Kid-friendly places in Cusco

A 16th-century convent built on Inca walls, with a short daily tour of the ruins, galleries of ancient artifacts and oxygen pumped into the rooms for the altitude.

Colonial mansion that's part museum, with more than 300 paintings, sculptures and old silver, oxygen-enriched rooms and rooms that sleep two adults and two kids.

Cusco home cooking in an old mansion's courtyard, with stews in clay pots and pizzas from the wood-fired oven, plus heaters and harp music in the evening.

A 16th-century mansion around a glass-roofed stone courtyard, with duplex family rooms: a king bed downstairs and two single beds up a level.

Old mansion facing the Temple of the Sun, with family suites, a kids' play area and board games, and baby alpacas to meet in the hotel's cultural programme.

Free chocolate museum on cacao from bean to bar, with a mini chocolate-making workshop made for kids and families.

All-vegan restaurant with plant-based takes on Peruvian classics like lomo saltado and ceviche, fresh juices and smoothies, and a salad bar at lunch.

Inca history in an old colonial mansion, with real mummies, a child's tomb with its tiny clay toys, and weavers at their looms in the courtyard.

Family-run planetarium in the hills, where you learn how the Incas read the sky, watch the southern stars in the dome, then look through real telescopes.