{{Short description|Hotel in Peru}} {{Infobox building | name = Country Club Lima Hotel | image = Country Club Lima Hotel.jpg | image_caption = | architectural_style = [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture|Californian colonial]] | address = Ca. Los Eucaliptos 590 | years_built = | groundbreaking_date = | construction_start_date = August 1925<ref name=Gob.pe>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gob.pe/43230-lugares-para-visitar-en-san-isidro-country-club-lima-hotel |title=Lugares para visitar en San Isidro: Country Club Lima Hotel |website=[[Gob.pe]] |publisher=[[Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima]]}}</ref> | construction_stop_date = | topped_out_date = | completion_date = <!-- or |est_completion= --> | opened_date = | inauguration_date = {{dts|1927|02|08}} | cost = | owner = | height = | material = | size = | floor_count = | floor_area = | architect = T.J. O'Brien | architecture_firm = | parking = | public_transit = | website = {{URL|https://www.countryclublimahotel.com/}} }} The '''Country Club Lima Hotel''' is a [[five-star hotel]] in [[San Isidro District, Lima]], Peru. It was inaugurated on February 8, 1927, as the most exclusive [[country club]] in Lima before being reorganised as a hotel. It is part of the [[Cultural heritage of Peru]].<ref name=Orrego>{{Cite web |url=http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/juanluisorrego/2009/03/22/el-hotel-country-club-de-san-isidro/ |title=El Hotel Country Club de San Isidro |date=2009-03-22 |website=[[Blog PUCP]] |last=Orrego Penagos |first=Juan Luis}}</ref>
The hotel has housed a number of important personalities of the 20th century, including the [[Edward VIII|Duke of Windsor]] and [[Wallis Simpson|his wife]], French President [[Charles de Gaulle]], U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]], writer [[Ernest Hemingway]], actors [[Ava Gardner]] and [[John Wayne]], musician [[Mick Jagger]], among others.<ref name=Orrego/><ref>{{Cite episode |series=A la Vuelta de la Esquina |title=Historia de San Isidro |network=[[Movistar TV]]}}</ref>
==History== In 1925 the ''Sociedad Anónima Propietaria del Country Club'' was formed with a capital of [[Peruvian libra|Lp.]] 150,000, with the purpose of building developing the adjoining area of 1,300,000 m<sup>2</sup> acquired from the Conde de San Isidro, Lobatón, Matalechuzas and Orrantia estates. The sale of the land was calculated at [[Peruvian sol (1863–1985)|S/.]] 15 per urbanised m<sup>2</sup> to reinvest part of the profits in building's construction.<ref name=Orrego/>
In 1926 ''Lima Country Club'' was founded, an independent company from the previous one, which contracted the preparation of the architectural project for the club's premises. The project's execution was entrusted to the American architect T.J. O'Brien, who completed the project and inspected the construction, whose materials were imported from the United States and Great Britain.<ref name=Orrego/>
The premises were inaugurated on Sunday, February 8, 1927, by President [[Augusto B. Leguía]]. There was a lunch for the President, his Cabinet of Ministers and a series of political, intellectual and artistic personalities of the city. Up until the 1970s, it was the meeting point for the Peruvian elite and the city's [[British Peruvians|British colony]], also receiving important guests from other countries, such as the adbicated [[Edward VIII|Duke of Windsor]] and [[Wallis Simpson|his wife]], French President [[Charles de Gaulle]], U.S. writer [[Ernest Hemingway]], and actress [[Ava Gardner]], among others.<ref name=Gob.pe/><ref name=Orrego/>
After being negatively affected during the [[Lost Decade (Peru)|economic crisis]] of the 1980s, it was acquired by the ''Consorcio Inmobiliario Los Portales'' and ''[[Empresas ICA|ICA]]'' in 1996, who invested in the hotel's renovation, being reinaugurated on July 21, 1998.<ref name=Orrego/> It was subsequently declared part of the [[Cultural heritage of Peru]] by the [[Ministry of Culture (Peru)|Ministry of Culture]] and the [[National Institute of Culture]].<ref name=Orrego/>
It was again renovated from 2015 to 2017. In 2020, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Peru]], the hotel remained open as it adopted the biosecurity measures mandated by the [[Peruvian government]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=El Country Club Lima Hotel, más que un clásico |url=https://peru21.pe/cultura/lima-historia-country-club-pandemia-el-country-mas-que-un-clasico-noticia/ |last=Vargas |first=Esther |date=2022-01-16 |work=[[Perú 21]]}}</ref>
The hotel restaurant, ''Perroquet'', has won first place for "Best Hotel Restaurant" in several international awards for several years. The hotel's traditional English bar is recognized for having one of the best pisco sours in the city, and in 2012, 2013 and 2022 it was awarded as the best bar in Lima according to the SUMMUM awards.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Día del Pisco Sour: ofertas y eventos para celebrarlo |url=https://elcomercio.pe/gastronomia/bares-y-copas/dia-pisco-sour-ofertas-eventos-celebrarlo-289159-noticia/ |date=2014-01-31 |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref>
==In popular culture== The hotel is featured in two novels by [[Alfredo Bryce]], ''[[A World for Julius (novel)|Un mundo para Julius]]'' and ''{{ill|No me esperen en abril|es}}'', being a prominent part of the latter's story.
Peruvian saxophonist [[Jean Pierre Magnet]], member of [[Traffic Sound]], started his career in the club.
==See also== *[[Embassy of China, Lima]], located behind the hotel. *[[Delfines Hotel & Convention Center]], located next to the hotel.
==References== {{reflist}} {{Lima landmarks}} [[Category:Hotels in Lima]] [[Category:Clubs and societies in Peru]] [[Category:Historicist architecture]] [[Category:San Isidro District, Lima]] [[Category:Cultural heritage of Peru]]