…

6. Historical Ships Museum

0.62 MILES

Moored below Plaza Castilla is the diverting Historical Ships Museum, on a 1906 Amazon riverboat, the gorgeously restored three-deck Ayapua. The…

7. Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm

4.21 MILES

Ostensibly, the Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm is a conservation and breeding center for Amazonian butterflies. Butterflies aplenty there certainly are,…

8. Laguna Quistacocha

7.28 MILES

This lake, 15km south of Iquitos, is served by minibus (S2) several times an hour from near Plaza 28 de Julio (corner of Bermúdez and Moore), as well as…