The lost city of Machu Picchu looks just as fascinating and magical as I had dreamt of, and it could be straight out of a fairytale. Sure, my stomach was turning from the altitude sickness, and I was ...

The <a href=" Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, designated a Mixed World Heritage Site by UNESCO and <a href=" to the formidable ...

The charm of Machu Picchu has been appreciated by many for years, making it a well-known tourist destination in South America. Many know the destination simply by its most popular inhabitant, the ...

In March, Peruvian authorities began cracking down on visitors who felt the liberty to disrobe and streak the sacred grounds of Machu Picchu. “I almost killed them,” a frustrated tour guide who caught ...

A Japanese tourist who was stranded in Peru for almost seven months amid the coronavirus pandemic finally got to visit the famed ruins of Machu Picchu — which was opened only for him, according to ...

Analysis of historical documents showed no evidence of the site being called Machu Picchu until 1911. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 A new study suggests that scholars and the ...