If you're traveling on a budget, a city in the Peruvian Andes is a perfect choice for lovers of ancient history, Spanish ...

Literally "old mountain" in Quechua, Peru's dominant indigenous language, Machu Picchu is built into peaks more than 2,400 meters above sea level in southern Peru, where the Andes and the Amazon Basin ...

The ruins feature about 200 structures that were ... a tropical mountain forest at nearly 8,000 feet above sea level. Cusco, the nearest major city, is less than 50 miles southeast of Machu ...

However, within that period, July and August can be very busy, as can the period around the winter solstice, when a big festival called Inti Raymi in Cusco brings in crowds; it’s celebrated on J ...

Key Events: With reduced hotel rates, fewer crowds, and comfortable 60-degree daytime temperatures, spring is splendid in Cusco. However, those planning to tour the fascinating ruins should note ...

The royal palaces of Cusco, the Inca capital, fell swiftly to the European conquerors, and a new Spanish colonial city rose on their ruins, burying or obliterating the Inca past. In more recent ...

On Friday, January 21, a landslide set off alarms in Machu Picchu Pueblo, where one person lost his life and dozens of houses and businesses were heavily affected, for which the Cusco Region ...

In Cusco and the Sacred Valley, explore remarkable Inca ruins and meet residents of an Andean mountain village. This active, small-group experience includes deluxe and first-class hotels, round-trip ...