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  Urubamba - Sacred Valley of the Incas - Cusco Peru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Urubamba - Sacred Valley of the Incas - Cusco Peru
The incas, experts on land matters, chose this fertile valley to establish their main settlements, which is why the province of Urubamba was formed by the district where the main architectural monuments are found: Urubamba, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, Huayllabamba, Machupicchu, Maras and Yucay.
Urubamba was one of the main agricultural centers of the Empire.
www.cuscoperu.info /english/sacredvalley/valle020.shtml   (325 words)

  
 Urubamba Valley
The Sacred Valley of the Incas and the Urubamba are used inter-changeably to describe the valley that runs from east of Pisac to Ollantaytambo at the western end of the Valley.
At the eastern end of the valley is Pisac.
Ollantaytambo, at the end of the valley, is built on the foundations of an old Inca town and has another impressive set of ruins.
www.ladatco.com /CUZ-URU.HTM   (188 words)

  
  Urubamba - Sacred Valley of the Incas - Cusco Peru
The incas, experts on land matters, chose this fertile valley to establish their main settlements, which is why the province of Urubamba was formed by the district where the main architectural monuments are found: Urubamba, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, Huayllabamba, Machupicchu, Maras and Yucay.
Urubamba was one of the main agricultural centers of the Empire.
Politically, Urubamba was created by a government decree on June 21, 1,825 and on November 1,839, it was decided that the Village of Urubamba be upgraded to " The worthy city of Urubamba" when Agustin Gamarra was president.
www.cuscoonline.com /english/sacredvalley/valle020.shtml   (325 words)

  
 Urubamba Valley - Peru - The Sacred Valley of the Incas | Open Travel Info
Urubamba Valley - Peru - The Sacred Valley of the Incas
Urubamba Valley - Peru - The Sacred Valley of the Incas
The valley also served as a gateway to the jungle and was easily defendable by Ollantaytambo to the northwest and Rumicolca to the southeast.
www.opentravelinfo.com /travel_guide/south_america/peru/andean/urubamba_valley_the_sacred_valley_of_the_incas   (2408 words)

  
 Sacred Valley of the Incas,Pisaq markets,Ollantaytambo Cusco Peru
The town of Ollantaytambo is located in the far western part of the Urubamba Valley, in a place where the asphalt highway connects with the circuit called the Sacred Valley of the Incas and the railway that leaves Cusco bound for Machupicchu.
The valley is mainly agricultural, where the finest corn in Peru is produced, one that is highly nutritious and of excellent quality.
This beautiful and suggestive valley between the towns of Pisaq and Ollantaytambo was greatly admired by Peruvians' ancestors due to its special conditions such as its beneficial climate, its fertile lands and the presence of the Wilcamayu or Sacred River.
www.peru-travel.net /cusco/valle_sagrado/sacred_valley.htm   (1631 words)

  
 High Plains Backpacker: The Sacred Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The valley is a wide expanse north of Cusco stretching over 100km east-west.
The roads to and from the valley are notoriously treacherous, some with drops of over 1000 feet, so it's wise to have an experienced chauffeur when circumnavigating the area.
Urubamba had apparently cornered the market for tour group lunch stops with practically every restaurant charging seven to 20 dollars for a fixed price, luke warm buffet.
www.ibiblio.org /edweb/altiplano/sacredvalley.html   (2387 words)

  
 Learn Spanish in Urubamba, Sacred Valley , Peru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Location: the town of Urubamba, situated 57Km from the city of Cuzco, extends along the sides of the Southern Mountain Range, in a narrow valley through which runs the Vilcanota river, called Wilka Mayu or Sacred river, making up the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
The Sacred Valley of the Incas, running along the river Vilcanota, is one of the most beautiful archaeological spot's in Peru.
Urubamba is a small, quiet city, far from the yourist trail, with its picturesque valleys and colourful, traditional markets.
www.donquijote.org /english/la/peru.urubamba.asp   (314 words)

  
 Information Peru Travel Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The valley is characterized to have very special conditions, as an excellent climate, very fertile lands and the waters of the sacred river of the Inca, the Vilcanota (in Quechua language: sacred or wonderful thing) that, in the town of Urubamba, changes name to Urubamba River.
Urubamba is in the skirts of the majestic snowy mountain Chicón, to which you can arrive easily and achieve its ascent.
Urubamba is also called the "Capital Arqueológica del Perú" (Archaeological Capital of Peru), for the rich Inca archaeological locations that exist in the area; also called "La Perla del Vilcanota", for the incomparable landscapes that surround it, natural scenarios of an indescribable beauty.
www.go2peru.com /webapp/ilatintravel/articulo.jsp?cod=19988139   (1343 words)

  
 High Plains Backpacker: The Sacred Valley
The roads to and from the valley are notoriously treacherous, some with drops of over 1000 feet, so it's wise to have an experienced chauffeur when circumnavigating the area.
Urubamba had apparently cornered the market for tour group lunch stops with practically every restaurant charging seven to 20 dollars for a fixed price, luke warm buffet.
The sun began to sink behind the mountainside as we returned to the bus and continued to the village of Chinchero, high atop the valley at 4000m.
www.edwebproject.org /altiplano/sacredvalley.html   (2387 words)

  
 Spanish Language School in the Urubamba Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
All teachers at the Spanish Language School in Urubamba are native speakers and professionals who are committed to giving students the richest possible experience of Peruvian culture and customs.
Valley is located right outside Urubamba, surrounded by snow peaked mountains in a residential area.
Urubamba accommodations include a residence that is part of the campus.
www.languageskillsabroad.com /id133.html   (629 words)

  
 The Sacred Valley Of Peru Travel And Tour Pictures And Photos
The Sacred Valley of the Incas was a key settlement of the Inca Empire.
And the Sacred Valley was considered the personal holding of the Inca Rulers, and was built upon as a direct extension of the city of Cusco.
Garcilaso (1607), said this: "That valley has more advantages than all the others that are in Peru, and for that reason the Inca Kings ever since Manco Capac, who was the first, right up to the last of them had it as their garden and the place of their delights and recreation...
www.delange.org /SacredValley/SacredValley.htm   (1066 words)

  
 Studying Spanish in the Urubamba Valley
With its picturesque valleys and colorful, traditional markets, Urubamba Valley is a very interesting place to visit in order to get an inside view into the life of the indigenous people.
In the East part of the valley is Pisac, a tiny little town in the charming part of the Urubamaba Valley.
At the end of the valley, at the base of an old Inca town, is Ollantaytambo.
www.languageskillsabroad.com /id81.html   (183 words)

  
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Urubamba is a small, quiet town in the Sacred Valley, about 80 km from Cuzco (an hour bus drive).
In Urubamba, the teachers live with the students in the residence, offering the students many opportunities to practice Spanish.
In addition to the two guided hikes during the week in Urubamba which are included in the program, there are many walks for the independent adventurer.
www.spanishschools.org /ss/dest/urubamba.peru.asp   (401 words)

  
 Sacred Valley Machupicchu Travel Adventure,Tropical American Adventure.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Urubamba is not located far from here.Like many places along the valley Urubamba is in a fine setting with snowcapped peaks in view, it has many restaurants and pleasant dining areas with reasonable prices.
Located on a wide-open hill above the Urubamba Valley, the salt water runs along channels, which extend through the flooded lands and follow a more or less rectangular pattern, depending on the variations in the land.
The structure of these terraces seems to suggest agricultural activity which employed the air circulation within the circular area and the advantages offered by this type of construction for employing ram water as well as water from nearby regions.
www.peru-eureka.com /sacredvalley.htm   (682 words)

  
 Urubamba travel guide
Urubamba is a quaint town of roughly 18,000 people, although you wouldn't know it by driving through.
Urubamba is situated on the bank of el Rio Vilcanota (also referred to as el Rio Urubamba).
Areas of Urubamba to see are the cemetery and the very traditional pueblo within Urubamba called Chichubamba.
www.world66.com /southamerica/peru/urubamba   (676 words)

  
 Sacred Valley : Introduction | Frommers.com
The Urubamba Valley, better known as El Valle Sagrado de los Incas (the Sacred Valley of the Incas), is a relaxed and incomparably beautiful stretch of small villages and ancient ruins spread across a broad plain and rugged mountain slopes northwest of Cusco.
Through the valley rolls the revered Río Urubamba (called the Willcamayu by the Incas; today it is also called the Vilcanota in one section), a pivotal religious element of the Incas' cosmology.
With the river as its source, the fertile valley was a major center of agricultural production for the Incas, who grew native Andean crops such as white corn, coca, potatoes, and other fruits and vegetables in expansive fields and along spectacularly terraced mountain slopes.
www.frommers.com /destinations/sacredvalley/2874010001.html   (849 words)

  
 NOTES ON LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS OF THE UPPER URUBAMBA VALLEY, SOUTHERN PERU
This is another hummingbird of restricted elevational and geographical distribution (Urubamba Valley south to the Department of Cochabamba, Bolivia).
This toucan was not recorded by Parker in the upper Marcapata Valley (3,300 m), 100 km south of the Urubamba region, during the period 16-21 October 1974, suggesting that a hiatus in known distribution (see Haffer 1974) between A. hypoglauca and A. cucullata may be real and not a function of inadequate collecting.
Described by Chapman (1923) from six specimens taken by Heller in 1915 in the upper Urubamba drainage, this ovenbird was common in Chusquea bamboo understory of forest and edge from San Luis to Canchaillo (2,745-3,260 m), where it was seen singly or in pairs gleaning foliage and stalks of bamboo, and shrubbery.
elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v097n01/p0167-p0176.html   (12651 words)

  
 GORP - Urubamba Valley - Ancient Peru - Stone and Air
The valley was formed by the Urubamba River, which, by the way, offers great rafting and kayaking.
The valley was, and continues to be, an important agricultural center.
Both the valley floor and the terraced hillsides are farmed.
gorp.away.com /gorp/location/latamer/peru/arc_peru3.htm   (373 words)

  
 Cusco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Urubamba valley with its many ruins is one of the most fantastic valleys of this earth.
With flights in the Urubamba valley at the Mirador Raqchi or Pisaq or at the Río Apurimac or at the passes to the town Abancay there is a variety of established, beautiful flying possibilities.
From local pilots cross flights along the valley were made, or even flights back to Cusco with cloud bases of 5000-6000 m.
gerdbreitenbach.de /anden/peru_1/cusco_en.html   (267 words)

  
 Peru Rafting - One and Two Days
We also have other rivers for rafting in Peru, such as the Urubamba river, that is good for kayaking as well, with class III and IV rapids and that is near Cusco the ancient capital of the Inca Empire.
The Urubamba river runs from the high Andean ranges down through the Sacred Valley of the Incas, past Machupicchu and into the jungle.
Urubamba river rafting, only a short distance from Cusco, or Urubamba in the Sacred Valley is only a day trip away.
www.mayuc.com /urubamba.html   (669 words)

  
 Rumbos Online: Urubamba: The sacred valley of the Incas
At dawn, a hazy mist covers the route from Cuzco to the Sacred Valley and soon Cuzco, with all its vestiges of Inca antiquity and colonial grandeur, is lost from sight.
Although it is at times boxed in, roaring and lashing out in fury at being confined, the river mostly flows placidly through open country, turning the land every imaginable shade of green and providing life-giving sustenance for the largest and sweetest maize in Peru.
From an architectural standpoint, the Sacred Valley route is truly admirable in that Inca architects believe in the importance of not divorcing men from their surroundings.
www.rumbosonline.com /articles/8-48-unknownurubamba.htm   (1700 words)

  
 Sacred Valley of the Incas - Machu Picchu Tours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Sacred Valley was undoubtedly a key area of settlement to the Incas.
The area of the valley between Pisac and Ollantaytambo is known as the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
It is a long narrow valley which, in the southern region, goes back up to Urcos and towards the north, crossing Ollantaytambo before it finally reaches the citadel of Machu Picchu.
www.mayuc.com /sacred_valley.html   (1182 words)

  
 The Great Unknown, The Great Explorers
Urubamba is a pleasant town located at the junction of valley road and Chinchero road, 4 km beyond the village of Yucay.
The town of Urubamba is a convenient base from which to explore the Inca's Sacred Valley.
A hot spring at the top of the valley discharges a small stream of heavily salt-ladden water, which is diverted into salt pans and evaporated to produce a salt that is used for cattle licks.
www.phfawcettsweb.org /urubam.htm   (5122 words)

  
 Sacred Valley Peru - Photo Tour. Photos of Sacred Valley. Amauta spanish School
The current school building is divided into a sleeping and a study/teaching area and has a lovely, sunny garden with fruit trees.
The building is outside Urubamba, surrounded by snow peaked mountains and tipical houses.
Urubamba is a small, quiet town in the Sacred Valley, about 80 km from Cusco (an hour bus drive).
www.amautaspanish.com /amautaspanish/phototour/subCategoria.asp?CodCat=CAT001   (117 words)

  
 Sacred Valley of the Incas
Urubamba is not located far from here.Like many places along the valley Urubamba is in a fine setting with snow-capped peaks in view, it has many restaurants and pleasant dining areas with reasonable prices.
Located on a wide-open hill above the Urubamba Valley, the salt water runs along channels, which extend through the flooded lands and follow a more or less rectangular pattern, depending on the variations in the land.
The structure of these terraces seems to suggest agricultural activity which employed the air circulation within the circular area and the advantages offered by this type of construction for employing ram water as well as water from nearby regions.
www.icstars.com /HTML/SSSP2001/MachuPicchu/sacred.htm   (690 words)

  
 THE SACRED VALLEY - CUSCO - PERU - CUZCO - SURROUNDINGS IN CUSCO
In the valley, there are a series of picturesque towns (some of them has beautiful colonial churches), terraces and other archaeological remains, as well as the most famous corn in the world.
The road to the Sacred Valley is the same to go to Sacsayhuaman so if you desire and have time you could also visit the ruins of this complex: Quenco, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay.
It is located in the same heart of Urubamba valley and it is surrounded by beautiful landscapes outstanding the snowy peak of Chicon and the fields.
www.cusco-peru.org /cusco-surroundings-cusco-sacred-valley.shtml   (1217 words)

  
 don Quijote: Spanish language excursion in Urubamba, the Sacred Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In addition to the two guided hikes during the week in Urubamba which are included in the program, there are many walks for the independent adventurer.
Participants in our Urubamba program have spoken so highly of this location that we strongly recommend all students follow part of their program in Urubamba.
The Urubamba program gives endless opportunities to combine excursions with the Spanish program and students enjoy the tranquility and the intimacy of traditional Peruvian life, away from the hassles of the tourism center of Cuzco.
www.colleges.com /colleges/donquijote/english/urubamba.peru.html   (422 words)

  
 Pisac, Ollantaytambo and Urubamba Sacred Valley
The valley of the Urubamba river was a sacred place to the Incas.
The sacred valley is probably the best place to see how the Incas worked in concert with the natural world to develop complex irrigation and agricultural systems that could actually add to the incredible beauty of the landscape around them.
The Urubamba is actually a tributary of the Amazon and although much of the river is not navigable, you can go whitewater rafting most of the year which means that those of you who don't have the time to make it to the jungle could technically claim to have been rafting on the Amazon...
www.therealperu.co.uk /guide/Valley.aspx   (1323 words)

  
 More Info on Yoga in Peru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Urubamba itself is renowned for its beautiful countryside, healthy climate and stunning views of the snow-capped peak Chicon.
The valley is also an important area of agriculture due to it's rich soil and mild weather.
Urubamba is in the heart of the Sacred Valley is located at 2.875 meters above sea level.
www.freespirituk.com /Yoga/moreinfoperu.htm   (4001 words)

  
 Tours Peru :·:·.:· Cusco Peru, Peru Information, Tour Cuzco, Cusco Hotels, Travel to Urubamba
The beautiful providence of Urubamba is located in the Herat of the Sacred Valley.
The town of Urubamba still has some places that are from the Pre-Hispanic era, that were used to build the colonial constructions.
In the area of Pumahuanca in main valley, there is an archeological remain (platforms and rest of constructions).
www.cuscoperu.com /cusco/travel-peru/0233-urubamba-travel-peru.html   (223 words)

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