The lower Inka city on its own: 6 official stops in 2 h 30, no mountain trail.
Circuit 3B ("Ruta diseñada") is the shortest way to walk the lower, royal sector of the Inka city: Temple of the Sun viewpoint, Pisonay Square, Temple of the Condor, Water Mirrors, Eastern Qolqas and Twelve Niches, with a maximum stay of 2 h 30 and no mountain trail attached.
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The official viewpoint over the only curved building in Machu Picchu, raised on top of a natural cave. The routes look down on it — nobody walks inside the temple.
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The small plaza named after its native pisonay tree, in the lower urban sector.
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A natural rock formation completed with Inka stonework into the shape of a condor in flight — head carved on the floor, wings rising behind.
Good to know: Fountains in this sector still run on the original Inka spring channels.
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Two carved stone basins believed to have reflected the night sky for observation — also known as the "mortar room".
The granite storehouses — qolqas — that kept the food supply of the city, built along the eastern slope.
An enclosure of twelve trapezoidal niches — one of the clearest examples of Inka niche architecture in the city.
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