Belmond Andean Explorer is Peru’s First Luxury Sleeper Train. From May 2017, South America’s first luxury sleeper train will traverse the Peruvian Andes from Cusco to Lake Titicaca and Arequipa to deliver the highest train journeys on Earth. Belmond Andean Explorer in Peru luxury sleeper train is owned by PeruRail, a 50%/50% joint venture between … Read more
Alpaca wool is known as the “Real Treasure of the Incas” or “Gold of the Andes” because when the Spanish conquistadors reached Cusco, the capital of their empire, they took the gold and silver but ignored what many say was the largest Inca treasure, the colorful and luxurious looms of this camelid fiber, which … Read more
Marriott opens first JW Marriott Hotel in Cusco, Peru (3,399 m) JW Marriott opened the much anticipated 153-room JW Marriott Cusco (Peru) – the company’s highest-altitude hotel situated at the gateway of the Andes mountain sanctuary Machu Picchu. At an elevation of 11,200 feet (3,399 m) above sea level, the JW Cusco will be … Read more