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Ollantaytambo Slideshow
Ollantaytambo
Travel Blogs from Ollantaytambo, Peru
The Earth Oven in Bollywood
OLLANTAYTAMBO/ SACRED VALLEY One of our favorite tiny Peruvian cities, Ollantaytambo's (population 2000) history details a lovely story about a great Inca King that wanted to marry a peasant girl from the village. Forbidden love decided that ...
Sacred Valley of the Incas tour
... place was magnificent. Our next stop of the day was the most famous; it was the Incan ruins of Ollantaytambo. It was very impressive with row after row of terraces. The city of Ollantaytambo is best known ...
Day 36 - Peruvian Dragon's Den
... . Before we knew it, we were back in the city of Ollantaytambo. On the outskirts of the city rests the remains of the Ollantaytambo archeological site. To enter the site costs 70 soles, but to hike to the ruins on the opposite side of the valley are free. ...
Potato farming and Inka houses
... guinea pigs running around everywhere because they need to have plenty available for special occasions. We stayed in the Ollantaytambo Lodge from wheree we could admire the stunning surrounding mountain range. It was an early night, in anticipation ...
Still High
... nbsp;I´m sure you geologists and engineers back home would find it all quite interesting. We are now in Ollantaytambo for one last night of hotel comfort before heading out on the Inca trail tomorrow. So, likely no posts ...
Dias 11
Well the adventure continues. As some of you might be curious, yes, we ended up somewhere not previously planned. Ollantaytambo, in the Sacred Valley. Took me a long enough time memorizing how to pronounce that. Anyway, the adventure began at 4 30 AM in ...
Inka Trail Day 1
Day 1 of our 5 Day / 4 Night Inka Trail adventure started with a 5am wakeup to meet our 12 fellow trekkers & 2 guides on a street corner in Cusco for a 3 hour bus ride to the trail head at Kilometre 82 on the rail track, the start of our ...
Ollantaytambo, last stop in the Sacred Valley
... , après avoir ingéré quelque chose pour me redonner des forces. Après le Machu Picchu, nous sommes restés une journée à Ollantaytambo dans la Vallée sacrée. Il y avait encore d'autres sites à visiter autour de ce village mais Simon a déclaré ...
Inka Trail - The First Day
... to get some breakfast and finish our rucksack. The bus didn´t turn up until nearly 7am! From Cusco its 2 hours bus ride to Ollantaytambo (which also has some magnificent ruins by the way). At the town they "force" a stop. Under the excuse ...
Ollantaytambo
... some Peruvian songs on his guitar over breakfast! We enjoy some time in the ruins of the temple-fortress of Ollantaytambo, which though not as famous as Machu Picchu, are very impressive. The main section is constructed on steep terraces that ...
Auf den Spuren der InkaInnen
... alte Inkamauern. Gleich neben dem Ort befindet sich eine alte Festungsanlage (sehr steil und viele Treppen), die Ollantaytambo heisst. Wahrscheinlich unsere vorletzte Inkasiedlung, da wir jetzt schon sehr brav und ausdauernd Ansammlungen alter Steine ...
The Inca Trail
... Lady's Man¨ as he was soon to be known, plus all the gear and food for the trip and set off on the 2 hour drive to Ollantaytambo to pick up the porters. Fortunately Franco got some rest on the way and was in a bit better shape when we arrived. We had ...
Out and about in Ollantaytambo
From Cusco we travelled by mini bus to Ollantaytambo (don´t ask how to pronounce it... I make it up every time). Ollantaytambo is part of the sacred valley. Our first stop was a GAP run community, where the women spin wool, dye it and then weave it into ...
The Sacred Valley of the Incas
Friday I did a tour from Cusco to Ollantaytambo, through an area known as the Sacred Valley which is action-packed with old Inca ruins (apparently the valley is super-good for growing corn, so the Incas loved it). It's absolutely beautiful, with old ...
The Journey to Ollantaytambo
... specifically catering to tourists. Motor exhaust can be choking, especially traveling through Urubamba, the hub of the Valley. But Ollantaytambo still seems very tranquil compared to the rest of the emerging Valley, and it seems to be the kind of ...
Sites bezoeken, beetje teveel zon en hoogteziekte
... lager dan Cusco. Ondertussen hebben we het ticket voor Astrid naar Machu Picchu gecancelled. Ik ga alleen en Astrid blijft in Ollantaytambo. MP is boven de 4000m en dat gaat hem niet worden zo. Dinsdagmiddag gaat de trein naar Aguas Calientes en dan ...
Ollantaytambo to Socma
... I had eaten one too many coca sweets or drank one to many cups of coca tea. After approximately 20 minutes of leaving Ollantaytambo we arrived at Puente Pacher where were dropped off at the side of a river and told this is where we would eat lunch. ...
Ollantaytambo Ruins and Peru 911
... to get there, my total: Ticket: included in my bileto Bus to Urubamba (2 hrs.) and back: approx. $2.50 CAN Urubamba to Ollantaytambo and back: $0.66 CAN ...a full day of siteseeing for $3.16 CAN...I´m not sure what is more incredible the actual ruins ...
Inca Trail: Pilgrimage to Machupicchu
... became clear that one of the young members of our extended group, Rachel from Trinidad, was unwell and we stopped in the town of Ollantaytambo for her to be checked over by a doctor. The diagnosis was a lung infection and that proved to be the end ...
More ruins
... to 10 different ruins in the Sacred Valley (without it, some of them can’t be visited). One of them happens to be in Ollantaytambo (Ollanta for short) where we left Rover before we headed up to Machu Picchu. There are two ruins perched on the hills ...
More old ruins....
... a lot of people work in the mines of Potosi (Bolivia) and other areas, and this was certain death, so many people from Ollantaytambo moved further and further upwards to escape, surviving by farming, and to this day live at heights of up to 4,200m, many ...
Romancing the Stone
Today we are traveling by bus to Ollantaytambo with our Tour Director Freddie and our local guide Jeramey to do a a little hiking at the ruins in Ollanytaytambo in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Tomorrow we start the big hike so today is intended ...
Into the Sacred Valley of the Incas
We had decided to save a bit of money by getting our train tickets from a place called Ollyantaytambo (nearer to Machu Picchu) rather than Cusco (we saved about $70). So, we left Cusco after 3 days, leaving our big rucksacks with the hostal, and ...
Ollantaytambo
... it. When she got outside she gave it to a little dog. This morning we woke up early and visited the ruins at Ollantaytambo. They were less extensive then those at Pisac, and much less high. The most exciting thing was witnessing a falling-out ...
Sacred Valley
We were picked up by our guide Nancy who stayed with us for the day for the Sacred Valley tour. It was just our group which was nice because we all seem to get along quite well. The people have really made this tour even better. ...
Sacred Valley
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 ...
Day 9!
... off as we departed. This part of the trek being 95 percent downhill to Patakancha town for our bus back to Ollantaytambo. Quiet a relaxing trip down the valley more children were seen as we decended. More fantastic scenery as we went. The trek ...