ibis Styles Lima Benavides Miraflores

If your Lima stay is about getting out into the city rather than sitting beside a resort pool, this is a practical base in Miraflores. The hotel has 99 rooms, a restaurant, a bar and a terrace, with air conditioning and soundproofed rooms for the part of the day when your legs have had enough of sightseeing, diving or simply Lima traffic.

You will find the useful things close at hand: a coffee shop on site, a lounge, luggage storage and a 24-hour reception. The hotel's website is available in English, French and Spanish, so you can prepare your stay in English before you arrive; that does not, by itself, confirm the languages spoken by the hotel team.

Av. Alfredo Benavides 1740 places you in Miraflores, Lima, Peru. This is a city hotel rather than a beachfront address. The nearest listed beaches are Playa La Estrella and Playa Redondo, each about 1.2 miles away, while Playa Las Cascadas and Playa Barranquito are about 1.3 and 1.4 miles away respectively.

You can reach the everyday urban essentials without turning the day into an expedition. Starbucks is about 50 feet away, Chilis Grill & Bar about 100 feet, and Piqos and Mantra Indian Cuisine roughly 150 feet away. Parque San Francisco Solano is about 300 feet from the hotel, and Kennedy Park is about 1.1 miles away.

For a cultural detour, Huaca Pucllana is about 1.7 miles away and the Museum of the Nation about 3 miles away. Estación Cabitos, the nearest listed metro station, is about 1 mile away. Jorge Chavez International Airport is about 21 km from the hotel, with the airport route listed at roughly 11 miles by car.

The rooms are built for a straightforward city stay: air conditioning, a private bathroom with shower, hairdryer and complimentary toiletries, plus a flat-screen TV, wardrobe, work desk and city views. Soundproofing matters in Lima, particularly when your plan is to sleep properly rather than admire the alarm clock at an unreasonable hour.

For two people, choose between a large bed and twin beds according to how much you value companionship after a long day. The Queen Room with Sofa Bed adds a sofa bed to the main bed, while the accessible queen room has wheelchair access, a lowered bathroom sink, raised toilet and grab rails. An elevator serves the upper floors, which is welcome when your luggage has developed its own opinions.

Daily housekeeping keeps the room routine simple. Laundry, dry cleaning and ironing services are available, and luggage storage is useful if your flight times do not line up neatly with your room. Children over one year are welcome, although cots and extra beds are not available; children aged 16 and over are charged as adults. Pets are also welcome.

The restaurant works around Peruvian cooking and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Its à la carte menu comes with city views and a terrace setting, while breakfast is served as a buffet. That gives you a proper start before heading out, rather than leaving you to assemble a meal from whatever happens to be open nearby.

There is one bar, combined with a lounge area, plus a coffee house and a snack bar on site. The restaurant also offers brunch, high tea and cocktails, with special-diet menus available on request. The detail worth keeping in mind is the setting: this is a city-facing table, not a barefoot beach grill, so the evening is about Peruvian food, a drink and the lights of Lima.

Happy hour and themed dinner nights are part of the programme. Packed lunches are also available, which can be useful when a day out runs beyond the respectable limits of lunchtime.

The hotel's off-duty space is deliberately urban. Take a drink to the terrace, settle into the lounge or use the outdoor seating when you want fresh air without committing to another Lima itinerary. There is also a shared lounge and TV area for the rare moment when nobody wants to choose the next thing to do.

For a little more movement, Parque San Francisco Solano is a short walk away, with several other neighbourhood parks within about a mile. Kennedy Park is about 1.1 miles away, and Huaca Pucllana gives you a nearby archaeological stop when the city has more appeal than another hour indoors.

The tour desk can help organise outings, while the concierge service, luggage storage and 24-hour reception keep the practical edges of a city break from taking over. This is a place for an easy evening after returning to Lima: terrace, meal, lounge, bed. No heroic scheduling required.

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 12:00. The minimum age for check-in is 18. Cancellation and prepayment conditions vary with the accommodation option, so check the terms attached to the room you select before confirming.

Free private parking is available on site, with a parking garage, and no reservation is needed. WiFi is free throughout the hotel. An airport shuttle is available as a paid service and should be arranged with the hotel. A business centre, meeting facilities, safety deposit box, laundry and dry cleaning cover the useful business-and-travel basics.

The hotel has wheelchair access, an accessible queen room and lift access to upper floors. Cash is accepted. If your flight leaves late or arrives early, luggage storage gives you somewhere to put the bags while Lima gets on with its day.