Salt Mine of Maras

Cusco, Peru

Why Salt Mine of Maras is worth your time

Thousands of terraced salt evaporation ponds carved into a hillside near Maras, worked since pre-Inca times. Travelers visit for the striking geometric landscape and traditional salt harvesting.

• Category: attraction

More things to do in Cusco

• Plaza de Armas
• Mercado Central de San Pedro
• Qorikancha
• Twelve Angled Stone
• Cusco Cathedral
• Plaza San Blas

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