This train tour of Peru offers the chance to see everyday life from the rails.

Here, at this off-the-beaten-path archaeological site about 120 miles north of Peru’s modern-day capital of Lima, my own ...

Before departure for Peru I practiced what I like to call a “priming of the self,” opening the senses and imagination without ...

Part of the fun of Machu Picchu is getting there. Nearly everyone takes the narrow-gauge railway from Cusco to the Urubamba Valley below the ruins. You can hop off the train at the 82‑kilometer ...

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Peru’s mountaintop icon has long been a poster child for overtourism, and despite recent measures to limit visitation, travelers still have to deal with, well, other travelers at this sacred space.

Machu Picchu is the granddaddy of archeological sites. Set in the Andes Mountains, the site was once an estate for the Inca emperor, as well as a place of worship and education. When the Spanish ...

The sun had barely risen above the craggy peaks of the Andes when Hiram Bingham III stood on a ridge, breathless and peered down into the mist-shrouded valley below ... Bingham‘s “discovery” of Machu ...

If you haven’t been to Machu Picchu lately—or are a first-timer to Peru’s famed Incan archaeological wonder—get ready for a somewhat complicated ticketing process. In a bid to help ease ...

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A rundown of what to eat and drink in Peru, as well as what do and the best hotels in Lima, Cusco, Sacred Valley, and Paracas ...

In an attempt to acclimatise, we headed to the lower level of the Sacred Valley, which follows the course of the Urubamba river from the town of Pisac, just north of Cusco, to Machu Picchu itself ...