Machu Picchu, the Inca Trail, Lima and Cuzco - these are indispensable destinations for any first-time traveller to Peru. But venture off the beaten path along the Andean country’s enchanting Pacific ...

THE OLDEST LIVING CITY IN THE AMERICAS. THIS IS CUSCO, PERU, THE CAPITAL OF THE INCAN EMPIRE. IT’S ALIVE AND IT’S UP THERE AT 11,000FT. THE ELEVATION IS MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS DENVER. BUT ...

Machu Picchu will always be a bucket-list destination, but its popularity comes with drawbacks. Consider this alternative route for a less-crowded experience.

When I told friends that we were planning a trip to Peru, I almost invariably got from them a two-word response: Machu Picchu. It would be unconscionable, therefore, for me not to include our two-day ...

When you think about historic travel, your mind probably leaps to the usual suspects. The Colosseum. Machu Picchu. Maybe ...

After Paramount's 2023 "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" featured Peru extensively, interest in the South American country spiked, particularly in the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu, the colonial ...

The ancient steps and city of Caral, Peru. Time travel hasn’t been invented, but standing in the dusty desert plains off of Peru’s north-central coast, awed by the sight of a half-dozen crumbling ...

Chachapoyas means “cloud forest” or “people of the clouds.” It refers to a pre-Incan civilization found in northern Peru. And when you’re standing atop the ancient Kuélap Fortress—at an elevation of ...

LIMA (Reuters) - A forest fire has damaged two archeological sites in the valley between the Peruvian city of Cuzco and the ancient Incan fortress of Machu Picchu, Peru's national institute of culture ...