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Machu Picchu - The Holy City of the Incas
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Machu Picchu is a mystical place, a
monument to divinity, where people can feel that they
are a creation of God. The high sense of spirituality
that inhabits this place seems to transport its visitors
to a place where everything "in an unimaginable way" is
possible. It is a place where strange forces of nature
allow the individuals to reach an incomparable cosmic
state, a state that can only be experimented in Machu
Picchu.
Machu Picchu “The Lost City of the Incas” was
elected in the 7 New Wonders of the World.
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Machu Picchu - Living Culture |
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The Inti Raymi or Feast of the Sun, was the most important feast in time of the
Incas. It was celebrated with occasion of the winter
solstice "the solar new year" for a town which main
cult object was the god Inti (the sun), in the plaza of
Huacaypata in Cusco. The religious importance, festival
ceremonial, social and politics were such that the party
was extended in the whole Tahuantisuyo. Machu Picchu,
the Sacred Valley of the Incas and towns around of Cusco
celebrate many feasts and you can participate in them
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Machu Picchu - Nature & Biodiversity |
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Peru is undoubtedly, one of the
world's top destinations for nature-lovers. Blessed with
the richest ocean in the world, largely unexplored
Amazon forests and the highest tropical mountain range
on the planet, the possibilities for the development of
bio-diversity in its territory are virtually unlimited.
With a little over 10% of all species of plants and
animals on earth and a surprisingly diverse range of
climates and ecosystems, Peru has become a modern Noah’s
Ark .....
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Machu Picchu - Outdoors & Adventure |
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The Inca
Trail: Part of the
14,000 miles of roads built by the Incas in South
America, this is Peru's most famous trekking route and
possibly one of the most spectacular in the Americas.
Every year; some 25,000 hikers from around the world
walk along the extraordinary 43 kilometers of this
stone-paved road built by the Incas leading to the
unassailable citadel of Machu Picchu located in the
depth of the Cusco jungle. Additional you can take the
circuit to Choquequirao, Salcantay or Ausangate route.
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