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2. Inca Trail to Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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   Sign at the entrance of the Inca trail to Machu Picchu. Because of its popularity, the Peruvian Government instituted controls to reduce human impact on the Inca Trail and the ancient city. Since 2001, quotas limit the number of people (hikers, porters and guides) on the trail each day. Anyone wishing to hike the trail must get a permit beforehand.

3. Llaqtapata - Wikipedia

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   A mid-2003 study of the site conducted by Hugh Thomson and Gary Ziegler [7] concluded that the location of Llaqtapata along the Inca trail suggested that it was an important rest stop and roadside shrine on the journey to Machu Picchu. This and subsequent investigations have revealed an extensive complex of structures and features related to ...

4. Historic roads and trails - Wikipedia

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   The best known portion of the road system is the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Part of the road network was built by cultures that precede the Inca Empire, notably the Wari culture. During the Spanish colonial era, parts of the road system were given the status of Camino Real. In 2014 the road system became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [71]

5. Inca Bridge - Wikipedia

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   This Inca Bridge is a part of a mountain trail that heads west from Machu Picchu. The trail is a stone path, part of which is cut into a cliff face. [2] A twenty-foot gap was left in this section of the carved cliff edge, [3] over a 1,900-foot drop, [3] that could be bridged with two tree trunks, otherwise leaving the trail impassable to ...

6. Patallacta - Wikipedia

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   Patallacta (possibly from Quechua pata elevated place / above, at the top / edge, bank (of a river), shore, llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation), [1] "settlement on a platform" [2] pronounced "pahta-yakta"), Llactapata [3] or Q'ente Marka (possibly from Quechua q'inti hummingbird, marka village, "hummingbird village") is an archaeological site in Peru located in the Cusco Region ...

7. Wiñay Wayna - Wikipedia

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   Wiñay Wayna (2650 m) (Quechua for "forever young", Hispanicized spelling Huiñay Huayna) is an Inca ruin along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. It is built into a steep hillside overlooking the Urubamba River. The site consists of upper and lower house complexes [1] connected by a staircase and fountain structures.

8. Lares trek - Wikipedia

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   The Lares trek is one of the main alternatives to the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. [1] It is slightly shorter and higher in altitude than the Inca Trail; it is accessible from Cusco. [2] Unlike the Inca Trail, permits are not required to hike the Lares trek. There are a number of different route itineraries and variations available on the Lares ...

9. Puyupatamarca - Wikipedia

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   Inca trail to Machu Picchu Location of Puyupatamarca as shown on a sign near Willkaraqay. Puyupatamarca or Phuyupatamarca is an archaeological site along the Inca Trail [1] in the Urubamba Valley of Peru. Due to its altitude of roughly 3600 meters, [2] it is known as "La Ciudad entre la Niebla" ("The City Above the Clouds"). [3]