Cusco City Tour

Cusco City Tour

The first day upon arrival it is advisable to take a city tour, our agency organizes this tour every afternoon. They are picked up from your hotel between 1:00 p.m. and 13: 20hrs. You will have a guided tour through the city center of Cusco, visit the Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral, the Temple of the Sun Qoricancha-Santo Domingo, and then go out to the surroundings to visit the ruins of Sacsayhuaman, Kenko, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay , returning to the city between 6:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Iglesia De Santo Domingo, Ahuacpinta 659-A, Cusco Peru

Then we visit the temple of Qoricancha, the maximum expression of Inca architecture and engineering. The temple of the Sun or Qoricancha, is also currently the Convent of Santo Domingo

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Cusco Cathedral, Portal Belen Plaza de Armas, Cusco 08002 Peru

We begin the excursion visiting the Cathedral of Cusco, the church of the Sagrada Familia, and the church of Triunfo.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Sacsayhuaman, Cusco 08000 Peru

The impressive fortress of Sacsayhuaman is strategically built on a hill from where you can see all of Cusco. It is famous for its huge carved stones, some of which are 9 meters or 30 feet high and weigh more than 350 tons.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Jr Qenqo, Cusco 08003, Peru

Located four kilometers northeast of the city of Cusco, it has the archaeological groups of Q'enqo Grande and Q´enqo Chico.

Etymologically, it means labyrinth or zigzag, it fulfilled a purely religious function, being in the outer part an amphitheater in semicircular form with trapezoidal niches and a monolith that simulates being a cougar which measures approximately six meters.



Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Puka Pukara, Cusco Peru

Puka pukara means "red fortress", because the calcareous stones with which it is built have acquired the reddish color of the land, very abundant in iron. It is claimed that he had the function of protecting Tambomach'ay, an important palace in the Inkario. But that in turn, due to its architectural disposition and the existence of fountains, aqueducts and multiple enclosures, was a "tambo" that is, a collective shelter that offered an inn and food to travelers, as well as the entourage that should accompany to the Inka on his retreat in Tambomach'ay.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Tambomachay, Cusco Peru

Tambomachay, is located about 8 kms. To the north of Cusco and very close to the ruins of Puka Pukara, it is an archaeological site that was destined to the cult of water and so that the head of the Inca Empire could rest. This place is also called Baños del Inca. It consists of a series of aqueducts, canals and several waterfalls that run through the rocks. The surprising thing about this is that from a main waterfall, the Incas created 2 secondary waterfalls, which are exactly the same. That is, if one places two empty bottles, one in each waterfall, the 2 are filled at the same time.

Duration: 2 minutes