Machu Picchu Hotel is located in the Historic Sanctuary of the same name, a protected natural area of over 32 hectares. It is known worldwide for its impressive archaeological sites, more than 200 among which the citadel, and the Inca Trail that runs through the Sanctuary from west to east in a course of four days, outstand from the rest. For these reasons, UNESCO considers it a mixed World Heritage Site (both cultural and natural).

The Sanctuary has the peculiarity of being a transition zone between the Andes and the lowland rainforest, creating a unique biodiversity. With mild climate and high rainfalls ,it shares samples of the fauna and flora of the high mountainous areas and the ones found in the Amazon. Is the ecosystem of mosses, lichens, bromeliads and ferns, including the arboreal, a very primitive plant from the Jurassic Age. You may also find spectacled bears, hummingbirds, cocks of the rocks and around 500 species of orchids.

Its geology is stunning and intricate, consisting of peaks, canyons and huge and steep hills full of greenery in which in between the Urubamba River meanders to the lowland jungle. There rises Machu Picchu, the spiritual and resting place once used by the Inca nobility, because of the quality of its water, climate, isolation and surrounding nature. You can access to the archaeological site from the Inca Trail through the Inti Punku or Puerta del Sol, or from the town of Aguas Calientes where our hotel is located, using a bus or walking. Machu Picchu was built in the fifteenth century by Pachacutec and located 2,400 metres above sea level. Is built with granite rock extracted from the surrounding mountains, and comprises agricultural terraces that defy the slope of the hills, rooms, plazas, amphitheaters, hydraulic channels and the Intihuatana, a huge ceremonial stone.