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CUSCO CITY TOUR


Cusco city tour Introduction:

This tour includes visit at most significant archaeological places at around Cusco city as well as Qoricancha temple of the sun), Sacsayhuaman fortress, Qenqo, Pucapucara and Tambomachay.

Duration of the trek: 4 Days / 3 Nights

Distance of the trek: 16 kilometers.

Level of difficulty:  

Season: Every afternoon throughout the year except Sundays (1:30pm - 6:00pm)

The maximum height: 3400 meters (10.925,20 ft)

travel tour photos

travel peru operator Itinerary:

We pick you up from the hotel to visit the next places:

Qorikancha: Its location in the heart of Cusco. Its construction took place when Pachakutec governed and it was one of the most important temples built by the Incas. That was the house of the bishop who tough the worship of the Sun, where the chosen women were sacrifices to the main God. The Sun according to the Inca cosmology, el Qorikancha, was situate in the middle of the world.

coricancha

Saqsayhuaman: It is located 2 Km to the north of Cusco. In Inca Time, the city of Cusco has the shape of Puma and its head was the Sacsayhuaman site. However this was destroyed by the Spanish, but still in this days we can see fabulous cyclopean walls, Where some of them of 5 meters and more than 350 tons, they were conduced with the help of a thousand of workers leaded by Pachakutec.

coricancha

Qenqo: It's situate 3 Km from Cusco. The word Qenqo means maze, it was a worship place where we can observe a huge rock which has several cuttings, one of the most important was the zigzag, issue of the name, by there passed chicha or blood. Those stones represented a cougar and it wake up with winter solstice, underneath the rock there are subterranean corridors.

Qenqo

Pukapukara: Following the schedule this site is located at 7 Km of Cusco, Pukapukara means "Red Fortress" this site was an administrative and military center, where we can find some aqueducts, short terraces, passages, turrets, and niches.

Pukapukara

Tambomachay: 8 Km from the city of Cusco. Well known as the Inca's bath, this Inca site was considering a place of the cult to the water.

tambomachay

travel peru operator The tour includes:

  • Collection from hotel.
  • Bilingual Guide.
  • Transport (private bus)

trek peru cusco Not includes:

  • Meals, phone calls, tips for the guide.
  • Entrance fees (Cusco Tourist Ticket). Officially known as the Boleto Turistico Unico (BTU) this visitors ticket costs 140 soles, 75 soles for students and is valid for 10 days. It is sold at the Instituto Nacional de Cultura (INC) on the corner of Calle Garcilaso and Plaza Regocijo.

The ticket allows you entry to the following sites:

Santa Catalina, Popular Art Museum, Regional History Museum, Sacsayhuaman, Qenko, Puca Pucara, Tambo Machay, Pisac, Ollantaytambo,Chinchero, Centro Qosqo de Arte native, Tipon, Pikillaqta, Inca pachacuteq museum

Note:

that the ticket does not include the Koricancha-Santo Domingo complex (US$6/person) Cathedral separate entrance fee of US$10.

trek peru cusco  Recommendations things to bring:

  • Shorts and comfortable clothes to ride the bike
  • Sun block, sunglasses and a hat
  • Windbreaker
  • Small backpack
  • Bottle of water and personal snacks

Price: US$ 25 per person.

 

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