Discover the stunning salt pans of Maras, Peru, where over 3,000 hand-mined ponds yield natural salt crystals, a tradition dating back to Incan times.

“Every time I come here, I’m surprised,” says one of Peru’s best-known chefs, Virgilio Martinez, about the village of Maras. “There’s a huge mountain of shining white pools that produce this very ...

Originally built by the Incas, the manmade salt pans in Maras, Peru, have endured for over 500 years. Beneath the Qaqawiñay mountains runs a salty fresh spring, which empties into 3,000 mountainside ...

The town of Maras, Peru has mined peach-colored salt since pre-Inca times. During the dry season, workers fill pools with salt water from a subterranean stream.

The growing global taste for Peruvian cuisine is increasing interest among foodies and chefs in the country's lesser-known goods, such as pink salt, produced in Maras in the Andes mountains ...

Tourism in Peru is focused on a handful of star attractions – Machu Picchu, the Nazca Lines and Colca Canyon tend to hog the limelight. The Inca citadel in the sky alone attracted a whopping 1.2 ...