The lost city of the Incas, on a ridge high above the Urubamba valley.
Arrive on the Inca Trail through the Sun Gate after four days of walking, or by train from Cusco through the Sacred Valley. The terraces and temples appear out of the clouds.
Climb Huayna Picchu, the peak behind the city, for the view from above, and spend a few days in Cusco to get used to the altitude.
Photo: Martin St-Amant (S23678), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:80_-_Machu_Picchu_-_Juin_2009_-_edit.jpg)
