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Charming machu picchu hotels show you the way through history
Machu Picchu, the legendary citadel built at the height of the Inca Empire, is a stunning place, full of mysteries and history beneath its walls. Declared one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Machu Picchu is the most visited tourist destinations in Peru and one of the most important in the world. Most specialists agree that Machu Picchu was built by Emperor Pachacuti, around 1450. During the Spanish colonial period, the citadel lost all its importance and it soon was forgotten by the Spanish colonist but not by the local people. In 1911, the American historian Hiram Bingham, guided by a local 11 years old boy, rediscovered the…
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History of the Ski Chalet Holiday
1770. At the time of writing that’s 137 years ago – when the first hotel was opened in Chamonix. Before this date Chamonix was a wild and rugged farming town where people caught their own animals and grew their own oats. Chalets at this time were used to farm dairy herds over the summer months. Their milk was preserved by making it into cheeses and butter and stored down in the valley for use over the harsh winters. During the snow season the chalets were locked, and any valuables were locked safely in a small hut called a Mazot. This was at the time when the term WAGGGS was not…