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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Urubamba

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Urubamba, Peru

Updated December 29, 2016

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Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.
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Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
Looking down to the lower level structures

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Wiñay Wayna

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
The now-vacant Wiñay Wayna Pub from the back

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The Former Wiñay Wayna Pub

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Salt Pans of Maras

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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

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Ollantaytambo Ruins

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
10 miles from Urubamba
A view of the bathing pools.

Lares, Peru

Lares Hot Springs

Bathe in these natural hot springs located high in the Andes Mountains.
14 miles from Urubamba
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