From 100 Facts from 100 Years of Machu Picchu - Fact #22

By Catharine Hamm | Los Angeles Times Travel Editor

#22 The train deposits you at Aquas Calientes, at the foot of Machu Picchu (which you'll see spelled as Machupijchu).

The town of Aquas Calientes has been renamed Machu Picchu Pueblo (Machu Picchu Town) it's approximately a 15 minute drive by bus through a series of switchbacks up the mountain from the train station to the ruins.