CUSCO,
Peru's premier tourist attraction and one of the world's leading destinations for Machu Picchu tours Peru, is a unique and harmonious blend of a rich historical and archaeological legacy with a land studded with soaring mountains and valleys, steamy tropical jungle, turquoise lakes and thundering rivers. The city of Cusco, capital of the department of the same name, is located in the Huatanay river valley in the southern Andes of Peru. Its name likely comes from an ancient indigenous that meant "navel" or "center" in reference to an extensive network of roads leading from this Capital of the Inca Empire (called Tawantinsuyo) to the sour suyos or regions, that formed the "four parts of the world" in the Andean world view. Cuzco travel is as good as it gets. Machu Picchu tours Peru is a must while visiting.
Considered by the Incas as the dwelling place of the gods, Cusco is certainly the most fascinating city in the Andes. Its monumental architecture admirably combines the majestic stone foundations of Inca buildings with the handsome architecture of Colonial Peru. The city's proximity to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu has made Cuzco travel one of the foremost destinations for tourists around the world.
