Hugh Thomson in The Telegraph

Hugh Thomson was featured in yesterday's Telegraph illuminating the pleasures of Cusco, Peru:

Why Cusco?

I go back every year and it's been the launch pad for several of my research expeditions to look for Inca ruins. I often think that if Machu Picchu didn't exist, then Cusco, as the old Inca capital, would be far more of a destination in its own right.

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The old centre is incredibly well-preserved and it's got a sense of history that, like the Inca stonework, has resisted both Spanish invasion and earthquakes.