Thinking of hiking Peru’s famed Inca Trail? Here’s what to know about Machu Picchu’s recent protests, and why it could lose ...

Flipping through my history book in elementary school, I’d stop on the page with photos of Machu Picchu thinking, “I HAVE to see this with my own eyes one day,” without even knowing exactly where ...

That’s not Machu Picchu’s fault, of course. The dramatic sweep of terraces and walls perched 8,000 feet above Peru’s Urubamba River Valley is suitably impressive, the stuff of travel posters and ...

Protests by residents left hundreds of tourists stranded at Peru's famous Machu Picchu. Here's what travelers should know.

Forget what you know about peak season; Peru's most famous site is changing—and with it, the best time to visit Machu Picchu. Hidden from Spanish conquistadors for centuries and abandoned to the ...

Machu Picchu is a citadel that sits high up in the Andes Mountains. It has been around since the 15th century. It is a mystery to scientists and even locals. Much of the appeal for travelers to visit ...

HOLIDAYMAKERS hoping to tick Machu Picchu off their bucket lists have been left stranded after furious locals blocked off the only rail route to the world-famous Inca ruins. At least 900 ...

Almost two decades after Peru’s Machu Picchu was voted one of the New 7 Wonders of the World, the project that organized the vote warns that the Inca site is at risk of losing its “credibility” as one ...

No trip to Peru is complete without exploring the Inca ruins that surround Cusco, but many travelers rush straight to Machu ...

A labour dispute involving one of the country's major rail routes has left visitors to the famed Unesco World Heritage site in the lurch ...

Over a thousand tourists have been evacuated from Machu Picchu, with hundreds of others stranded, this week due to demonstrations by residents in Aguas Calientes – the gateway to Peru's famous ...