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Maras, Moray, Salt Works, PichingotoA non traditional circuit that in the last years is gaining importance is visiting the Maras town, Moray, the “Salt Works” and Pichingoto; they are visited all together or separately.
Maras is a district of the Urubamba province, possible to be reached through a paved road from kilometer 50 on the road Qosqo – Chinchero – Urubamba. Maras is located in the district of Maras, at a height of 3,380 meters above sea level, at a distance of 48,880 km from Cusco. Two roads come out of the town of Maras, one to the archaeological complex of Moray and the other to the salt mines of Maras, both approximately 6 km away from the town. The population of Maras can appreciate the range of snow-capped mountains around the Sacred Valley of the Incas and Vilcabamba. About 7 kms. (4.3 miles) away southwest from Maras is Moray, a very unique archaeological site in the region. It is possible to reach it by car through the dusty road and the path departing from the town. Those are enormous natural depressions or hollows in the ground surface that Inkas used for constructing irrigated farming terraces around them.
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