Machu Picchu, the city among the clouds
Machu Picchu is strategically located, the result of decades or even hundreds of years of observation. The wise Incas built it because it was their dream to build close to the clouds, but above all because the place is fascinating. When you are there, just imagine what that huge mountain must have been like without the hard and arduous work of removing tons of earth and stones, building that city with your bare hands and, above all, so close to the sky. Remember that the Incas did not have heavy machinery or “advanced” tools such as metal picks or shovels; even if they had had them, they would have had to figure out how to get all those tools to the top of the mountains and into the heart of a virtually inaccessible jungle, surrounded by a mighty and fearsome river. No, this is not fiction. This is how the wonders of the ancient and modern worlds were built, with hard work, blood, sweat, and tears.
Even the rediscovery of Machu Picchu is described as one of the great adventures of the last century.
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Everything we know about this ancient city comes from archaeology, reviews of Spanish chroniclers' accounts, and the vivid imagery that a lost city like this conjures up in our minds. We will never know its real name or why it was built up there. What was Machu Picchu used for? Even the date of its construction is approximate; perhaps it was built on top of an even older city? It's like we always do.
There is nothing more exciting than waking up at dawn, long before sunrise, to board the Interandino train to Machu Picchu.
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Now that we have all the amenities to visit Machu Picchu and return to our hotel in Cusco or the Sacred Valley in a single day, we offer you the best of our tourist services; you will always have our assistance and we will be there to help you at all times. It is not just another place to visit, it is about understanding and analyzing this beautiful stone city. Like many others in the ancient world, it developed its own masonry technique, a complex and laborious handcraft to shape small and enormous stones, resulting in a fascinating and harmonious city among the clouds, which was totally environmentally friendly, one hundred percent sustainable, and adapted to its surroundings, long before the “modern” concepts of urban planning were conceived by our great modern architects.
The concept of Machu Picchu clearly expresses love and commitment to Mother Earth; there is no need to write or read hundreds of pages, simply visit it and don't miss a single detail.
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And when you're back on the train to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, if you are lucky enough to have booked that particular train that leaves in the afternoon and disappears into the sunset along with the Andes and the jungle, you will feel those last rays of the great Sun God, slipping through the shadows of the clouds, the mountains, and the train windows to reach you with the whisper of those Incas who carved Machu Picchu.