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Aguas Calientes
The town below Machu Picchu, Aguas Calientes is the train from Cusco's final stop. From here, just a few blocks from the train station, you can catch a 20-minute bus up a winding mountain road to the park entrance. To avoid crowds at Machu Picchu, we recommend staying one night at Aguas Calientes and taking the bus up to Machu Picchu before the first train arrives in the morning.
Aguas Calientes is an unremarkable town, and you won't want to spend more than one night there, but there are a
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The town below Machu Picchu, Aguas Calientes is the train from Cusco's final stop. From here, just a few blocks from the train station, you can catch a 20-minute bus up a winding mountain road to the park entrance. To avoid crowds at Machu Picchu, we recommend staying one night at Aguas Calientes and taking the bus up to Machu Picchu before the first train arrives in the morning.
Aguas Calientes is an unremarkable town, and you won't want to spend more than one night there, but there are a number of international restaurants and tourist-friendly hotels that live off the Machu Picchu crowds. There are some nice hikes in the area with decent bird- and butterfly-watching.
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Aguas Calientes Restaurants
Aiko Restaurant
One of several restaurants alongside the railroad tracks on Imperios de los Incas, the advantages of this eatery are: 1) its attractive location; 2) its small seating capacity--36--ensuring ...
Restaurant
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
El Charro
This restaurant has style to spare, from the stained and varnished logs holding up its roof to the combination of dyed cotton and black leather tablecloths on its tables to the sheepskins on it its ...
Restaurant
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Toto's House
Toto's House Restaurant is virtually defined by bigness in all of its aspect. It is one of the largest restaurants in all of Peru, with a seating capacity for 400. Its main feature is a huge ...
Restaurant
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Indi Feliz Restaurant Bistro
As a restaurant, Indi Feliz has acquired a reputation--not just in Aguas Calientes, but in all of Peru--that is nothing less than legendary. In ten years they have won eight prizes, including, in two ...
Restaurant
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Yakumama II Restaurant
This standard but very decent restaurant on Manco Capac Plaza offers standard Peruvian food along with, of course, the universal favourite, pizza. There is an amusing touch in terms of its look: ...
Restaurant
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
El Tunqui
They call themselves a "tourist restaurant" and offer international and Peruvian cuisine, American and continental breakfast, beef, trout and chicken dishes, pizzas, pastas and Mexican ...
Restaurant
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Apu Salkantay
Cheap and cheerful restaurant offering a three course meal for around $5. Pick between starters such as stuffed avacado, garlic tomatoes and various soups. Then move onto your main where options such ...
Restaurant
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Hotel Restaurant La Cabaña
Hotel Restaurant La Cabaña is a friendly hotel and restaurant not far from the center of town. It offers a variety of services not always found in a mid-range hotel, such as travel desk, internet, ...
Hotel, Restaurant
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes Hotels
Cusi Q'oyllor Hostal
This simple, efficient hostel offers breakfast, hot water, telephone and fax service, a safety box, luggage storage, a row of computers in the lobby with Internet access, an in-house massage ...
Hotel
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Sumaq Macchu Picchu Hotel
Sumaq Macchu Picchu Hotel is an exclusive luxury hotel at the base of Macchu Picchu. This four-star hotel blends in well with its location: everything from the architecture to the cuisine borrow from ...
Hotel
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Presidente Hotel
The Presidente Hotel has earned two-star expectations, but charges a rate more in common with three-star facilities. Single rooms start at $45 in low-season and $50 in high. However, it ...
Hotel
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Hostal Machu Picchu
This is right next door the Presidente Hotel, is managed by the same company, and very much resembles it except that by defining itself as a "hostel" rather than "hotel," and ...
Hostel
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Hostal Mandor
This is another small, efficient, clean hostel on the popular and touristy Avenida Pachacútec for travellers just wanting to be close to everything before and/or after their Machu Picchu ascent. The ...
Hostel
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Hostal Ima Sumac
This is one of the more mid-range hostels you will find along the tavern-and-tourist filled Avenida Pachacútec, with prices fluctuating between $20 and $30 for single rooms with bathrooms, depending ...
Hotel
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Hotel Apu Majestic
Hotel Apu Majestic is within a short walking distance from the Peru Rail Station in Aguas Calientes, though so is pretty much everything else. Its other listed amenities include heating, cable TV, ...
Hotel
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Camping
Aguas Calientes is one of the few pueblos you will find in Peru that offers its own campgrounds. It is a walk of about 2 kilometers north of Aguas Calientes, on the road leading to the winding trail
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Hotel
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Gringo Bill's
Something of an Aguas Calientes institution, Gringo Bill's has been around for at least 20 years. Although it calls itself a hostel, it is actually a bit more upscale and expensive than your ...
Hotel
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Viajeros
Cozy, comfortable and safe, Viajeros calls its self a "bed and breakfast" hostel. It is run with the same efficiency as its sister agency, SAS Travel in Cusco. While it provides twin and ...
Hotel
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Hotel Restaurant La Cabaña
Hotel Restaurant La Cabaña is a friendly hotel and restaurant not far from the center of town. It offers a variety of services not always found in a mid-range hotel, such as travel desk, internet, ...
Hotel, Restaurant
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes Things to See and Do
Angela’s Laundry
The little things you don’t take into account when you set off to conquer the Inca Trail…such as your dirty laundry. Dubious tourist rates apply here in a popular destination spot like Aguas
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Other Activity
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Manuel Chávez Ballón Site Museum / Museo de Sitio Manuel Chávez Ballón
Anyone interested in a more thorough appreciation of Machu Picchu should pay a visit to this museum outside Aguas Calientes and named after Peruvian archeologist Manuel Chávez Ballón. Most of Machu
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Museum
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The Thermal Baths of Aguas Calientes
The town of Aguas Calientes derives its name–Hot Waters--from the natural, sulfur-heated waters here, near the base of the world's most famous lost city. They have long been considered to have ...
Spa/Hot Springs
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The Mandor Gardens and Waterfalls
Machu Picchu is the main attraction in the area, but many visitors, while they are here, stop over and visit the Mandor gardens and waterfalls. Your options for accessing it are: 1) take a cab; 2) ...
National Park
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Putucusi
This is an excellent walk up the mountain opposite of Machu Picchu that offers breathtaking views of Machu Picchu and the surrounding area. It can be steep and part of it requires going up wooden ...
City Walk
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Aguas Calientes, Peru
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