Exploring the Sacred Valley

We first took the train through the Sacred Valley on our way to Machu Picchu.

We took the ordinary train - above,

but there is also the Vista Dome.
After staying in Cusco and visiting Machu Picchu it is well worth staying in a hotel in the Sacred Valley.  We have already shown you the Aranwa, and now we move to the Sol y Luna at Urubamba.

This is a standard lodge in a beautiful setting, but what I want to do is to show you around.

This is one way of getting around but we choose to go by car.

This is the church at Chincheros

And this is the Indian Market.  Sorry about the quality of this photo.

Here are the Maras Salt Pools - and again:

And now the Moray Terraces - and then we move on to Ollantaytambo, which I really love and have masses of photos, but we only have space for a few.

Here we have several photos of the old fortress.

And this is the last of Ollantaytambo.

 Here is Huaypo Lake

 Here we have paragliding

And here are Peruvian Paso horses, which are the ones that are often trained to do very intricate steps.

Not a wonderful photo, but you can just about make out the very distinctive dress they wear.

These steps are terraces called Andenes de Moray.