Sep
4
2010
danissa
Cusco will launch a new tourist circuit linking the Inca trail of access to the Antisuyo (north of Cusco), the suspension bridge of Yunca Punku and the church Andahuaylillas colonial, known as the “Sistine Chapel of America”, located between the provinces of Paucartambo and Quispicanchi, will integrate a new tourist circuit, informed the holder of the Regional Directorate of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Dircetur), Victor Hugo Perez.
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Aug
18
2010
helard
Here you got some places you must consider when you take a backpacking trip to south america.
Cusco has a beautiful landscape that conjugates with the blue sky, white clouds and awesome mountains, by its roads is possible to get to know the heritage inherited that give a testimony of its art, even now when you walk in its streets you can see some rocks intelligently united and the old houses built by Spanish over important Inca foundations, it’s impossible to don’t notice the importance that this city had in the Inca period. Few places in Peru have a magic aura as Cusco has which was the center of cult of the Sun, it received big ceremonies where much people came to. Here you can visit churches, museums, archeological places and many other sites, for this you need to get the Tourist Ticket fee that allows you to visit the 16 most important places of Cusco.

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Aug
18
2010
helard
Aquí tiene algunos lugares que usted debe considerar si piensa visitar Sudamérica más aun si lo que piensa es tomar un viaje de mochilero.
Cusco. Cuenta con un hermoso paisaje que se conjuga perfectamente con su cielo azul, nubes blancas y montañas impresionantes, por sus caminos es posible conocer la historia y magia que esconde esta ancestral cuidad, aun hoy al pasear por sus calles se pueden ver algunos rocas inteligentemente unidas y las antiguas casas construidas por los españoles sobre importantes cimientos incaicos, es imposible no notar la importancia que tuvo esta ciudad en la época incaica. Pocos lugares en el Perú tienen un aura mágica como la tiene Cusco, fue el centro de culto al Sol, antigua deidad inca. Aquí se pueden visitar iglesias, museos, sitios arqueológicos y muchos otros lugares, para ello, tiene que obtener un Boleto Turístico que le permitirá visitar los 16 lugares más importantes del Cusco.

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Aug
13
2010
shirley

The head of the Archaeological Park of Machu Picchu, Fernando Astete Victoria, estimated that at the end of this year around 150,000 domestic and foreign tourists have visited the sanctuary of Machu Picchu Inca Trail using, crossing that lasts four days and three nights.
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Aug
9
2010
helard
A quick look to the inca’s sacred citadel as we got near to celebrate a hundred years of its discovery by Hiram Bingham in 1911.
The Discovery
An expedition leaded by the american explorer Hiram Bingham arrived in the July 1911 to the inca’s citadel of Machu picchu, they found it covered by vegetation accumulated over centuries of neglect. The discovery was anounced on an special edition of the National Geographic’s magazine. Little had to wait to travelers and academics from many diferent countries to arrive to Machu Picchu.

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Aug
9
2010
helard
Un rápido vistazo a la sagrada ciudadela inca mientras nos acercamos a cumplir los 100 años de su descubrimiento por el explorador norteamericano Hiram Bingham en 1911.
El Descubrimiento
Una expedición liderada por el explorador norteamericano Hiram Bingham llegó en 1911 a la ciudadela inca de Machu Picchu, ellos la encontraron cubierta por una densa vegetación acumulada a lo largo de muchos años de olvido. El descubrimiento fue anunciado en una edición especial de la revista de la National Geographic. Poco se tuvo que esperar para recibir la visita de viajeros y académicos de distintas partes del mundo.

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Jul
7
2010
shirley

A total of 157 000 203 tourists visited the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu to three months after its reopening after the rainstorm that damaged the railway line allowing access to the archaeological site, according to the National Institute of Culture (INC) in the Cusco.
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Jun
21
2010
helard
Officials say noise of rotors affects habitat for the spectacled bear and red-plumed Andean cock of the rock
Helicopters have been banned from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in an effort to protect wildlife. Cusco province has published regulations banning helicopters at Machu Picchu and the surrounding 125 square miles.



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Jun
21
2010
helard
Las autoridades dicen que el ruido de los rotores afecta el hábitat del oso de anteojos y gallito de las rocas, ambas especies protegidas.
Los helicópteros han sido prohibidos de la ciudadela inca de Machu Picchu en un esfuerzo por proteger la vida silvestre. La provincia de Cusco ha publicado reglamentos que prohíben helicópteros en Machu Picchu y los alrededores de 125 millas cuadradas.



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Jun
16
2010
danissa
“More and more tourists couples want to celebrate a Arac Masin, which means Andino Marriage and is the ritual in which the lovers meet your soul and energy in a context of much symbolism, but especially of great mysticism,” said managing director of Clabe Andean Machu Picchu Sumaq owns the Hotel Anibal Clavijo.
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