| Belmond Hotel Rio Sagrado | |
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| General information | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 13°17′26″S72°08′42″W / 13.290475157754503°S 72.14489564331912°W |
| Opening | April 2009 |
| Management | Belmond Ltd. |
| Other information | |
| Number of suites | 21 |
| Website | |
| belmond.com/hotelriosagrado | |
Belmond Hotel Rio Sagrado is a hotel in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, 46 kilometres from Cusco, Peru. [1] It is built on the banks of the Urubamba River by Urubamba, near the town of Ollantaytambo, which is known for its Inca archaeological site and as a starting point for one of the longer treks to Machu Picchu. The hotels features 11 suites, 10 rooms, and 2 villas. The hotel has extensive gardens constructed with streams reminiscent of Inca water channels. [2]
The hotel opened in April 2009 and was acquired by Orient-Express Hotels in December of that year. [3] It was the first hotel in the Sacred Valley with a solar heated swimming pool. [4] [5] In March 2014 the company changed its name to Belmond Ltd. At that time the hotel was renamed Belmond Hotel Rio Sagrado. [6]
In 2020 The Belmond hotel chain announced the official reopening of two of its hotels: the Belmond Palacio Nazarenas and Belmond Hotel Rio Sagrado. [7]