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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...
Hotel
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

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

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 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 ...
Other Activity
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 ...
Museum
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

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

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
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