This year marks the centenary of the discovery of the Lost City of the Incas, and to celebrate we show in this photo-essay how this citadel of fable lifted up between peaks that almost touch the sky. You want to get to this corner of the Peruvian Andes at all costs, whether by train, or why not walk.
Until 1911 the ruins of Machu Picchu was a secret to the world. Nobody could imagine that among the ravines of a site innacesible of the Cordillera de los Andres hid one of the largest and most valuable archaeological treasures of the world, and certainly one of the most mystical. 130 kilometers from Cuzco, the beautiful Lost City of the Incas and is now an open secret and this year, when it met its discovery by American explorer Hiram Bingham, is preparing for a grand celebration that will take your special moment July, which have been invited to big personalities and artists, as the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel prize or the musicians Sting and Paul McCartney. We anticipate the festival and you discover in this powerful natural scene images in the list of World Heritage of Unesco.
Throughout the year thousands of travelers from all over the world undertake the journey along the Inca Trail to the ancient stones of Machu Picchu.
The most popular section of the Inca Trail is covered in four days, a path for the beauty of the landscape and archaeological sites are discovered in its wake, has earned a reputation as one of the best trekking destinations in the world.
TRY-MANDOR-SACRED-VALLEY
Through the Sacred Valley runs the Vilcanota River, which begins near Lake Titicaca and continues to the Amazon, collecting water from the Andes.
Expedition
The Expedition is the best option to access by train to Machu Picchu, where the trip becomes an expedition that starts before reaching the destination.
Hiram Bingham
More luxurious is the Hiram Bingham Orient Express and operated by Peru Rail, stylish interiors and offering exclusive services to its passengers for a day, among which include brunch and dinner on board, exclusive bus and back to Machu Picchu, entrance and guided tour and afternoon tea at Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge.
Hiram Bingham, who is named after the explorer who discovered Machu Picchu is the most luxurious way to travel between Cuzco and the Inca city, and a life experience and a magical and unforgettable journey.
INTIHUATANA-THE-CLOCK-SOLAR
Intihuatana ritual shaft, whose name translates as sun per year, was a study of the solar year which could determine the solstices and equinoxes.
The flames are typical of the highlands and animals wander at ease through the ruins of Machu Picchu.
MACHU-PICCHU
View from south to north of Machu Picchu. On the left, Hanan sector of the city, with the pyramid structure of Intihuatana Hill, on the right, the East sector, separated by the main square. In the background the mountain Huayna Picchu.
Machu Picchu is on the List of World Heritage of UNESCO since 1983 as part of a whole cultural and ecological well-known under the name Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu. It has also been named one of the seven new wonders of the world.
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The complex is clearly divided into two main areas: the agricultural zone, made up of sets of agricultural terraces, which lies south and urban areas, where the occupants lived and developed the main civil and religious activities.
All buildings are granite preserved whitish material that came from the quarries located in the Inca complex contours.