“Today you are tourists!” The words excited the women in red embroidered shawls. It’s not a phrase that is said often in Quechua, one of Peru’s indigenous.
It used to be that you could visit Machu Picchu more than once on the same ticket – entering the Incan ruins at daybreak and then circling back around to see the afternoon sun cast its light on different facets of the jagged landscape and its 500-year-old relics.
It used to be that you could visit Machu Picchu more than once on the same ticket —entering the Incan ruins at daybreak and then circling back around to see
As Peru’s tourism industry attempts to recover after an extended post-pandemic lull, the country is trying to make the process of visiting the site easier and more transparent.
As Peru’s tourism industry attempts to recover after an extended post-pandemic lull, the country is trying to make the process of visiting the site easier and more transparent.