Food Urubamba, Sacred Valley
Huacatay
A place to eat in Urubamba, Sacred Valley, pricey ($$$) and worth about 1.5 hours. Best time to go: Dinner.

Why go
Garden restaurant in Urubamba serving Novoandina cooking.
It is one of 10 curated places we feature in Sacred Valley, alongside 5 sights, 2 places to eat and 1 place for a drink. The closest of our other picks is Salineras de Maras, 4.3 km away as the crow flies.
- Type
- Food
- Neighborhood
- Urubamba
- Price
- $$$
- Time needed
- 1.5 hr
- Best time
- Dinner
Nearby
Our closest curated picks, including 1 beyond Sacred Valley. Distances are straight-line, not walking or driving.
- 1Salineras de Maras
Thousands of terraced salt pans fed by a salty spring, worked since pre-Inca times.
Sight · 4.3 km straight-line - 2Moray
Concentric circular Inca terraces believed to have been an agricultural test site.
Sight · 9.2 km straight-line - 3MIL Centro
Virgilio Martínez's restaurant beside Moray serving Andean ingredients in tasting menus.
Food · 9.3 km straight-line - 4Cervecería del Valle Sagrado
Craft brewery and taproom on the valley road near Ollantaytambo.
Drinks · 12 km straight-line - 5Chinchero
Village with Inca terraces, a colonial church and weaving cooperatives.
Sight · 12 km straight-line - 6Inca Bridge
Short cliffside trail to a log bridge built into a sheer rock face.
Sight · Machu Picchu · 16 km straight-line
On these curated routes
Huacatay is a stop on our Cusco & Machu Picchu route. Open it to see the full day-by-day plan.
More places to eat in Sacred Valley
Another curated place to eat in Sacred Valley. See the full Sacred Valley guide.
When to go
Average daily highs in Sacred Valley run from 17°C in April to 18°C in November; December is usually the wettest month. For Huacatay itself, we suggest: Dinner.
Modelled monthly averages for Sacred Valley from NASA POWER, not a forecast. Full Sacred Valley weather by month.
Getting there
Map links open a live search for Huacatay, so hours and directions come straight from the map app.
- Address
- Arica 620, Urubamba 08661, Peru
- Coordinates
- -13.30768, -72.11510
- Destination
- Sacred Valley, Peru
Huacatay: quick answers
How much time do you need at Huacatay?
Plan on about 1.5 hours at Huacatay. That is our curated estimate for a typical visit; groups that linger will want more.
When is the best time to visit Huacatay?
Our pick: Dinner.
Where is Huacatay?
Huacatay is at Arica 620, Urubamba 08661, Peru. The Google Maps and Apple Maps links on this page open it for directions.
Which TripsCircle routes include Huacatay?
Huacatay appears on Cusco & Machu Picchu, a curated route you can open on TripsCircle and plan with your group.
Add Huacatay to your crew's plan
Save it to a shared TripsCircle itinerary, settle the timing with a quick poll, and split the costs with everyone going to Sacred Valley.
Plan Sacred Valley
- Sacred Valley travel guide 10 places
- Best time to visit Sacred Valley weather by month
- Cusco to Sacred Valley 25 km straight-line
- Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu 53 km straight-line
Lists & regions
Also in Sacred Valley
- Ollantaytambo Archaeological Park Sight
- Pisac Market Shopping
Curated recommendation, not live listing data. Confirm hours, prices, bookings and access before you go.


