How do you get to Machu Picchu? Machu Picchu can be reached a variety of ways, including hiking the Inca Trail with a tour company, by train or by ... at the actual bus stop.

Trains embark from Estación Poroy station (about 8 miles west of downtown Cusco) to Aguas Calientes, a station sitting at the base of the mountain on which Machu Picchu perches. For more ...

They are now on display at the Museo Machu Picchu in Cusco. Recent research indicates that other outside encounters with the ruins preceded even Lizárraga. A map that resurfaced in 1978 indicates ...

Part of the fun of Machu Picchu is getting there. Nearly everyone takes the narrow-gauge railway from Cusco to the Urubamba Valley below the ruins. You can hop off the train at the 82‑kilometer ...