Founded by the French merchant Pedro Maury, it was created as an inn for travelers passing through Lima.

[1] Thanks to the fact that its property passed into the hands of the Chilean named Lecaros, the hotel was not looted during the occupation of Lima by the army of that country, when Peru faced Chile in the War of the Pacific.

In 1954 the 45-room building was demolished and the reconstruction was carried out by local architect Héctor Velarde [es] and the engineer Adolfo Carozzo.

The owners also owned the restaurant in the Park of the Exhibition, the Jardín del Camal, and the Ancón hotel.

[5][6] It is, together with the Gran Hotel Bolívar and the Casa Tambo, part of the "Pisco Sour route in the Centre of Lima.