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Salt Mines
While the salt mines are set up for tourism, complete with little shops selling bottled water, felt alligator slippers, and packaged spa sea salt, you may find that you are the only tourist there. The desolation of the place just makes it more magical though.
You can watch people work in the blazing overhead sun, collecting the salt by hand. The process is a simple one. Salt water is channeled to expose the maximum surface area. The sun evaporates the water, leaving the remaining salt ripe for picking.
You may even walk directly into the salt mines and taste the wares.
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- Address Maras, 40 kilometers north of Cuzco, salar de maras, Peru
- Cost I think it's about $1 to get close to the mines.
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40 kilometers north of Cuzco. Be sure to take a reliable car.
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