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Unusual Attractions in Urubamba

Skylodge

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

Moray

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

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

Lares Hot Springs

Bathe in these natural hot springs located high in the Andes Mountains.

14 miles from Urubamba

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