Sacred Valley of the Incas
The Sacred Valley of the Incas is a valley in the Southern Sierra in Peru that contains many famous and beautiful Inca ruins. It was called the Sacred Valley because it contains some of the best land in the region and was not a part of the Incan Empire but the property of the Emperor or Inca himself.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Machu Picchu
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Machu Picchu is the site of an ancient Inca city, high in the Andes of Peru.
Cuzco
Cuzco or Cusco, in the Southern Sierras, is a fascinating city that was the capital of the Inca Empire.
Ollantaytambo
Photo: Ivan Mlinaric, CC BY 2.0.
Ollantaytambo is a small town of cobblestone streets and buildings built on foundations of Inca stonework, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas near Cusco in the Southern Sierra region of Peru.
Destinations
Pisac
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Písac is a small traditional town at eastern end of the Sacred Valley about 35 km from Cusco.
Aguas Calientes
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aguas Calientes is a small town at the bottom of the valley next to Machu Picchu, and the principal access point to the site.
Urubamba
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Urubamba is a small town in Peru within the Sacred Valley of the Incas that is 48 km from Cusco.
Tipón
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Tipón on the south-eastern route from Cusco, is one of the most interesting samples of agricultural terracing and water management developed by the Incas.
Maras
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Maras is a town in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, 40 kilometers north of Cusco, in the Cusco Region of Peru.
Yucay
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Yucay is a town in southern Peru. It is the capital of the Yucay District, which is near the center…
Patacancha
Patacancha is a 4,666-metre-high mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru.Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Sacred Valley of the Incas
- Type: valley
- Description: Cultural region of Peru
- Location: Southern Sierra, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
-13.3333° or 13° 19' 60" southLongitude of centre
-72.0833° or 72° 5' westWikidata ID
Q2237464Sacred Valley of the Incas Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Basque: Inken Haran Sakratua
- Bengali: উরুবাম্বা উপত্যকা
- Bulgarian: Урубамба
- Chinese: 烏魯班巴山谷
- Croatian: Urubamba
- Czech: Posvátné incké údolí
- Czech: Posvátné údolí Inků
- Dutch: Heilige vallei van de Inca's
- English: Sacred Valley
- Esperanto: Urubamba Valo
- French: Vallée sacrée des Incas
- French: vallée sacrée des Incas
- Galician: Val Sagrado
- Galician: Val Sagrado dos Incas
- Georgian: ურუბამბას ხეობა
- Georgian: ურუბამბის ხეობა
- German: Heilige Tal der Inka
- German: Urubamba-Tal
- German: Urubambatal
- German: Valle Sagrado
- Hebrew: העמק הקדוש
- Italian: Valle sacra degli Incas
- Japanese: ウルバンバの谷
- Japanese: ウルバンバ谷
- Lithuanian: Urubambos slėnis
- Lithuanian: Šventasis inkų slėnis
- Lithuanian: Šventasis slėnis
- Macedonian: Света долина
- Polish: Święta Dolina Inków
- Portuguese: Vale Sagrado dos Incas
- Quechua: Valle Sagrado
- Quechua: Valle Sagrado de los Incas
- Quechua: Willka Qhichwa
- Quechua: Willkaqhichwa
- Russian: Урубамба (долина)
- Russian: Урубамба
- Slovak: Posvätné údolie Inkov
- Slovak: Valle Sagrado
- Slovak: Valle Sagrado de los Incas
- Spanish: Valle Sagrado de los Incas
- Spanish: Valle sagrado
- Swedish: Urubambadalen
- Turkish: Kutsal Vadi
- Turkish: Kutsal İnka Vadisi
- Turkish: Urubamba Vadisi
- Turkish: Valle Sagrado
- Turkish: Willka Qhichwa
- Ukrainian: Долина Урубамба
- Vietnamese: Thung lũng Urubamba
- Thung lũng Thiêng
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Sacred Valley of the Incas. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.