Chinchero, Peru Travel Blogs

following the scent of salt...
Jan 15, 2008 (52 photos)

1/14 There's been a "rumba"  and the railroad tracks are blocked by rocks....we're forced to leave a day later than we intended, but at 5 AM, way earlier in the day than I ever intend to go anywhere.   But that's OK because we plan to make ...

The Sacred Valley of the Incas
May 26, 2007

... xxxxx Hola otra vez, hoy fuimos a la Valle Segrada de los Incas y fue increíble. Fuimos a Pisac, Urubamba, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero y finalmente a Cusco otra vez. ¡Un día lleno de actividades! Las ruinas en Pisac y Ollantaytambo son algo de un mundo ...

Al Valle Sagrado - Chinchero
May 14, 2006 (5 photos)

... patiently on folding chairs in front of a podium and a huge pile of colourful gift baskets. This is Mother's Day, and in Chinchero, it is celebrated with immense gravity. The speeches are interminable, as is to be expected, but we arrive just when the ...

Friday adventure...last stop Chinchero!
Jun 19, 2009 (7 photos)

... for about 40 minutes to our next destination which was the highest point that we´ve been to in Peru (3,900 meters above sea level).  We arrived in Chinchero around 5:30, and thanks to our guide´s warning from our city tour, we packed warm clothes.  ...

Sacred Valley - Chinchero
Aug 30, 2005

... transport. We decided to go the local route on a mini-bus and made a point of going to the least touristy market in Chinchero, 28 kilometers (17.4 miles) from Cusco. See ENTRY #5 - Cusco: Capital of the Incas - and scroll down to Buses/Trains/Taxis. ...

Sacred Valley
Jan 20, 2006 (5 photos)

Travel adventures out of the sacred valley were awesome for me. I was not planning on doing the cheap, but I did it. I hired a postcard selling kid and his friend as guides, I bought them dinner for $1 each meal and bus tickets for all of our missions. ...

Sopa game & Chicha, Chinchero & Lake Piuray
Aug 5, 2009 (6 photos)

... and we loved it. http://www.margieswebgallery.com/galleries/peru/Sapo/ http://www.margieswebgallery.com/galleries/peru/Chinchero/ http://www.margieswebgallery.com/galleries/peru/Lakepiuray/ http://www.margieswebgallery.com/galleries/peru/Kusikay/

Sacred Valley
May 14, 2006 (5 photos)

Was pretty nice, but nothing compares to Machu Picchu. I recommend this to be done before the great city! There were some real cool markets! Bought a few things...

Saturday, March 1
Mar 2, 2008 (6 photos)

... be achieved. 3rd, it is spun into string and ready to be weaved into clothing, blankets, and many other items. After Chinchero, we traveled to the Urubamba Salt Mines, where we learned how the Incas and Peruvians make a variety of different salts. We ...

Chinchero and the last day in Cusco
Feb 15, 2009

... We only had 150 soles on us so had to decline.  We visited a couple of smaller textile shops which sold typical Chinchero weavings along with the usual poor quality hats and scarves.  At one place we were given a short demonstration of the wool ...