?> {"id":4515,"date":"2010-12-07T21:59:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T02:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=4515"},"modified":"2010-12-07T21:59:18","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T02:59:18","slug":"tinkuy-buffet-at-the-machu-picchu-sanctuary-lodge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2010\/12\/tinkuy-buffet-at-the-machu-picchu-sanctuary-lodge\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinkuy Buffet at the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge"},"content":{"rendered":"
There’s a hotel right next to the entrance of the Machu Picchu archaeological site called the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge. It’s the only hotel that’s actually on top of the mountain, not a bus ride away, and is therefore very expensive. We stayed in the town of Aguas Calientes below but our tour package did include a buffet lunch at the Sanctuary Lodge’s Tinkuy Buffet. We went to the buffet after the guided portion of our tour. Since we had been walking around the ruins all morning and into the early afternoon, we were starving and pretty happy that we didn’t have to go too far to get lunch.<\/p>\n
The restaurant is huge, which is good because it was really busy but there were still plenty of tables. The buffet itself, however, isn’t really that extensive. There were two sides to the buffet but both seemed to be serving mostly the same thing, with maybe just a slight variation on side dishes.<\/p>\n