The Posada Santa Barbara is unique in its style. It offers a terraced garden with flowers and stone statues and a direct view of Titicaca Lake from almost all the structures and from a small private terrace. All buildings are of stone and wood.
The Posada Santa Barbara is unique in its style. It offers a terraced garden with flowers and stone statues and a direct view of Titicaca Lake from almost all the structures and from a small private terrace. All buildings are of stone and wood, made with typical Andean techniques. Most floors have mosaics and details inspired to the Inca culture.
The main rooms have two floors and a private small bathroom with hot water thanks to solar panels, heating and lake view.
Are available typical Peruvian games handmade like the Sapo and the table football; other board games (cards, dice, Monopoli and others).
The Posada Santa Barbara is located 20 minutes from Puno, one block from the main square of Chucuito, City of the Royal Treasury.
Guests have access to the room , the large garden , the veranda and the restaurant .
Moreover they can have access to the Andean Sauna fueled by natural wood fires and local healing herbs at extra cost.
With reservation we can organize a barbecue with typical Peruvian food in the garden.
Guests can use the washing machine at extra cost.
We will be available to guests throughout the day to provide information and support. Moreover we love to know new people and speak with them.
Chucuito is a small, rocky and fascinating city, located 20 minutes by car from Puno.
It is a great alternative to the hustle and bustle of the city of Puno, it is also a city rich in history.
Chucuito was the capital of the realm of traditional Aymara Lupaca (descendants of the Tiwanaku culture, before the Inca Empire) and until the arrival of the Spaniards was the domain of the Great Lord Lupaca, second personality of the Inca empire that commanded from Cuzco to Chile (Garci Diez, 1567). Chucuito in ancient times was the largest city after Cuzco and Lake Titicaca was called Lake Chucuito.