Some 500 years ago there lived a people know as the Incas. They had a thriving civilization going until they were conquered by the Spaniards and blotted out. The Spaniards thought they had destroyed ...

At the Temple of the Sun, it wasn’t until the third and final morning that clouds finally parted, allowing the sunrise of the December solstice to shine through the south-facing window, that I had my ...

Machu Picchu is the most well-known archaeological site in South America. It is a bucket list item for many, one of those sights every serious traveler must see. Sitting at the top of a mountain and ...

Mike Torrey is a San Diego based architectural photographer with a new book out called “Stone Offerings: Machu Picchu’s Terraces of Enlightenment.“ Mike will be in town for the Miami International ...

You’ve probably seen this before. It’s what everyone pictures when they think of Machu Picchu—the verdant network of stone terraces, temples, and open-walled houses; the soaring peaks of Huayna Picchu ...

It’s Monday morning at Machu Picchu and by 10 a.m. the site is already crowded. The footpaths that snake up the mountainside terraces are lined with elderly Americans in cargo vests, Aussie ...

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Peru's most famous site is changing. Two leading travel specialists reveal their strategies for the perfect visit in 2026.

Steps carved from huge rocks, boulders used for the sides of buildings, windows precisely aligned to capture the first rays of the solstice sun, and other amazing features of Peru's Machu Picchu are ...