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Peru is often defined by the mystical ruins of Machu Picchu, but the country holds far more archaeological treasures than ...

Machu Picchu is a bucket list item for many, and for good reason. But too many people just travel through the Sacred Valley to get to the famous Inca ruins. Those who take the time to stop are ...

Machu Picchu is one big marketing myth. At least, that’s how our guide, Leo, puts it as we wander the breathtaking fog-shrouded Inca ruins. First off, he says, the 600-year-old city wasn’t hidden: ...

The blares of a strolling trumpeter in the farm-hemmed village of Urquillos in Peru’s Sacred Valley draw a Pied Piper-like procession of costumed dancers, skipping children and more solemn supplicants ...

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