Hotels in Urubamba and Yucay

This section of the Sacred Valley continues to attract hoteliers and developers, who all seem intent on adding new-country luxury resort hotels—a sure sign of the region’s growing importance and affluence, at least in terms of foreign travelers. A simpler, in-town alternative to the more upscale hotels reviewed below is the pleasant and good-value Posada Las Tres Marías, Jr. Zavala 307, Urubamba (www.posadatresmarias.com; tel. 084/201-006), a modern house in the center of town with gardens and seven large rooms ($50 doubles).