Aguas Calientes by junge1
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Aguas Calientes is located in the Cusco Region of the Peruvian Andes, specifically in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, also known as the Rio Urubamba Valley. The elevation of Aguas Calientes is slightly over 2000 m (6,600-ft) and the town is reached by a narrow-gauge train from Cusco. There is no connection by air. From here, busses shuttle visitors to the entrance of the once great fortress of Machu Picchu, built in the 15th century by the Incas and abandoned nearly 100 years later with the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors.
Once at the entrance to Machu Picchu it is walking only - and nothing is flat. Machu Picchu is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In the center of the picture is the channelized Rio Aguas Calientes, a tributary to the Rio Urubamba.
This picture was taken on 27 August 2014,
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Comments (21)
Juliette.Gribnau
wonderful scenery
UteBigSmile
Very beautiful looking capture dear Siggi!!!
drifterlee
Very beautiful and interesting shot!!!!!
casmindo
Really great shot and so pretty around there
emmecielle
Fantastic view, Sig! Excellent capture and interesting info! Thanks! :)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
jayfar
A lovely photo and a very interesting place Sig.
kaward
A fascinating and wonderful shot!
Richardphotos
awesome and unique cityscape Sig
Faemike55
Very cool photo great information about the area and for some reason, every time I hear or read Machu Picchu I remember the lines in Airplane 2
flavia49
wonderful photo
bobrgallegos
Very beautiful capture Sig!! Machu Picchu is on my bucket list!
starship64 Online Now!
What a fascinating place! Great capture.
renecyberdoc
not good for me,i would use a whole bottle of Ventolin Spray/salbutamol to get halfway up there lol.
ontar1
Beautiful view, outstanding capture!
farmerC
Exellent shot.
Cyve
Fantastic place and marvelous capture !
UVDan
I love that.
debbielove
Fantastic info you've supplied here Sig, most of which I never knew! Great POV as well, and great colours! Well taken Rob
auntietk
And is the water warm? Anything called the River of Hot Water must arise from a hot springs, I would think. It's certainly beautiful! If this were Los Angeles, they would have just dug the thing up and put in a concrete channel and called it good.
danapommet
At first look, I thought that the street had been washed away by a flood. A great shot Sig and now I know how you got up to Machu Picchu. Thanks!