Also because this trail leads you directly to the Inca city of Machu Picchu, which is the best preserved from the time of the Incas between the years 1400 to 1500 when the Inca empire was in full glory; it was built by the Inca Pachacutec, who dominated the lands of South America, a sovereign king who knew how to conquer many other cities that developed in parallel in Peru. Cusco was the capital and center of the whole kingdom, from this city there were 4 royal roads to the 4 regions of the empire.