Where to eat

Cafe Inkaterra This cool cafe-restaurant is a longhouse between the tracks leading to the Machu Picchu railway station and an outpost of the nearby Inkaterra hotel. The colourful salads and vegetable dishes are fresh and full of flavour. It’s always packed at lunchtime but walk in and you’ll probably get a table.

Aguas Callientes

(Tel: 0051 6100400 or visit inkaterra.com)

Chicha Por Gaston Acurio Easily the best restaurant in

Cusco, championing local produce and culinary traditions. Choice ingredients are handled with skill and imagination. Try the Alpaca

Tartare or a Trout Ceviche with Artichokes and Toasted

Corn, followed by the Baked Quince and Cheese Mousse.

Plaza Regocijo

Cusco

(Tel: 0051 84 240520 or visit chicha.com.pe)

Cuchara de Palo Its name means ‘wooden spoon’ but you imagine the kitchen kit is rather more high-tech than that in this high end joint on Pisac’s main plaza. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, visitors can expect organic, locally grown ingredients featuring in traditional dishes with a modern twist. Plaza Central

Pisac

(Tel: 0051 84 203062 or visit cucharadepalorestaurant.com)

El Parador de Moray Fall off the grass lawn in front of this colonial hacienda and you could end up somewhere near the bottom of the Incan circus ring that is Moray. The offering is fresh, right down to the glass of homemade lemonade handed to guests on arrival, and the regional Cusqueñan dishes are a winning combination of salads, stews and parrilla (barbecue). The trout baked in a salt crust is recommended, being both succulent and sweet.

23 Portal de Carnes

Valle Sagrado

(Tel: 0051 84 402213 or visit cuscorestaurants.com)