1,000 Places To See Before You Die: Your Most Desired Vacation Destination

Thousands of travel fans voted on our "1,000 Places To See Before You Die" bracket and we've reached the end of our challenge. With hundreds of comments and thousands of votes, you unanimously picked the ultimate destination you'd want to visit before you die...

What's so special about Machu Picchu? Here's what you told us.

"Machu Picchu is definitely the destinatio­n that every human being should visit at least once in their lifetime !!! I know of no place in the world which can compare with it." - User Cesarm

"Machu Picchu, Peru for sure!! built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls, a magical place, breathtaki­ng, amazing culture, warm people, beautiful art and crafts... I have been there 4 times and will definitely go back.. so much to see, it will captivate your eyes and soul." - User Chantalfd

"Everyone in the world must visit Machu Picchu, it's an extraordinary and magic place." - User Bobdiegor

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[TOURinPERU]

07:40 PM on 01/25/2012

Start dreaming about your 2012 - 2013 adventure to Machu Picchu !

[TOURinPERU]

07:37 PM on 01/25/2012

Machu Picchu is the recipe for your perfect holiday! www.TOURinPERU.com

[lwkite]

10:33 PM on 12/15/2011

Just got back from Machu Picchu on Monday. Definitely worth the trip. You can't take a bad picture there. The elevation at Cusco is killer. If you smoke or have a heart condition I would suggest you consider a different vacation.

[Annemarie Dooling]

01:55 PM on 12/16/2011

I had trouble in Cusco, too. Did you get to Aguas Calientes? That's the spot where I started to feel woozy.

[lwkite]

11:01 PM on 12/16/2011

That is where my wife got food poisoning.

[Red Russet]

07:04 PM on 12/06/2011

Anybody wants to go to Macchu Pichu better hurry if you are getting close to 50. The altitude is really high, and anyone with upper respiratory conditions who can't walk uphill and breathe thinned out air at the same time is on his own. Most organized tour companies look very closely who they will take. On the other hand the pyramids are a good bet. Another health tip: if you have a compromised immune system don't go in any of the tombs. There is fungus growing on the walls from the humidity from peoples breath, which can cause upper respiratory infection.
I have seen it, and it is not very noticeable. I knew a woman who had just finished her cancer treatments successfully, was in remission and her family took her on a dream trip to Egypt. She was thrilled with the trip, was home a few weeks and died from a lung infection.

[JuanitoN]

09:20 AM on 12/11/2011

Machu Picchu is actually lower in altitude (2,430 metres - 7,970 ft) than the city from whence the tours depart (Cusco) and it shouldn't be any problem for normally-healthy visitors of any age. The train takes you to the buses and the buses drive up to the MP park. There is no climbing involved unless you want to do something extra like climb the nearby Huayno Picchu mountain.

[Adam Valen Levinson]

07:50 PM on 12/13/2011

Diamox (acetazolamide)! Sort of miracle drug for those of us with altitude sickness. Anyway, can help. Won't keep the mummies away, though.

[Annemarie Dooling]

01:57 PM on 12/16/2011

Chewing those coca leaves worked for me, too.

[360Dunk]

08:52 PM on 12/05/2011

What about seeing the inside of a live shark's mouth before you die?

[pup sydney]

10:19 AM on 12/04/2011

The place I want to see before I die is the house I was born in that little town 8000 miles away. The rest ie beauty but emptiness. Give me my youth back and I would day the happiest human being.

[Adam Valen Levinson]

07:51 PM on 12/13/2011

Where're you from?

[bazingabrickfists]

07:15 PM on 12/03/2011

fort mcmurray!

[joeyskickass]

07:00 PM on 12/03/2011

I went like a month ago in the rainy season, it was very very rainy, but I got to see a double rainbow in machu picchu...pretty much a win

[Natti]

05:48 PM on 12/03/2011

Love, love Machu Picchu. It was such an amazing experience.

[laidbackdude679]

04:58 PM on 12/03/2011

#1001

an obama-free white house

[Natti]

05:47 PM on 12/03/2011

what the F does that have to do with the list. Get. Over. It.

[Annie12]

06:46 AM on 12/04/2011

Good luck with that.

[PromCuscotravel]

10:50 AM on 12/03/2011

Winner: Machu Picchu (from the southern Quechua Machu Pikchu, "Old Mountain") is the contemporary name given to a llaqta (ancient Inca Andean town) built mainly of stone in the mid-fifteenth century on the rocky promontory that links the mountains of Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu in the eastern foothills of the Central Andes in southern Peru.

Visit: http://www.promcuscotravel.com/en/263/machupicchu-by-train-2d1n.html

[Hollywooddeed]

09:30 AM on 12/03/2011

I've never even been to Cleveland.

[myviewsofnow]

12:37 AM on 12/03/2011

As long as they remembered my Venice-it's OK ! Most Magical city. To quote ladyofib!

[UtahScott]

12:18 AM on 12/03/2011

I loved Machu Picchu ,especially the rebuilt part and the train ride, but I would go back to India in a heart beat. Totally out of my comfort zone and so much to see.

[prlabella]

10:17 PM on 12/02/2011

Only the rich guys that make the decisions for the republican party can afford these places.