According to legend, this plaza once marked the exact center of the Inca Empire, earning Cusco the nickname "the navel of the world." After Spanish conquistadors conquered the city in the early 1500s, ...

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The best time to visit Cusco is from June to mid-September. Though temperatures hover in the mid- to upper 60s throughout the year, the city sees fewer rain showers during its winter months. Still, ...

Lima — Weeks-long protests that have killed dozens across Peru continued on Thursday, with escalating tensions in the Andean city Cusco prompting the government to preemptively close the tourist hub's ...

Machu Picchu has long been the symbol of Peru, but this South American nation is far more than its most famous Inca landmark.

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Spanish settlers knocked down all but the foundations of the Temple of the Sun, then built a church atop the Inca walls. Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons It’s long been rumored that a ...

Biggest selling point: You can just feel the energy of past generations here, walking the ancient stone streets and passing through oversize doorways once reserved for Inca royalty. In Cusco, a World ...

Yuri Botelho, a 36-year-old dad from Minnesota, died after he was struck by lightning while biking on a mountain in the Cusco ...

Yuri Botelho, 36, a Brazil native, worked for the city of St. Louis Park and recently became an American citizen.