Cusco · Peru
In the destination Cusco, the Vale Sagrado and Machu Picchu.
In the photo: Aguas Calientes, at the foot of Machu Picchu.
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The city
Aguas Calientes, officially Machu Picchu Pueblo, is the village at the foot of Machu Picchu, at about 2,040 meters, in the bottom of the Urubamba River canyon, surrounded by forested mountains. There is no road to the village: it is reached by train or on foot. Buses to the sanctuary depart from there. It has hotels, restaurants, hot springs and the Manuel Chávez Ballón site museum.
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The local experience
The 15th-century Inca citadel on a ridge between forested mountains, at about 2,430 m, with temples, plazas, terraces and stone houses. World Heritage since 1983; the ticket has a date, time and circuit.
The Machu Picchu site museum, next to Puente Ruinas at the foot of the mountain, with excavation finds, models of the citadel and a botanical garden of high-jungle plants.
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