Hacienda San José, Colonial hacienda in El Carmen District, Chincha Province, Peru

Hacienda San José is a manor house and estate in the Chincha Valley, El Carmen District, Ica Region. Its main staircase, where the last heir Julio Carrillo de Albornoz y Mendoza was killed in 1879, is a detail visitors can spot. The property includes a chapel and a main house that was damaged by the 2007 earthquake and reopened as a hotel in 2012.

The estate was established during the colonial period and operated as a major agricultural center in the region for centuries. During the 1821 independence movement, many residents of the property left to join General San Martin's forces.

The hacienda's name comes from its chapel, dedicated to Saint Joseph, which formed part of the property when Rosa Josepha de Muñatones y Aguado brought it as a dowry in 1688. The estate church stands beside the manor house, and the hacienda's religious name has remained attached to the property through its changes of ownership.

Visits to the property are organized through informal guided tours that are typically arranged with advance notice. Access to the underground areas requires sure footing and willingness to navigate narrow spaces.

Julio Carrillo de Albornoz y Mendoza, the 25-year-old last heir, was killed by slaves on the manor house's main staircase during the Pacific War; after his death in 1879 his widow Catalina del Valle y Osma sold the house to Roberto B. Leguía, brother of the president. The staircase is the spot to look for.