Aguas Calientes Hostels

A brief ( or rather will try and be) description and update on how the gals are experiencing the gourmet guinea pigs, cheap and cheerful hostels and the adventures of public transport in the Spanish speaking Americas.

... another passes in the opposite direction. For those of you who haven't been there, we've gotta tell you about Aguas Calientes.  Backpackers posting on Thorntree often describe it as a stinkhole that only exists to cheat tourists, and you do ...

... going on so not the prettiest town but I have seen worse. The place is dominated by markets, huge markets. Then eateries and hostels. Everything is double the price of elsewhere. There are no street venders for food. Last night I had a burger in Ollant ...

... stay at Cuzco the first day. The plan for the first day was: - Go to sacred valley straight - Catch a train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes and stay there that night. Since we landed at 7.15AM, we went to the hotel where we were planning on staying ...

... it took us 11 hours for the 80km journey over mostly really bad mountain roads, similar to the road of death with great views. Aguas Calientes is unsuprisingly completely touristy so it has lots of good places to eat, which we did plenty of. We left the ...

We arrived by train to Aguas Calientes, found a hostel and then walked down river to Mandor Falls.  It was nice to get out and hike again and we ended up at a pretty sweet water falls.  On the way to the falls we walked down the railroad tracks ...

... many thousands of tourists a year. We caught the bus which wound its way slowly up the side of the mountain across from Aguas Calientes, along a dusty, unpaved road, around lots of hairpin bends until it arrived at the gates to the site. Stepping off the ...

... durchkreuzt und da es auch den Rest des Tages bewölkt blieb entschlossen wir uns für einen weiteren Tag in Aguas Calientes, den wir abends in den Thermalbädern, die der Stadt ihren Namen verliehen (Aguas Calientes = Heiße Wasser) ausklingen ließen. ...

... was beginning to turn angrier and churned furiously with as the recent rainfall added to its impressive volume. We arrived in Aguas Calientes and spent the afternoon making our arrangements to visit Machu Picchu the following day. Machu Picchu is located ...

... sparse vegatation.  As we got closer to Aguas Calientes, it got more humid and had thicker vegetation.  This is because Aguas Calientes and Machu Picchu are in a cloud forest. We got to Aguas Calientes around 10:00am.  Aguas Calientes is a ...

... swank looking Brazilian buses which transport them up the mountainside to Machu Picchu. There are basically only 2 main streets in Aguas Calientes; Avenida Imperio de Los Incas, the street with the old train tracks running through, and Avenida Pachacutec ...

... front for us to get out.  We waived goodbye to David, and went into the room to change.  Afterward we walked around Aguas Calientes to get a feel for the town.  Everyone said that it was overpriced, small, and crappy.  I agree with the ...

... who proved to be an interesting conversationalist. He has done a lot of traveling, and was planning to head to Bolivia next. Aguas Calientes is a strange town, it really only exists because of it´s proximity to Machu Picchu and it´s a town of hotels, ...

... koud, terwijl het deze nacht behoorlijk warm was. Om 7u al, dus na 1,5 uurtje arriveren we in Aguas Calientes. Hier koop ik wat brood en ga 3 hostels af tot ik een heel degelijk hostel gevonden heb voor 3,5 EUR. Ik smeer m'n boterhammetjes zodat ik ...

... so it was a bit of a scramble! Disappointing for the price we paid!  We set off on the very scenic route to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu Town) and arrived after about an hour and a half. It was around 0800 when we arrived, and the town was ...

... of free food at least four times throughout the day. For the past two days I had been spending significantly less money in Aguas Calientes than I would have in Cusco! That night everyone was partying and playing games in the streets. People were playing ...

... every thing in this gigantic monument. It truly deserves to be counted as one of the wonders of the world. We leave today from Aguas Calientes near the machu pichu site back to Cusco - our regular playing ground. I´m gonna rest a few days since I ...

... auf den Fotos natuerlich. Nach hier gings mit den ueblichen Bussen, und weiter mit dem Zug am Fluss entlang nach Aguas Calientes. Den Ausgangpunkt fuer Machu Pichu hatte ich mir zwar touristisch, aber sonst eher wie ein Bergdorf vorgestellt. Tatsaechlich ...

... of steep hills? Thankfully Jud took charge and masterfully found our hostel (at the top of said hill, I do like to pick these hostels). Aguas Calientas is small. Aguas Calientas is freaky. Aguas Calientas is....dare I say it....a little bit boring (when ...

... new friendships. The train ride was long and uneventful. There isn’t much to say about it.  Once we got to Aguas Calientes we were overwhelmed with offers. As soon as we stepped off the train a swarm of people surrounded us. They shoved ...