Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu, Cusco – Peru: Machu Picchu (literally, “old peak”) is a ruined ancient Incan town high on a mountain ridge in Peru. One of the most atmospheric and mystical sites in the world, it is located among spectacular mountain scenery about 6,750 feet above the Urubamba Valley. Machu Picchu has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and it is the end point of the most popular hike in South America: the Inca Trail.

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Historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu

MACHU PICCHU, Cusco – PeruHistoric Sanctuary of Machu Picchu(Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu) One of the most important and most visited PreColumbian sites in the Americas, an outstanding symbol of Peruvian national pride and Inca civilisation. The ruins are a uniquely sited royal winter retreat, religious sanctuary and mausoleum of the Inca rulers from Cuzco […]

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Machu Picchu Tours

Machu Picchu, Cusco – Peru Machu Picchu (literally, “old peak”) is a ruined ancient Incan town high on a mountain ridge in Peru. One of the most atmospheric and mystical sites in the world, it is located among spectacular mountain scenery about 6,750 feet above the Urubamba Valley. Machu Picchu has been designated a UNESCO […]

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Machu Picchu the lost city of Incas

Machu Picchu Almost a century after its archaeological discovery and thanks to recent studies of sixteenth century archival documents, there are good arguments to suppose that the citadel of Machu Picchu was – like the pyramids of the pharaohs in Egypt or the tomb of the emperor Chin Shi Huan in China – the luxurious […]

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