The Best 5-Star Hotels in Lima by Neighbourhood

Lima has seven true five-star hotels, distributed across three districts —San Isidro, Miraflores and Barranco. All seven are comparable in basic infrastructure: spa, pool, chef-led restaurant, butler on request. What distinguishes them is atmosphere and the traveller type each is built for. This guide compares them honestly so the traveller chooses by trip, not by ranking.

San Isidro: the power neighbourhood

San Isidro concentrates Lima's financial power and, consequently, institutional hotels. Three five-star options dominate.

The Country Club Lima Hotel, built in 1927 in neocolonial-Republican style, is the city's hotel institution. Eighty-three rooms in a mansion with first-edition library, restored chapel, two restaurants and a historic bar —the English Bar, where the still-served pisco-sour recipe was invented. The room is comfortable but secondary: what matters are common spaces, courtyard, 1940s private-club atmosphere. Recommended for travellers valuing atmosphere over pool —the hotel's is modest by current standards. Rate: USD 380-580 per night.

The Westin Lima Hotel & Convention Center occupies a forty-six-storey tower, the city's tallest. Three hundred and one rooms with panoramic Pacific view (rooms from floor 30 up), Heavenly Spa, semi-Olympic pool, two restaurants (Maras on the top floor with Lima's best sunset view). The most international option, with consistent Marriott service. Recommended for business travellers and those who value view over atmosphere. Rate: USD 320-520.

The Swissôtel Lima, in the financial heart, is the intermediate option. Two hundred and forty-four rooms, cordial European service, Argyros restaurant with Mediterranean cuisine. Less atmospheric than Country Club, less panoramic than Westin, but impeccable in operation. Rate: USD 280-450.

Miraflores: the cosmopolitan neighbourhood

Miraflores has two five-star hotels that matter, both on the malecón.

The Belmond Miraflores Park is the Pacific hotel. Eighty-eight ocean-view suites, eleventh-floor cliff-edge pool (Lima's only one), spa, Tragaluz restaurant with contemporary Peruvian cuisine. Difference from Country Club is timing: Belmond is contemporary, timeless, designed for the international traveller. Recommended for honeymoon and first Peru trip. Rate: USD 580-820.

The JW Marriott Lima Hotel, also on the malecón but north of Belmond, is the international Marriott option. Three hundred and three rooms, two restaurants, executive club on top floors, indoor pool. Less atmospheric than Belmond but with consistent Marriott service and more reasonable prices. Rate: USD 380-550.

Barranco: the bohemian neighbourhood

Barranco has a single five-star option, which makes it distinctive by default.

The Hotel B, in a 1914 Republican mansion reimagined by Lucía de la Puente with her art collection, is Lima's most intimate. Twenty-four rooms only, curated library, rooftop pool, cocktail terrace, restaurant with contemporary Peruvian tasting menu. The masterpiece is the art collection —original works by Fernando de Szyszlo, Tilsa Tsuchiya, Gerardo Chávez— in corridors and rooms, no protective glass. The hotel is museum and residence simultaneously. Rate: USD 480-720.

The hotel we most recommend for travellers returning to Peru —first trip usually prefers malecón Belmond, second discovers Hotel B and stays there.

Comparison by trip

For first Peru trip: Belmond Miraflores Park or Country Club Lima Hotel. First for Pacific view, second for historic-club atmosphere.

For honeymoon: Hotel B or Belmond Miraflores Park. Hotel B if intimacy and art are valued; Belmond if ocean view is.

For business traveller: Westin Lima or Swissôtel Lima. Full corporate services, financial location.

For returning traveller: Hotel B without discussion. Intimacy and art make the difference.

For families with children: JW Marriott Lima. Better family infrastructure (indoor pool, executive kids' club).

Lima has good hotels. It also has a handful of exceptional ones. The difference between good and exceptional is not price but atmosphere —which costs forty years of operation, not forty million dollars in renovation.

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What each costs (May 2026)

• Country Club Lima Hotel: USD 380-580
• Westin Lima: USD 320-520
• Swissôtel Lima: USD 280-450
• Belmond Miraflores Park: USD 580-820
• JW Marriott Lima: USD 380-550
• Hotel B (Barranco): USD 480-720

Prices are per night, double occupancy, no breakfast (USD 35-45 additional per person). Rates rise 30-40% in high season (June-September, Holy Week, year-end).

How to decide

We recommend the following formula. For the standard Peru traveller: two nights at the first-trip hotel (Belmond, Country Club or JW Marriott by preference), always at the trip's start. For return, one night at the Hotel B side before the international flight —gives different closure to the start.

For the three-Lima-night trip, the formula we most recommend: one Country Club night (historic atmosphere), two Hotel B nights (contemporary mansion-museum atmosphere). The most complete city reading: historic-Republican and contemporary-bohemian, in different districts.