Machu Picchu, one of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World, has a great Inca cultural and architectural wealth, endless cultural and natural titles due to its ecosystem and is located on the top of a mountain; An architectural challenge that the Incas managed to conquer.
Machu Picchu is a stone city, built by the Incas around the 15th century and located at 2,360 m.s. The Inca city is surrounded by temples, platforms and water channels, built on top of a mountain and its construction was built with large blocks of stone joined together, without the use of amalgam. It is located 130 km from the city of Cusco and since the explorer Hiram Bingham made it known to the world in 1911, he has received many titles and recognitions.
Machu Picchu is considered at the same time a masterpiece of architecture and engineering, its peculiar architectural and landscape features, and the veil of mystery that has woven around it much of the literature published on the site, have become one of the most popular tourist destinations on the planet.
This Wonder of the Modern World is on the Unesco World Heritage list since 1983, as part of a whole cultural and ecological complex known as the “Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu”. On July 7, 2007 Machu Picchu was declared as “one of the new seven wonders of the modern world” at a ceremony held in Lisbon (Portugal), which was attended by one hundred million voters around the world. And it was chosen as “The main tourist attraction of the world 2017”
Due to all the aforementioned and more, the Inca citadel is visited daily by too many domestic and foreign tourists, but once resolved that we will make the tour to Machu Picchu the question jumps. How to make the visit to the citadel of Machu Picchu? or in what?
We already know that there are many routes to visit the citadel of Machu Picchu, within them we solve the only two options: walking or by train.
Walking:
The routes we can take on foot are the different walks offered by the different tour operators and also that we could do them on our own; undoubtedly an adventure that will allow us to connect in a better way with nature as well as being more economical, here are the routes we can take by walking:
Take the Inca Trail tour:
This is the most famous trekking to Machu Picchu, respected and admired by hikers because it manages to combine several climates, breathtaking and unforgettable landscapes of the Cordillera de Vilcabamba accompanied by centuries-old and ancestral ruins. The fact of traveling this ancestral path will make you take one of the most impressive experiences in your life. Due to its beauty, this walk is preferred by travelers, having to be requested 5 to 6 months in advance (a permit is required that has limited places per day).
The Inca Trail tour covers 42 kilometers of jungle and mountains, reaching a maximum height of 4200 masl and visiting some archaeological complexes such as Patallacta, the ruins of Wiñay Wayna and, of course, the Wonder of the World, Machu Picchu.
By Train:
The fastest, most efficient and safest way to travel from the city of Cusco to Machu Picchu is by train and to get a train ticket the most important thing is to book the ticket weeks in advance. For this you must enter the official website of Peru Rail or Inca Rail, after completing your personal information you can make the payment online.
There are 112 kilometers of distance between the city of Cusco and Puente Ruinas station or Machu Picchu town, by railroad and these are the train stations:
One way stations:
- Poroy (20 minutes from Cusco)
- Ollantaytambo (2 hours from Cusco)
- Urubamba (1 hour and a half from Cusco)
Return station:
- Aguas Calientes or Machu Picchu Pueblo (it is the only return station)
Machu Picchu town that is also known as the town of Aguas Calientes, it is the town located at the foot of the Historical Sanctuary, it is the last point of arrival of the train, before climbing up to the entrance gate of the Inca Citadel.
We can learn in a better way and read more about the subject in: how to buy the train ticket to get to Machu Picchu?
There is no excuse for not doing the tour to Machu Picchu, visiting this wonderful Inca citadel of any of the 02 forms (walking or train) is without a doubt one of the best travel decisions we will make, some people believe that it is necessary to save a lot money to get to this Wonder of the World, but we realize that there are different ways to know this place by reducing costs.
It is obvious that a great wonder like Machu Picchu due to its ancestrality has these access routes and that these are fascinating and attractive, we can stay with the pleasure that when we make any tour to Machu Picchu our satisfaction will be immeasurable.
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