Cusco

Once the capital of the Inca Empire, the high-altitude city of Cusco is now the main tourism hub in the Peruvian Andes. Click an image below for more information.

I am pictured at an overlook in the San Blas neighborhood of Cusco, Peru. The high-altitude city spreads out below me as Andean peaks rise in the distance.
Parade participants dance their way around the perimeter of Cusco's Plaza de Armas during the 2023 Inti Raymi festival. The annual event was an Inca tradition.
A Quechua woman and her alpaca stop for a photo in the San Blas neighborhood of Cusco, Peru. The city is the former capital of the Inca empire.
A stone wall meanders into the distance at the massive Sacsayhuamán ruins in Cusco, Peru. The former Inca fortress offers spectacular views of the Andean city.

Related Content

– Click to read my travel guide “How to Tour Cusco Without Going to Machu Picchu” for information on where I went, ate, and stayed during my trips to Andean city.
– Click to read my feature article “Peruvian Andes: The Violent Reckoning of Pax Americana” for an in-depth look at how the United States’ doctrine of peace has tattered Latin America.
– Click to view my high-resolution photo collection from Rainbow Mountain near Cusco.

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