Machu Pichu Travel infos

 Machu Picchu is the most iconic cultural heritage from the Inca Civilization to all humanity. It is one of the most unique human settlements in the world. The pinnacle of the entire Peru trip.

A very impressive place.

Below we have compiled all the information you need for your visit to Machu Picchu. You can find where to buy the ticket, the documents you need to provide for the ticket and the fare, transportation information, accommodation information. But our suggestion is to watch our video below first.

Machu Picchu is Peru's most important tourism destination. The closest city to here is the city of Cusco. Therefore, to go to Machu Picchu, you must first come to Cusco.

Because Machu Picchu is slowly sinking into the ground, only a certain number of people can visit it per day. Therefore, it is better not to leave your tickets to the last day. You can come here for the day from Cusco, but watching the sunrise here is an important part of the experience, so people usually come to the town of Aguas Calientes the day before and stay overnight. (There are not many hotels at the bottom of Machu Picchu, the ones that are expensive). In the morning, we go to Machu Picchu from Aguas Calientes. So for Machu Pichu, you must first come to Peru, then the city of Cusco, and then the town of Aguas Calientes. You can find all the details of getting here in the following sections of the page.

It is not known whether it is because of its holiness, but this place managed to get away from the Spanish invasion in time and has survived until the 20th century without being discovered. Although we learned most of what happened in Peru after the Spaniards from the historical diaries kept by the Spaniards, there was no trace of Machu Picchu in the diaries.

When the American historian Hiram Bingham officially discovered this place in 1911, nothing was the same for Machu Picchu. Today, the Inca settlement, which is one of the most famous and important archaeological sites in the world, is flooded by thousands of tourists a day. According to the figure in 2000, this number was around 400,000 annually.

In fact, Bingham was looking for the lost city of Vilcabamba, one of the last strongholds of the Incas, but when he arrived at Machu Picchu, he thought he had found Vilcabamba. Just like when Columbus discovered the Americas while trying to reach India. When Bingham discovered this place, Machu Picchu was surrounded by lush vegetation, so he could only make a rough marking on the map. In the following years, he came here again and revealed the famous Inca Trail today.

Of course, not surprisingly, Bingham brought many historical relics such as ceramic pots, silver statues, jewelry and human bones from Machu Picchu and its surroundings to the USA with him. The remains, which Bingham took to study at Yale University for only a few months between 1912 and 1915, were retained by the university until 2012. The excuse was that Peru did not have the infrastructure and conditions to properly protect these historical ruins. Afterwards, the Peruvian government fought diplomatically for a long time to return these historical relics to the country and eventually took them back, party by party, between 2006 and 2012. All these recovered finds can be seen at the La Casa Concha Museum in Cusco.