Casa Andina Sacred Valley Urubamba
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5to paradero Yanahuara, Centro poblado menor, Yanahuara Urubamba, Sacred Valley, Peru, 84, 51-84-976-5501
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Day 1: Miami – Lima – Cusco – Sacred Valley
Afternoon excursion to Ollantaytambo
According to our guides, it took the Incas 1 day to travel the 102 km from Cusco to Ollantaytambo by foot power. It took us 1 1/2 hours for roughly the same distance to our hotel in the Sacred Valley by private car. The Incas took short cuts over the mountains. Our first insight into the Incas is that they must have been incredibly physically fit. Our first experience with our pr...
The drive to Maras, Moray and the Salt Mines brought into view broad expanses of rolling hills with snow capped mountains in the distance. The fields dressed in their winter brown were feeding grounds for sheep. It seemed as though we were the only car on the road although we sometimes had to stop for the sheep or donkeys that were also using the road. Children were watching their flocks.
In Maras, we walked to a Catholic Church with a mass service and listened to the singing and the p...
In the mountains beyond Pisac, our driver Julio expertly maneuvered on the narrow winding dirt roads to a potato preserve that grows more than 1,300 varieties of potatoes (http://www.parquedelapapa.org/). This highland area has a few villages where the residents are experts in growing potatoes at varying altitudes. Their primary diet is potatoes, where the people consume 4.4 pounds of potatoes per day or more than 1,600 pounds annually. According to Gourmet Magazine, the average American eats...
Pisac, Sacred Valley, Peru journeyer
In the mountains beyond Ollantaytambo is a small village called Huilloc where women weave colorful tapestries for their families and offer them for sale at a local cooperative. We joined several women for a few hours sitting on the grass with them as they wove and Jaime, our new guide, acted as interpreter of their Quechua and our English. Their first question to us was whether we wanted to be buried or burned when we died. They had heard over the radio about swine flu and wondered what we kn...
Huilloc, Cusco, Peru journeyer
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Anxiously, Mi and I woke up early this morning, said our goodbyes to Justin once again and were out the door by 2:45am. Our transportation was already in front of the apartment waiting for us.
By 3:30am we were at the airport, tickets in hand and through the gate. It was again a smooth process, everything being done by the CAT representative. As we waited patiently in our seats in the waiting area, other passengers started to arrive. It was a DEJA VU! Everyone was a ...
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The afternoon was spent exploring the impressive ruins of Ollantaytambo.
Carlos, our devoted driver, safely drove us to the town of Ollantaytambo where he proceeded driving along a cobblestone road leading to the ruins entrance.
In front of the entrance, several merchandises for sale were being displayed by the locals. Again, the colourful sweaters couldn't be missed along with the quite distinct famous Peruvian tuques.
Ali, Mi and myself proceeded w...
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Having survived my fear of Cusco's acclimatization, now, I was walking TALL. There was nothing in my way to stop me. Bring it on, I told myself. I can take anything!
The weather in Cusco was quite comfortable without being too cold. The sky was gray and the pavement was still wet from an early morning rainfall. I proceeded walking behind Mi towards the mini van where Carlos, by then, had opened the doors and put our luggages inside. I sat in the front seat and Mi, in...
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After a remarkable and fulfilling day, we headed towards our last stop of the day, a comfortable lodge in the Sacred Valley.
The Casa Andina Private Collection hotel in the Valle Sagrado, being an hour drive from Cusco, was quite wonderful and impressive with its mountain-chalet styled retreats with panoramic views of the Andes from every room and every angle.
Once our check-in was completed, off we went exploring our beautiful room, the retreat itself, the ...
Historical Traveler Reviews of Casa Andina Sacred Valley Urubamba
Excellent choice
The experience of the planetarium and observatory on a clear night was unique and very interesting.
We are looking forward to a longer stay in the near future.
Any one traveling to Cusco and Machu Picchu should consider staying in Casa-Andina at the sacred Valley in Urubamba.
Edgar and Martina Covarrubias
Stunning views
The lobby of the hotel is great, with a huge glowing fireplace in the middle. The restaurant is good, with pretty good service. Breakfast buffet is large and generous.
It is a bit of a struggle to get to the rooms. I feel for the baggage handlers because there are no ramps or elevators! But the struggle is worth it when you look off your balcony and see the incredible mountains just outside.
Don't miss a quick visit to the llamas. My daughter got spit on, but she still had a ball with them.
Super hotel
Sacred valley paradise
Decent Accomodations in Sacred Valley
Wow Says it All
Also rather fun, Native vendors in traditional dress come to the hotel each day to display and sell their lovely handcrafted wares. Great photo opportunities, if nothing else.
Pleasant accomodations in the SV
We were not happy with the price of the other items in the hotel, particularly the spa. This is a relatively remote hotel - - no walkable access to any stores, restaurants, shops like you might see in some of the other small towns (Ollantaytambo, Urubamba) in the SV. I recall the cheapest massage in the spa to be around $120/$130 (approaching the cost of a night's stay). To just access the hot tub or sauna in the spa was $25/pp. Given the relative cost of other things (food, tours, guides, restaurants, hotels), we found this annoying. Given the relative isolation, we expected more expertise with day trips, day hikes, tours....but found no one readily available and accessible to discuss, though there was a binder of tour prices in a book in the lobby for our review.
For better or worse, depending on what you're looking for, the hotel (at least the several days we were there) was predominantly tour buses of people in their 50's/60's, so don't expect the bar to be hopping into the wee hours like you might see at some of the places in Cusco. We are in our 30s, and saw 2 other couples our age during our brief stay.
Paradise in the middle of nowhere
A Jewel Close to Ollantaytamba
Pleasant Casa Andina Private Hotel
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