Machu Picchu Guidebook A Self-Guided Tour

Machu Picchu is one of the world's great travel destinations. Every year, more than 300,000 tourists visit this awe-inspiring and breathtakingly beautiful site in the Andes of Peru. Built in the mid-fifteenth century by Incan royalty and "re-discovered" by Hiram Bingham in 1911, Machu Picchu is the stuff of legends. And The Machu Picchu Guidebook has proven to be one of the most successful and acclaimed guidebooks to this popular archaeological treasure. The Machu Picchu Guidebook is the most comprehensive traveler's guide to this world-renowned site. The authors offer an almost step-by-step tour, constantly guiding the traveler to understand key elements of the function and construction of these remarkably well-designed, well-built, and well-preserved ruins. This revised edition of The Machu Picchu Guidebook has been expanded to include several new discoveries, as well as refined interpretations by international scholars. An added feature, available in no other book, is an artist's rendition of Machu Picchu, which first appeared as a supplement to National Geographic magazine, presented here as a three-page foldout in glorious color. Updated as well is all the practical travel information that makes this book the one indispensable guide to Machu Picchu.Wright, Ruth M. is the author of 'Machu Picchu Guidebook A Self-Guided Tour' with ISBN 9781555663278 and ISBN 1555663273.