The next day we moved to Machu Picchu Pueblo, to visit our final destination: the wonder of the world Machu Picchu Ruins.

We leave Cusco by train. Travel is in "Vistadome" Class. After a couple of hours the train arrives in Aguas Calientes (‘hot water’) the closest town to Machu Picchu, where we stayed all day long talking a rest in the local hot springs (quite nasty actually....).

Aguas Calientes only exists because from there it is possible to take a bus ride to the top of the mountain to visit the ruins. The ride takes about thirty minutes due to the numerous switchbacks present in the road to the top. Another remarkable destination is the climb to the top of the steep Huayna Picchu, the famous ‘haystack’ mountain visible behind the ruins: we decided to miss it because of the pregnancy of my wife (you must have the stamina to climb that high, the path is really steep!).

Keep in mind that If you want to fully enjoy the sightseeing of the ruins, you have to arrive there very early in the morning, as we did: the day after our arrival in Aguas Calientes, after a quick breakfast we were ready for the first bus at 5.00, so we were inside the site in time to see the first sunrays on the surrounding peaks and had the time to fully enjoy our walk trough the alleys and the ruins of the place before the arrival of the crowd in the middle of morning.

Machu Picchu was the last destination of our trip to Peru. The next day we moved back to Lima and returned to Italy.