Known for some of the strictest covid protections in the world, Peru returns to the generality as of November 1, 2022. Now is the best time to head to the country known for its Inca ruins, phenomenal cuisine, and South America’s only capital city. with ocean view. Ambiental Iberostar Selection Miraflores is the best hotel in Lima, where you can enjoy Peruvian specialties outdoors and appreciate the Pacific before and after exploring the rest of Peru.
In force since March 2020, the state of emergency in Peru has already ended and all restrictions and occupancy limits are repealed.
Peru’s Covid coverage regulations evolved the waves of Covid and how its population was vaccinated and strengthened. The country’s air borders reopened in October 2020 and its land borders reopened in February 2022. The end of the state of emergency means that travelers no longer want to fill out the declaration of immigration and fitness to board flights, provide evidence of vaccination or certification of a negative Covid check to enter the country or its interior spaces, and the mask is no longer mandatory. Previously, evidence of vaccination (including boosters) was required to enter many indoor spaces, as were KN95 or double mask type respirators (given the ongoing pandemic and the dangers of Long Covid, they are still recommended).
The Christmas season, as well as July and August, is Peru’s peak season, and November marks the beginning of summer in the southern hemisphere (although the weather in the capital, Lima, is almost spring). While Peru’s biggest draw is the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu and its nearby high-altitude city of Cusco, travelers deserve to make sure to plan at least a few days in Lima.
Eco-conscious travelers will stay at the Iberostar Selection Miraflores, a five-star hotel that sets the environmental standard for Lima and the country as a whole.
Chic Miraflores is Lima’s most popular community for travelers, given the ease of walking, its abundance of restaurants and shops, and stands out as the pre-Inca pyramid, Huaca Pucllana, as well as food markets, several green parks and accessibility to the sea.
The 18-story Iberostar Selection Miraflores is just two blocks from Lima’s Pacific boardwalk, near the Parque del Amor with its mosaics, kissing sculptures and perspectives of paragliders in the sky above and surfers in the waves below.
Through its Wave of Change movement, Iberostar has eliminated single-use plastics and Iberostar is on track to be waste-free by 2025 and, until 2030, carbon neutral. , having reached Iberostar Selection Miraflores and the goal.
Iberostar Selection Miraflores is also absolutely free of single-use plastic, an especially complicated feat in Lima given the lack of drinking water in the city. Count at your ground station to see how many plastic bottles have been stored so far. )In the bright bathrooms, the showers feature giant refillable shampoo boxes, conditioner and Botanicus biodegradable shower gel, single-use plastics of additional cut. Even the coffee from Iberostar Selection Miraflores pods are environmental: the pods are compostable and shipped carbon-free from Germany and filled with Peruvian coffee to local producers.
Rooftop pool at Iberostar Selection Miraflores.
Peru still has a strong recycling culture: the country reuses less than 5% of its waste and an estimated 70% is reusable, but Iberostar Selection Miraflores has a physically powerful recycling program in collaboration with socio-environmental company Sinba. , through the Peruvian Society of Hotels (SHP), Iberostar encourages other member hotels to stick to them.
Iberostar Selection Miraflores Lounge.
Not only will you feel good about its environmental practices, but a stay at the Iberostar Selection Miraflores is the best arrival in Peru and a relaxing getaway after exploring the country’s highlands and Amazon rainforest.
Through the floor-to-ceiling windows of this 214-room hotel (and from the patio and rooftop pool), you have a perspective of the ocean and the Malecon, as well as the park with tennis court and pool right in front. door of the hotel, and the rest of downtown Miraflores.
Patio Ortega y Huamán, Iberostar Selection Miraflores.
Although Peru’s Covid regulations have been lifted, it is still sensible to minimize the dangers of exposure to the virus. It’s simple in the restaurants of the Iberostar Selection Miraflores: Taperia 27 Rooftop Tapas is outdoors with Lima new ocean air coming from the Pacific and Tierra Tierra Ortega
Chef Carlos Testino runs the Iberostar Selection Miraflores restaurants. Tapas and cocktails are the specialty on the top floor of Taperia 27 Tapas, a place frequented by Lima lovers of the environment and sunsets. Downstairs, the lobby bar offers coffees, pastries, and takeaway food like sandwiches. The Ortega
Relax your stretched muscles through a hike to Machu Picchu at the Iberostar Selection Miraflores spa, equipped with a sauna, and in your room with its provided yoga mat. There is also a 24-hour gym horas. la Pacaya Samiria Nature Reserve in Peru and it will make you need to see the Amazon as well. Ideally, your trip to Peru includes the rainforest as well as the Andes highlands and the Pacific coast of Lima.
Pacaya Samiria National Park, Peruvian Amazon.