{"id":861,"date":"2019-06-13T19:49:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T09:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fourwornsoles.com\/?p=861"},"modified":"2024-03-02T00:44:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T14:44:12","slug":"cusco-more-than-a-gateway-to-machu-picchu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fourwornsoles.com\/cusco-more-than-a-gateway-to-machu-picchu\/","title":{"rendered":"Cusco – more than a gateway to Machu Picchu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
As you may know, Cusco is the gateway to Machu Picchu. What you may not know is it’s also at a higher elevation, capital of the region and has plenty of its own archaeological remains. Which is why most travellers passing through usually stick around to check out this breathtaking city. I mean that literally too. Cusco is just over 11,000ft above sea level and sits snugly in the Andes Mountains. So as soon as you arrive you are taken aback both by the beauty of the city aswell as the lack of oxygen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n