Monasterio, A Belmond Hotel, Cusco

What the classifiers highlight

A former Jesuit seminary two blocks from the Plaza de Armas blends Spanish colonial architecture with Inca foundations beneath it. Forbes counts 117 rooms, no two alike, some former monks' chambers filled with antique furniture and heated marble bathrooms. Stone courtyards, a centuries-old cedar tree and a Baroque chapel fill the grounds, and dinner runs between El Tupay and OQRE.