nhow Lima, a member of the Minor Hotels portfolio, opened in August 2025 and immediately injected a colourful jolt of irreverence into Miraflores – Lima’s most traveller-friendly barrio. Choosing to celebrate Peru’s ancient cultures then overlay them with neon streaks and 1980s arcade nostalgia, the overall vision is Inca masks meet Space Invaders in a way that somehow feels utterly coherent.
Barcelona-based Studio Capella has taken Peru’s layered heritage and run it through a mischievous, pop-culture filter. Corridors become mini-galleries of disguised Inca icons; headboards riff on Cusco textiles and Machu Picchu geometry; and a life sized llama in sunglasses guard the bar’s fireplace (a glorious 3D creation by Peruvian artist Luis Salazar).
The city has long excelled at food and history, and nhow Lima adds a fresh layer of contemporary swagger. My stay felt less like checking into a hotel and more like being let in on the city’s coolest secret – bold, rooted, and impossible to ignore. In a destination that keeps reinventing itself, this is the rare opening that already feels indispensable.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on Hotel Designs.
