Machu Picchu, the symbol of Peru, is one of the country’s most important values. Even though how and why this mysterious city was built is still being investigated today, this miraculous city of the Incas deserved to enter the 7 7 Wonders of the World ’. Here is our Machu Picchu travel guide that adorns our dreams.
When planning our trip to Machu Picchu, we also explored how to reach the city in addition to the important points in this city. There are different alternatives to reach the city; 3- We opted to travel by train with our four year old son, eliminating the 4-day Salkantay and Inka route alternatives with detailed hiking and camping details. In the meantime, a small detail, as well as the path to Machu Picchu itself is beautiful.
This city, built by the Incans and hiding in the Andes until the 1900s, is located in the Sacred Valley, the starting point of Cusco. In the 16th century, Cusco and the Spaniards who occupied this area overlook Machu Picchu, hidden among the trees, did not realize the city. The city was discovered in 1911 by an American historian named Hiram Bingham.
The first stop on our way to reach Machu Picchu was Cusco. If you say, Where is Cusco? In other words, we can explain the city that makes him admire. Every beauty alone has a flaw; Since Cusco is a city built at 3500 meters, the risk of high-altitude relapsing at high points has made us somewhat uneasy about this city. For this reason, after landing our plane to Cusco, we decided to spend the night in Ollantaytambo, which is two hours away from the altitude, in order not to be affected by the altitude.
If we wish, we can reach this point by train, we chose to go by car to fill the air of the holy valley to our lungs and to wander in the landscape which is like a painting. After spending our first night in Ollantaytambo, we set off on our train, unaware that we would make one of the most enjoyable trips of our lives the next day. On the advice of everyone, we preferred the panoramic glass train, which is a good thing we did.
The Urubamba River that accompanied us along the way, the summit of the Andes, the snowy misty spots, the thousand colors of nature, Mach The roads that came to you were also very beautiful, Machu Picchu ”. Even though our round trip tickets are the highest item of this tour, which is an average of $200, our train journey will always remain in our mind with good memories. When our train arrived at the last stop, Aguas Calientes, we were on the last level for Machu Picchu, we would spend the night in our hotel here, we fell asleep as soon as we could.
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