Hotel Mirador

Huaraz & the Cordilleras


Easily the most comfortable choice in town, the excellent value Hotel Mirador is located up a steep set of steps from the plaza. It offers bright and spacious rooms with fantastic views and pine furniture. Try to snag one with a private balcony.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Huaraz & the Cordilleras attractions

1. Laguna Parón

19.76 MILES

The largest lake in the Cordillera Blanca — a snowcapped range of the Andes in west central Peru — and a gorgeous natural reservoir, Laguna Paron is a…

2. Lagunas Llanganuco

21.33 MILES

A dirt road ascends 1350m from Yungay, winding over 28km to the Llanganuco Valley and its two robin-egg blue lakes, which are also known as Laguna…

3. Santuario de Mama Ashu

24.41 MILES

Chacas’ showpiece building, dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, is not just a work of art but an admirable rehabilitation project, courtesy of a…

4. Museo Archeologico

24.41 MILES

Small three-room museum with a modest collection of ceramics and pre-Inca objects framed by a historical trajectory of the Conchucos area (in Spanish). A…

5. Cañón del Pato

25.76 MILES

If you continue north from Caraz along the Callejón de Huaylas, you will wind your way through the outstanding Cañón del Pato. It’s here that the…

6. Cathedral

28.69 MILES

Caraz's cathedral, the Templo de Piedra, dominates the Plaza de Armas. Built in a monumental style in 1870s, it's one of the few old churches in the…

7. Campo Santo

29.9 MILES

A giant cemetery and memorial to the former town of Yungay (Yungay Viejo) that was destroyed by a landslide triggered by the infamous 1970 earthquake,…