Our own journey began at Cuzco, one of the highest cities in the world and the Inca Empire’s former capital. We traveled from there to Machu Picchu and then to Ollantaytambo, a central ...

They tell you the sixties are the new thirties but if you’re a man nearer seventy on a bus that hasn’t got a toilet in Peru, it doesn’t ...

And there are great museums – Huaca Pucllana is a pre-Inca pyramid of the original Lima ... Another warning: do not fly directly to Cuzco. Sea-level to 4,000 metres will result in altitude ...

In the empire’s heyday ... Extraordinarily beautiful textiles with centuries-old Inca designs are abundant in Cuzco. Prices are reasonable, and bargaining is expected. FOR THE GOURMET: The ...

There's still a lot left to learn when it comes to ancient history, and scientists are still finding locations long since ...

The nearby Petropolis has Empire villas, for we should call them ‘Empire ... It is not built upon Inca foundations, like the churches of Cuzco and Quito. It has not the unrestrained fantasy of the ...

Leonardo Padilla Sacha grew up in the town of Pampas in Huancavelica, Peru. The youngest of eight siblings, Sacha spoke ...

The road to Machu Picchu, which morphs into a railway for its most spectacular sector, begins in the Valle Sagrado, or Sacred ...

“A thousand years ago we were once part of the magnificent Inca Empire, which also suffered climate change. They planted millions of trees to manage the weather,” says Cusco-based Aucca. “We did it ...