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Travel Guide

Where to Start?

Once you have chosen your travel date, the most important thing is to determine how to get there, choose a hotel and what activities to do during your stay. The options are many and we will help you make the best decision: Cuscoperu.com recommends that you wake up in Machu Picchu town and have breakfast at the hot water market and then go up to the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu; There are two options to get there.

HOW TO GET TO MACHU PICCHU?

The first thing you have to do is arrive in the city of Cusco by any of the known methods (see how to get to Cusco). Once there you can choose between one of the following options:

Inca Trail

Recommended for those who want a little more adventure, it begins at KM 82 of the railway that goes from Cusco to Machu Picchu. This tour lasts 4 days and 3 nights, during which time one will be able to explore the ancient and enigmatic stone road or Inca trail. If you want to embark on this adventure, the first thing you have to do is reserve your entry ticket, which must be done at least 5 months in advance and the best way to do it is through travel agencies, which are in charge. to carry out all the corresponding procedures so that you can better enjoy your stay. Access to the Inca Trail is done in groups of no less than 10 people and accompanied by qualified guides who will help you in any event that may arise. There is also another shorter route with a duration of 2 days and 1 night, which begins at Km 104.

Via Train

Another option to get to Machu Picchu is using the railways. For which, one must first purchase the train ticket one month in advance to ensure space, you can reserve it at the San Pedro train station or at the Poroy train station itself (SEE TRAIN RATES), the train part of the Poroy station , located 20 minutes from the city of Cusco, departures are also made from the Ollantaytambo station, the trip lasts approximately 4 hours, to the town of Aguas Calientes or Machu Picchu town. From Machu Picchu Pueblo or Aguas Calientes there are two ways to ascend to the citadel of Machu Picchu, the first is using the buses (see bus rate) on a 20-minute journey and the second is at a walking pace that lasts approximately 1 hour. and 30 min (No cost). You may also be interested in RATES FOR ENTRANCE TO MACHU PICCHU

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• Rates for entry to Machu Picchu
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Where to sleep?

Being the closest enclave to the Archaeological Park, Aguas Calientes is the place chosen to spend the night. Its hotel offer is quite wide. While there are some luxury hotels, the cheaper options are considerably inferior in terms of the infrastructure and service they offer. A good alternative is to spend the night in Ollantaytambo instead of Aguas Calientes. Many visitors arrive in Peru with the dream of going to Cusco and visiting Machu Picchu, many want to return the next day because time is short to tour the entire citadel. from Machu Picchu and it is recommended to wake up in Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu town) and in the morning go up to the tourist complex of Machu Picchu, there are hotels for different types of budget and cuscoperu.com recommends some. Machu Picchu has hotels of different types . categories, 1 to 5 stars, all provide quality services that will help make your stay as pleasant as possible.

General Information of Machu Picchu

When planning your trip to Machu Picchu, the first thing is to check if there is availability of entry to the citadel of Machu Picchu, the maximum number of people who can enter is 2,500 and you can purchase these tickets with your travel agency or directly at: www. .machupicchu.gob.pe

Craft market$

The craft market of Machu Picchu is one of the most important and beautiful in Peru for producing decorative, luxury and utilitarian items of very high quality . In creativity, design and presentation they have an expression of Inca, colonial and contemporary art, being surprising the exhibition-sale.

recommendations

• Bring cash because most stores do not accept credit cards .
• Don’t forget to bring a rain jacket, warm clothes for the night, and swimwear for the hot springs (the latter can be purchased on the same site).
• Go up to the citadel of Machu Picchu as soon as possible so that you can explore everything calmly and avoid the avalanche of tourists.

Bring mosquito repellent.

• Receive the yellow fever vaccine due to the presence of mosquitoes in the area.
• Bring sunscreen because the jungle climate is often inclement.
• Remember that you cannot bring food, backpacks weighing more than 20 kilos, canes without caps on the ends, and you should not throw garbage into the sanctuary.
• What you should know to travel
• Entry to the citadel is allowed from 6:00 am.
• The entry of food is prohibited.
• It is prohibited to climb the Inca walls.
• Smoking and campfires are prohibited.
• The toilets are outside the citadel.

WHAT TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME

These are some suggestions of what you can do in Machu Picchu.

After visiting Machu Picchu, relax in the hot springs of the town of Aguas Calientes Located 800 meters from the town center. Bring your towel and bathing clothes as there are dressing rooms where you can change.

Climb Putucusi and appreciate the citadel of Machu Picchu in a different way.

Climb Huayna Picchu and live a more complete and wonderful experience. It is a climb to the mountain that accompanies Machu Picchu, although it contains important Inca constructions, its access is not easy. Access is done in two shifts from 7am to 9am and from 10am to noon. After this time no one can access this place, due to the inclement weather that produces dense fog that makes access to this place dangerous. Here one can see from platforms built on the edge of the cliff, the famous Inca chair, passages and tunnels, carved stones, vestiges of Inkarakay (a hanging fortress in the middle of the mountain) and enjoy a wonderful view that includes the citadel, the Vilcanota river , the Canyon and the Salcantay snow-capped mountain .

Visit the Manuel Chavez site museum Ballon .- This excellent museum gives an idea of the integration between nature and archeology that characterizes the sanctuary. It can be reached by following the signposted path along the paved road where the buses circulate, passing the “Puente Ruinas”, it is about a 30-minute walk from the town of “Aguas Calientes”. This museum houses objects including artifacts, construction tools, mirrors and needles. It also shows the way in which the stone quarry was worked for the construction of the citadel. It is in this place where the pieces returned by Yale University that Hiran Bingham took should be exhibited . Here one can observe an infinity of ornamental, medicinal and food plants typical of the place. We see abundant orchids that are one of the best kept treasures of the sanctuary, here there are more than 350 species among which the wakankis , the zapatito de reyna and the wiñay stand out. wayna .