The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites, closed its doors Monday for an indefinite period for security reasons amid protests by locals over train services ...

For safety reasons, however, only 675 tourists will be able to access the site per day, just 30 percent of the number of visitors pre-pandemic. The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of ...

Machu Picchu. What Bingham saw was a dramatic and towering citadel of stone cut from escarpments. Fashioned by men without mortar, the stones fit so tightly together that not even a knife's blade ...

In 1911, former U.S. senator and explorer Hiram Bingham rediscovered what would become one the “Seven Wonders of the Modern World,” a legendary ancient Incan citadel: Machu Picchu. Perched high on a ...

and the dramatic Andean landscape in which it's situated all draw millions of travelers to Machu Picchu every year. Yet, a visit to the citadel is as much about the journey as it is about the ...

The fabled route leading to Machu Picchu is one of the world's most jaw-droppingly beautiful treks – but it's also plagued by ...

There are few places on Earth that evoke the sense of wonder and awe that Machu Picchu does. Perched high in the Andes Mountains of Peru, this ancient Incan citadel is a place of staggering beauty ...

The ancient cities of Pompeii and El Dorado offer a window into the past, showcasing the mysterious events that led to their ...

At the crest there’s a stone arch. You look down and see the citadel below and it’s astounding.” Due to its high and remote location, Machu Picchu requires some preparation, especially when ...

“You have cystic fibrosis? I never would have guessed,” a fellow traveller told me during our trek toward Machu Picchu, Peru’s legendary Inca citadel in the middle of a mountainous ...