Machu Picchu was the perfect destination for us ... Here we met some of the country's Indigenous Quechua people dressed in colorful clothing and chullo hats as they sold trinkets or offered ...

UNESCO didn’t agree with the Seven New Wonders of the World—but they’re still worth a visit, if you know how to navigate the ...

The name Machu Picchu, or OldMountain, comes from the Quechua Indian term for the 9,060-foot peak looming over the site. Now many of the items that Bingham collected there nearly a century ago ...

It’s known as Machu Picchu’s sister site, but has far fewer visitors. Its name translates from Quechua to mean ‘cradle of gold’, and while all traces of the stuff are long gone ...

Colorful paintings of the rainbow mountain Vinicunca and Machu Picchu set the scene ... Tumi in the Indigenous language Quechua means “knife,” and had a spiritual significance to the Incan ...

Rubens Alarcon/Alamy Stock Photo The UNESCO World Heritage site of Machu Picchu has long captivated travellers with ... Similarly, the popular trek from Aguas Calientes through Quechua villages is ...

Located in the Peruvian Andes, Machu Picchu is shrouded in mystery ... is rich in indigenous peoples’ legends. The Quechua and Aymara people speak of the “Apus,” or mountain spirits, believed to be ...

Even as a frequent traveler, there are a few things I wish I had known before visiting Peru to see Cusco, Macchu Picchu, and ...