Signature dish
Pachamanca (stone- or pot-baked)
The emblematic dish: meats and tubers cooked with hot stones.
Ancestral traditionGreat for sharing
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Our food is part of Matucana's identity. Traditional dishes made with local ingredients and ancestral techniques that win over every sense.
Cooking
Traditional Andean-valley
Ingredients
Local and seasonal
Recipes
Ancestral, from the town
Made
By hand and with heart
The valley's typical dishes
Spicy cuy (guinea pig)
An Andean classic; Matucana even holds the Festicuy cuy festival.
Highland classicFesticuy festival
See restaurantsSancochado
A hearty broth with meat and vegetables, perfect for the highland climate.
Hearty brothHighland weather
See restaurantsIshcuape
A pudding of yellow corn and lime, a very local flavour.
Yellow cornVery local flavour
See restaurantsOn weekends, Plaza Independencia fills up with the town's food fair: stalls with freshly made dishes, pachamanca, picarones and sweets. It's the best plan to try a bit of everything, and the one many travellers add to their hike to the waterfalls. Prices start at around S/8 at the fair and go up to about S/90 for a country pachamanca for several.
Matucana food map
Find where to taste the best of our cooking: the town's restaurants are in the directory, with their location and contact details.
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Guesthouses in Matucana
Rest surrounded by nature and hospitality. The town's offering is family-run — from cosy cabins and country restaurants with rooms to guesthouses with mountain views — and each business posts its own details and WhatsApp here.
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Apr–Dec
Best time to go
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El Refugio Turístico (Centro)
Habitaciones privadas en pleno centro de Matucana, a pocos metros de la plaza principal y del paradero. Alquiler por persona desde S/39 la noche (1 persona), hasta 2 personas por S/49, o la habitación completa para 4 personas por S/79. Cada espacio cuenta con baño privado, WiFi, agua caliente (terma), cocina y refrigeradora. Ideal para grupos de turistas y viajeros de paso. Del mismo dueño que El Refugio Turístico.
En el centro de Matucana: primer piso con puerta a la calle, a pocos metros de la plaza principal y del paradero.
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El Refugio Turístico — Habitaciones privadas
Habitación privada con baño propio, ideal para descansar en un ambiente abrigado y lejos del ruido del pueblo. Estamos a las afueras de Matucana, a pasos del último paradero de los micros Chosica-Matucana: si vienes de Chosica, bajas en el último paradero y llegas rápido al lugar de descanso. Tenemos habitaciones personales desde S/50 (cama de plaza y media, para 1 persona) y habitaciones matrimoniales a S/70 para 2 personas, cada una con cama matrimonial, baño y ducha privada con terma y TV. Alrededor hay estacionamiento libre y es una zona segura, con cámaras de vigilancia. Es una zona de paz, con sonido ambiental natural, ideal para quienes buscan tranquilidad. Tienes acceso directo al paradero de la Carretera Central (rutas a la sierra, la selva central y Lima) y a las principales caminatas turísticas: desde aquí puedes iniciar la ruta de las cataratas El Encuentro, en Chayape. Cerca hay bodegas de la zona, restaurantes por la tarde y noche, y el Estadio Municipal de Matucana. WiFi, agua caliente las 24 horas (terma), TV con cable, baño privado, cocina pequeña compartida, frigobar, vigilancia permanente de las áreas comunes y asesoría turística de la zona según nuestras posibilidades.
A las afueras de Matucana, junto al último paradero del terminal Chosica-Matucana
Antankallo in the 4K virtual tourSee the waterfalls and the valley before you book your escape.Things to do in MatucanaWaterfalls, hikes and viewpoints to plan your weekend.