What better way of learning about a new place and culture is there than by sitting around a table to share a meal and enjoy some new flavors? Studying a place's culinary history helps uncover the relationship between food and culture and the many stories that are passed on through generations. And Peru is full of legends and …

Every year on June 24th Cusco comes alive as the second largest festival in South America takes place. Hundreds of thousands of people travel from all over the world to attend the re-creation of the ancient Incan religious ceremony.

Just an hour drive from Cusco, the glorious Sacred Valley remains a living relic of Inca culture with terraced mountainsides with fortresses built into the towering Andes, and the raging Urubamba River below. Don't miss the market town of Pisac and spectacular Ollantaytambo a living Inca city below a towering fortress.