Alternative Lima Tour: Royal Felipe Fortress
Towering over the seafront at Lima’s Port of Callao is the Royal Felipe Fortress — a monument of 18th century military architecture well worth visiting with a knowledgeable guide.
Destinations
Lima’s legendary leaping monk saves drowning man
For 26 years, Fernando Canchari, a professional diver, has reenacted the legendary lovelorn leap of Friar Francisco, who jumped to a watery death rather than be separated from the love of his life, the beautiful Clara.
Record breaking 1.1 million tourists visited Machu Picchu in 2012
Visitors to Peru’s most famous archeological site, the ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu, surpassed one million tourists for the first time ever in 2012.
Peru Scrabble® Tour & Tournament Oct. 4 – 12, 2013
[Originally published February 14, 2013] Two things that Rich Baker is passionate about are travel and Scrabble®.
Peru rejects French explorer’s bid to dig up evidence of Machu Picchu Inca tomb
[Originally published February 10, 2013] Contained in the official Machu Picchu Master Plan is an intriguing theory by Peruvian archaeologist Luis G. Lumbreras. He posits that the iconic Inca citadel is in fact Patallaqta, a “Royal Mausoleum” built — much like the Egyptian pyramids were for the ancient pharaohs — to venerate the Ninth Inca Pachacutec after his death.