Machu Picchu Pueblo

Cusco Department · Peru

Machu Picchu Pueblo, Peru
Photo: Laslovarga, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to September
Budget
$$
Coordinates
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The riverside town of Aguas Calientes serving as the gateway to Machu Picchu, wedged in a steep cloud-forest gorge along the Urubamba River. Its thermal baths and railway station make it the staging point for the citadel above.

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