Declared as one of the new wonders of the world on 7 July 2007, the ruins of Machu Picchu are a real landmark worldwide. This, coupled with the title of World Heritage Sites, which dates from 1983, concludes that it is currently one of the most important tourist centers in the Americas and the world. Machu Picchu is located in the province of Urubamba in southern Peru, and the nearest major city is the beautiful Cusco, Archeological Capital of South America. To arrive at this imposing building made by the Inca Empire, there are several options. One is the traditional Inca Trail, which is a walking tour of three days of the town of Aguas Calientes.
Another is through a railroad that takes three hours for the journey from Cusco to the same city. And the most economical and exhausting, chosen by many backpackers, lies in travel from Cusco to Santa Maria, thence to Santa Teresa, then arrive at what is called "Hydro" and finally about three hours walking the railroad tracks to finally get to Aguas Calientes.

After a little over an hour to climb the stone stairs in the middle of a hot, humid climate where the rains are very frequent, the first view of what is known as "The Citadel" generates a fervent domestic mobilization in the lucky visitors.

The story goes that Machu Picchu, considered a masterpiece of architecture and engineering, was used as resting place by the first Inca emperor, Pachacuti, between 1438 and 1470. Already on 24 June 1911, an American historian Hiram Bingham was named to the ruins and was marked as the "rediscovered". Bingham, marveling at the place, carried out archaeological work from 1912 to 1915.

However, today it is also necessary to mention the mystery that revolves around Machu Picchu, as more than 45 thousand pieces obtained in the excavations-also made in Huayna Picchu, the mountain that often appears as background in the photographs of complex-questionably left the country and the Peruvian government was never able to recover the material.

These condiments and others make a real phenomenon Machu Picchu architectural, landscape, historical and cultural, which in turn is divided into two sectors: agriculture and urban. And, without room for argument, one of the tourist areas that no mortal should unconsciousness.