Machu Picchu is located in the province of Urubamba in Peru, 400 meters above sea level. It is built on a narrow ridge with 400 meter deep cliffs on each side, making up the canyon of the Urubamba River. The weather is cold in the winter and hot in the summer. Visitors can reach Machu Picchu by train which takes 4 hours or by bus. The document then provides brief descriptions of things to see and do in various locations in Peru such as Lima, Trujillo, Nazca, and Arequipa, as well as recommendations for where to stay in Machu Picchu.
3. GEOGRAPHY 2 000 located 400 meters above sea level in the province of Urubamba, department of Cusco, Machu Picchu (Summit Mayor, in Castilian) surprised by the way the stone buildings are deployed on a ridge narrow and uneven in whose edges are a cliff 400 meters deep, which make up the canyon on the Urubamba river reaches.