This UNESCO site is an architectural marvel that Shawn Mendes recently visited. Here’s everything you need to know about ...

Step back in time at the ruins of one of the oldest cities in the world. This massive Peruvian pyramid complex is the ideal ...

Machu Picchu is formed of buildings, plazas, and platforms connected by narrow lanes or paths. One sector is cordoned off to itself by walls, ditches, and, perhaps, a moat—built, writes ...

Machu Picchu is the granddaddy of archeological sites ... earthquakes and landslides are coming apart. The site is under UNESCO protection, and in 2011 the Peruvian government limited the number ...

Machu Picchu stands 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at ...

Dr. Frances R. Curcio traveled 28,105 nautical miles to Peru, Chile, Fiji, Australia, Cambodia, India, Tanzania, Egypt and ...

Note: Some of the below destinations may be affected by the civil unrest in Peru. Check with the U.S. Department of State before traveling. Machu Picchu is thought to be one of the largest and ...

Former Machu Picchu chief, the anthropologist Fernando ... “It is not just a decision of officials; Unesco should be made aware of the decision to change,” he stressed.

Here’s a cool fact to share with children visiting Machu Picchu in Peru—the place probably would never have been discovered without the help of a kid just like them. You see, after two years ...

The Peruvian government has been working to diversify its tourism industry, perhaps in response to UNESCO threatening to put Machu Picchu on the “List of World Heritage in Danger” and perhaps ...

Machu Picchu has become prone to mudslides and fires in recent years, and UNESCO said the mission would monitor the effect on flora and fauna and assess the site's risk preparedness plan ...

This city was once the capital of the Inca Empire and remains the gateway to Machu Picchu, Peru’s main tourist attraction and UNESCO World Heritage site since 1983. Still, Lima offers the ...