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  • Updated By toonsarah on June 9, 2006
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  • Inca fountain - Cusco
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    The Inca ruins at Ollantaytambo consist of some spectacular terracing up the steep hillside, and at the top of this a temple site - apparently! I must confess we didn't climb all the way up. At the foot of the terraces are various other temples and a well-preserved (or restored?) Inca fountain. Despite the fairly large number of tourists and a group of local school children on an educational tour, I found the atmosphere here very peaceful, perhaps because of the stream running through the site and a number of small pools. On the hillside opposite the ruins you can spot Inca granaries carved out of the rock. Don't forget your "Boleto Turistico" which you'll need for entry to the ruins. And while you're here please do take the time to explore the village too - it's built on Inca foundations and the houses are very traditional and worth a closer look. See my "Off the beaten path" tip for more information.


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    Ollantaytambo: From the Top of Ollantaytambo
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  • Updated By AlbuqRay on January 13, 2004
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  • Ollantaytambo View at the Top - Cusco
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    If you climb the 200 steps to the top of the citadel, you can enjoy views like this one. One wonders if Ollantay ever stood here himself. His story is tragic but has a happy ending. Ollantay was an Incan general who secretly fell in love with Kusi Qoyllur, the daughter of the Inca Pachacutec. After Ollantay distinguished himself in battle, the Inca offered him anything he wanted. Ollantay asked for the hand of his daughter in marriage. This was blasphemy in their rigid class society and Ollantay had to flee to the citadel, Ollantaytambo. Pachacutec had his own daughter entombed alive with the child she had had with Ollantay, with only food and water to keep them from dying in order to prolong their agony. Ollantay rebelled and during the subsequent war, Pachacutec died. His son, Thupaq Yupanki and General Rumi Nawi eventually defeated Ollantay and enslaved him. However, when Thupaq Yupanki found his semi-dead sister, who had been in the live-in tomb for fifteen years with his niece, he decided there had been enough suffering and re-united Ollantay with his family.

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  • Directions: About 100 km northwest of Cusco

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    Ollantaytambo: Ollantaytambo - My Favorite in the Sacred Valley
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  • By AlbuqRay on January 13, 2004
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    Ollantaytambo, resting place of the Inca general Ollantay, was my favorite place in the Sacred Valley. Another temple/fortress in a beautiful valley surrounded by mountains. It was built by the Inca Pachacutec. Quite an engineering feat, considering the rock quarry was across the valley at about the same height as the citadel itself. This is a popular site, as you can see from the people in the picture. We were stopped for 45 minutes when we tried to leave in a gridlock of tour buses. However, this place is worth it.

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  • Directions: About 100 km northwest of Cusco

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    Ollantaytambo: my favourite MUST SEE site around Cusco
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  • By schlumpf on November 9, 2004
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  • Ollantaytambo - Cusco
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    This is one of the most important site of the sacred valley of Cusco, and, absolutely my favourite one. The particularity of Ollaytatambo is that here Pizarro, el conquistadores espanol, lost again the Incas. His big and amazing terraces makes the site so huge and it seems to smell the history... The entry fee for this site is USD 2,00 and to reach it i'd suggest to pick up a taxi, or check my "the cheapest way to visit CUsco are " tip.

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    Ollantaytambo: View of the nearby valley from Ollantaytambo
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  • Updated By Amareyui on June 10, 2003
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    Atop the terraces is a beautiful view of the valley and countryside around. Standing on a platform of the fortress ruin on a late afternoon and focusing on the nearby scenery, it was under this setting that I truly felt I had set my feet on the land of the Incas.

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    Ollantaytambo: Ollantaytambo
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  • Updated By Amareyui on October 17, 2005
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    The fortress ruin, Ollantaytambo, is where some of the most fierce battles in Inca history takes place. It is a complex of steep terraces on a hill side. The foundation of the fortress is formed by enormous granite blocks that are transported from the nearby Cachicata quarry. There are some huge, hairy cacti growing right beside the ruin fortress of Ollantaytambo. Their existence provided the deserted site some elements of life.

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  • Directions: Take a bus from the bus station on Puente Rosario, Cusco to Urubamba(1.5hr), then hop on a colectivo bound for Ollantaytambo(1/2hr).

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    Ollantaytambo: OLLANTAYTAMBO, THE LAST BATTLE
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  • Updated By Orkaena on September 1, 2005
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  • Inexpugnable - Cusco
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    Ollantaytambo is a fantastic fortress, located on the scarpments of the east side of the Urubamba Valley is built with the characteristic incaic architecture, massive, accurate, almost perfect. The design of the site is an example of strategical and tactical wise, so much that the spaniards were obligued to a monumental investment in lifes and military resources along years to defeat the last kechua bastion. At all, here happen the hindermost big battle between the Spaniard Empire and the Inca Empire as they was in essence. The struggle between two opposed worlds.

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  • Address: Valle Sagrado de Los Incas, Urubamba Valley.
  • Directions: 50 kilometers to the north of El Cusco

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    Ollantaytambo: Oyantai Tambo
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  • By 25yearold on February 19, 2004
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    Incas thought that hard work was a good way of living. That is how they built this terraces in the mountains. They wanted to use everything that Pacha Mama gave to them. They didnt just work flat land... DONT MISS THIS SPOT! Beautifull scenery and incredible lesson about Incas cosmovision.

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  • Address: A tour takes you there from Cusco

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    Ollantaytambo: Inca ruins
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  • By Saasaan on September 3, 2006
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    Ollantaytambo is about a 2 hour bus ride from Cusco, there you will find an ancient Inca ruins, there stonework is phenomenal and is why it is still intact today

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    Ollantaytambo: Ruins
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  • By kare_ab on December 29, 2004
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    Every organised trip to the Valle Sagrado makes a stop at the ruins of Ollantaytambo. (18 Soles excluding lunch) If you are interested in other cultures and the Incas, it's definitly a wonderful day-trip.

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