Discover peru’s iconic machu picchu in our travel guide. Discover unesco-listed inca citadel, trekking routes, best viewpoints, entry tips and local insights. Machu picchu was constructed in the classical inca style, featuring finely crafted dry-stone walls.

Get facts, photos, and travel tips for the works of machu picchu, a world heritage site in peru, from national geographic. It's no wonder machu picchu is peru's most-visited site. Dating to the mid-1400s, it's a marvel of mortar-free limestone architecture perched on a high plateau deep in the amazonian jungle. Machu picchu stands 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the inca empire … At 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level, this unesco world heritage site is often referred to as “the lost city of the incas”, is one of the most familiar symbols of the incan empire, and is one of the …

It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the inca empire … At 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level, this unesco world heritage site is often referred to as “the lost city of the incas”, is one of the most familiar symbols of the incan empire, and is one of the …