When the Spanish conquered Peru, Machu Picchu was abandoned, and the colonists never learned of its existence. The site remained hidden in the Andes, shrouded by green mountains and clouds of mist ...

That’s why Machu Picchu is “one of those places that overdelivers ... clinging to the top of an emerald green ridge in the rain forest. A main plaza flanked by stone homes, temples ...

Literally "old mountain" in Quechua, Peru's dominant indigenous language, Machu Picchu is built into peaks more than 2,400 meters above sea level in southern Peru, where the Andes and the Amazon ...

Already today we’ve marvelled at Pisac, a terraced archaeological site hemmed in by mountains so steep and green, they could ... heart rates also measured. Machu Picchu (a mere 2400m) is ...