Note: Part one of four in a series. Choquequirao is a former Inca village and ceremonial area located in the Salkantay Mountain Range. Today it is an Inca ruin site rival in majesty to that of its ...

Last week I invited readers to share their outdoor stories. With Peru’s Machu Picchu gracing the latest cover of National Geographic, it seemed fitting to start with the Barauskases’ adventure.

A travel Web site has selected the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in southeastern Peru as the destination that world travelers most want to see, Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Magali Silva said.

The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites, reopened Sunday with an ancient ritual after a nearly eight-month lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. For safety ...