Aranwa Sacred Valley Hotel & Wellness

Aranwa Sacred Valley Hotel & Wellness occupies a former 17th-century hacienda on the Urubamba River, a short drive from Ollantaytambo, Pisac, Maras and Moray, making it a practical base for exploring the Sacred Valley before or after Machu Picchu. The property has 115 rooms, each facing the river, internal gardens or small lakes, mixing colonial architecture with updated interiors.

The spa, called UNNO SPA, draws on Inca-era wellness traditions alongside conventional treatments and cosmetic technology, using natural products for its massages and therapies. It sits within a wider set of grounds that include an outdoor pool, an outdoor jacuzzi, a bio-garden, an orchid house, a fishing area and a small site museum, plus a library, art gallery, chapel and cinema. There is no day-pass access here: the spa and these facilities are for hotel guests only, so a stay is required to use them.

Beyond the spa, the hotel runs a restaurant, bar and room service, and has event spaces for weddings or corporate gatherings, including a courtyard that holds up to 80 people and a terrace overlooking the pool for outdoor meals. Staff work in Spanish, English and Portuguese, and parking is available on site. Check-in is at 3:00pm and check-out at 12:00pm.

Given the price tier and the scale of the grounds, this reads as a destination resort rather than a stopover spa — the kind of place where guests settle in for a few nights to use the treatments, pool and surrounding valley rather than dropping by for a single session.