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The ultimate guide to Machu Picchu: everything you need to know
I’ve been to Machu Picchu half a dozen times, and the sight of it still lifts my heart. It is, for one thing, very beautiful. It sits on a saddle in the Peruvian Andes, between two steep-sloped mountains. The archaeological site itself is laid out across …