Gringo Bill's Hostal
We have accommodation for 40 travelers. We offer a variety of room sizes including doubles, queen
matrimonial, our new rooms has bath tub, heather, TV, Tlf and
balconies. and hot showers 24 hrs a day. Recommended by let go travel guide, South America in the south stream, Lonely Planet, and much, much
more
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Hostal La Cabana
The magic of Andean world, our heart and services, welcomes you to Machu Picchu enjoy the spirit of our inn. We have a big comfortable, cafeteria and an excellent dining room service also a well stocked bar. We offer telephone and fax service, medical attention day and night and resident tour guides and adventure escort in several languages
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Rupawasi Condor House
In Rupa Wasi we make our best effort to give you the best comforts you can get. We offer balconies with an
excellent view, orchids and native plants gardens, good music and comfortable ambiences, and lots of information (travel magazines, books, history, pictures, archeology and nature
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Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Piqchu Old Peak; sometimes called the "Lost City of the Incas") is a well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin located at 2,430 m (7,970
ft) on a mountain ridge. Machu Picchu is located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km (44 mi) northwest of Cusco. Forgotten for centuries by the outside world, although not by locals, it was brought back to international attention by archaeologist Hiram Bingham who rediscovered it in 1911, and wrote a best-selling work about it. Peru is pursuing legal efforts to retrieve thousands of artifacts that Bingham removed from the site.
Machu Picchu is 70 kilometers northwest of Cusco, on the crest of the mountain Machu Picchu, located about 2,350 meters above sea level. It is one of the most important archaeological centers in South America and as a consequence the most visited tourist attraction in Peru. From the top, at the cliff of Machu Picchu, is a vertical precipice of 600 meters ending at the foot of the Urubamba River. The location of the city was a military secret because its deep precipices and mountains were an excellent natural defense.
All visits to Machu Picchu at some point leave from Cusco, which can be reached via a domestic flight from Lima, or international flight from La Paz, in Bolivia. Taking the tourist train from Cusco (which takes 3.5 hours to get to Machu Picchu), you have several options. The most common way is to take the train to Machu Picchu in the morning, explore the ruins for a few hours and return to Cusco in the afternoon. The train terminates at Puente Ruinas station, where buses take tourists up the mountain to Machu Picchu. Strangely, Machu Picchu station is at Aguas Calientes (2km before Puente Ruinas station) but is not the station used by tourists on a day trip.
