Aguas Calientes Hostels - Reviews and Rates

der dritte tag war eigentlich nur ein überbrückungstag. wir wanderten von santa teresa in ungefähr sechs stunden nach aguas calientes. auf halber strecke erreichten wir die zuglinie welche nach aguas calientes führt. aguas calientes ist nur per bahn erreichbar. wir wissen nicht, ob dies aus kommerziellen gründen so ist. denn es fahren täglich ta...

Thursday bummed around Cusco. Had a strange breakfast of fried chicken (pounded flat and breaded) with rice and french fries. If I haven´t already mentioned it - EVERYTHING is served with rice and french fries! Gets a bit old after a while =)

Started on an alpaca kick that afternoon for lunch - alpaca kabobs and then alpaca stroganoff for...

Salutare! Peru este o tara incredibila. Pacat ca este locuita! Ne-am intors de la Machu Pichu si incercam sa va povestim experienta traita. Ca sa ajungi la MP, pana acum un an, era o singura cale. Cu trenul din Cuzco pana la Aguas Calientes, o localitate aflata la baza muntelui unde se afla MP. De ceva timp exista si posibilitatea sa mergi cu ma...

$280 dollars parted with for tour... Deconstructive Criticism - you can skip this part if you dont want to hear me complain 1) 1 hour delay waiting for no known reason 2) Another hour whilst driver tries to make money by filling rest of minibus up with backpackers for $10 a head.. Cheeky *******! 3) No sign of English speaking guide 4) Guide unk...

Now the boring info is out of the way :) We had a couple of days wandering around Cuzco, marvelling at the Inca structures, the ranges of prices (3.50 soles (less than $2 AUD) for a 3 course meal, up to 30-40 soles for a plate at a touristy place), and the scenery. The inca building-turned-Spanish church was pretty interesing (for me, Ellen foun...

Getting to Machu Picchu is no easy trip. You either have to take a train or bus to Aguas Calientes - the town at the bottom of the mountain. We would have loved to do the Inca Trail but with it being rainy season and being cold at night we decided to skip it. Instead, we took the fastest route - a bus to the town of Ollantaytambo (a mouth full) ...

Had an interesting day of bus ride to Cuzco on Tuesday (despite an extremely loud and talkative Canadian woman) and arrived at our hotel. It´s called The Niños Hotel and was started by a woman who had adopted 13 street kids as a way to raise money for them and to teach them job skills. It´s been very successful, and they now run 2 hotels and 2 r...

So I´m sitting in an internet cafe, killing a bit of time before the train comes by towards Aguas Calientes. I´ll be spending the night there, and then I´ll climb up (or ride the bus if I´´m super lazy) early in the morning up to Machu Picchu. Today I visited Pisaq and Ollantaytambo with a guided tour. It was really nice to revisit these places ...

The Sacred Valley of the Incas is filled with many archaeological ruins and Incas sites. It was appreciated by the Incas due to its special geographical qualities (e.g. it is fed by numerous rivers) and pleasing climate which made it the best place for maize production in the whole of Peru. It is a beautiful fertile valley, and we got to visit a...

The train to Aguas Calientes in the morning was crowded, but fine overall. The switchbacks getting out of Cusco seem interminable, but once the train gets moving, the landscape is well worth the ride. I like Aguas Calientes. Yes, that makes me very rare. While I appreciate that it is the "Gatlinburg of the Andes" (those familiar with the Great S...