Cusco among the 10 most beautiful colonial cities of America

Cusco (Peru) on the list of the 10 most beautiful colonial cities in America, compiled by the supplement El Viajero of the Spanish newspaper El Pais. Other notable cities are Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), San Miguel de Allende (Mexico), Antigua (Guatemala), Quito (Ecuador), among others.

The publication reports that Cusco was the capital of the Inca empire and one of the most important cities in the Viceroyalty of Peru. "In both events faced drinks his story, which mixes beautiful buildings from the period of Spanish rule with impressive remains of pre-Columbian civilization, as the stones of Sacsayhuaman. It is also the gateway to the stunning Machu Picchu, the Inca jewel ", it says.

The country also indicates that the altitude of Cusco (3,300 mts.) produces a strange feeling in the visitor which increases the spell of its streets. The city is World Heritage since 1983 and there who calls the Rome of America for the number of monuments treasured, "said the Spanish publication.

Source: Portal de Turismo.

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New route from Machu Picchu will inaugurated in May

Next May will be delivered and enter into operation the new route out of tourists from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, work which will relieve the current point of entry and exit.

The ramp that has been adapting over stone walls located at the bottom of the enclosure, parallel to the platform access to Machu Picchu, and it recorded an increase of 30%.

"This way out will have approximately 98 linear meters, will be adapted to the topography and mimetizará with the natural landscape, as it has been reforested the area with tree seedlings, shrubs and own environmental herbs," said HolderThe Decentralized Directorate of Culture of Cusco, Daniel Maraví.

Additionally wooden rails, a waterproof roof and floor of compacted clay will be placed. "This work will show it to the technical mission of UNESCO will be in Cusco and Machu Picchu the last week of January," the official culture.

Source: Portaldeturismo

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Machu Picchu nominated to National Geographic Traveller Awards

The complex of Machu Picchu was nominated for a prize in the National Geographic Traveller Reader Awards. The Inca citadel is postulated in the "Overseas Attraction" or Attracting Overseas.

Machu Picchu competes in the category with the Grand Canyon National Park in Colorado, located in the northern state of Arizona, in the United States, and the Australian Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef in the world.

The Inca citadel, one of the seven wonders of the world, was inscribed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO in 1983 and is considered the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire and one of the most important heritage sites on the planet.

Prizes will be awarded later this month in the city of London, and will appear in the January-February edition of National Geographic Traveller magazine.

Source: El Comercio.

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