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Moray

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

Skylodge

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

Wiñay Wayna

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

The Former Wiñay Wayna Pub

This is why we can't have nice things on the Incan Trail.

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Salt Pans of Maras

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

3 miles from Urubamba

Ollantaytambo, Peru

Ollantaytambo Ruins

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

10 miles from Urubamba

Qenqo Temple

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

16 miles from Urubamba

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