Here's everything you need to know about visiting the ancient city of Machu Picchu on a trip to Peru, from buying tickets to how to get there and where to stay.

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1) Machu Picchu Was the Last Inca City During his lifetime, Bingham, of Yale University, had two theories regarding the purpose of Machu Picchu.

During my recent trip to Peru, I visited Machu Picchu via a $170 luxury train ride. The glass-roofed train offered panoramic views of the Peruvian highlands, snacks, and comfy seats. Traveling by ...

Take an adventure in Machu Picchu and Peru’s Sacred Valley through vegan eats, altitude sickness, llama sightings and a cat café or two.

Machu Picchu is now an iconic tourist destination in Peru – but it was once a royal palace that pulled people from all corners of the Inca empire.

A new DNA analysis of human remains buried at Machu Picchu yields information about servants to the Incas.

DNA analysis, conducted largely at UC Santa Cruz's Paleogenomics Lab and led by Anthropology Professor Lars Fehren-Schmitz, suggests that servants at Machu Picchu were a uniquely diverse group, and ...