Entrances
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There are two entrances to Machu Picchu today. This photograph shows the tourist’s entrance. The steps in the lower part of this image lead down to a platform where the visitor can make a sharp left turn and enter the city.
The rounded mountain on the right is Mount Putucusi. Mount Yanantin is the high central peak in the back range.
Another entrance is high above this one, near the Guardhouse. It is the entrance the Inca used when they arrived from Cuzco by way of the Inca trail. Cuzco was their capital city, many miles and a week’s hike distant.
Our tour of Machu Picchu begins now from the famous Inca trail rather than the tourist trail.
Posted: June 26, 2002
Filed under: Area Introduction, Machu Picchu
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