USD $75 / per person

Cusco City and Four Ruins Tour

Overview

Cusco City and Four Ruins Tour

History books based on the writings of the Spanish chroniclers of the 16th and 17th centuries tell of the mythical beginnings of the Incas, their rapid rise to power, their cultural and technological achievements and their equally rapid defeat at the hands of invaders from Europe’s Iberian Peninsula. Visitors to Cusco will quickly understand that the city they see today is no museum. Its streets and the hills around the city are filled with living culture and vestiges of its rich ancient history. That history feels present in every stone of the city’s narrow streets and the great blocks placed one on top of the other by the Incas to create the monumental structures seen throughout the Cusco region.

This tour includes all the major attractions and gives visitors to Cusco the chance to learn more about its privileged history, as well as to experience the living culture of the Andes, which has survived to this day in many parts of the Cusco region.

1 Day

Cusco

14+ age

Departure:

Pick up from your Hotel
Destination:

Cusco City
Clothing required for the tour:

Sun hat, Sun protection cream (factor 35 recommended), Waterproof jacket/rain poncho.
Included:

Private transportation to all sites including transfers to and from your hotel English,spanish professional guide Lunch in typical Peruvian restaurant.
Not included:

Tourist Ticket for archeological sites Snacks and Water Tips: please note that our agency staff is well paid so please feel free to tip or not as you wish

Itinerary

The first attraction on this tour is Santo Domingo monastery, which was built over the remains of the Inca temple of Coricancha. This was the Inca Temple of the Sun, the most important sacred site in their vast empire, and the remains of its fine stonework can still be seen, within the elegant baroque church and convent erected on the same site by the Spaniards after the conquest.

From Coricancha we move on the city’s great cathedral. Situated in Cusco’s magnificent main square, the first church on this site was completed in 1571, construction having begun shortly after the conquest. The cathedral we see today, conceived in the renaissance style, dates from the late 17th century.

Leaving the city, we will drive up in the hills around Cusco to visit vestiges of the great monumental sites built by the Incas during their imperial period. The most imposing of these structures is the fortified temple site of Sacsayhuaman, erected on the hill overlooking the northern side of the city’s main square from blocks weighing up to one hundred tons each. Other Inca sites in the hills around Cusco include the semi-subterranean temple of Qenqo, the fortified structure of Pukapukara, and the center for rituals associated with water known as Tambomachay.

Eating and entertainment: Cusco offers visitors a range of places to eat, with excellent food to suit every budget. Tourism has made Cusco Peru’s most cosmopolitan city, and in addition to Peruvian cuisine it is possible to savor Indian, Mexican and Italian food, among other dishes. Cusco is also justly famous for its excellent nightlife, with bars and clubs filled with people drinking and dancing or listening to live music every night of the week. Shopping in Cusco is also excellent, ranging from traditional handcraft markets to up-market high fashion stores offering goods made from llama and alpaca wool and Peruvian silver.

Places that are visited In Cusco.

Cathedral, Monastery, Qoricancha templo of the sun
Local market
Visits to eminent weaving houses in Cusco.

Around Cusco

Sacsayhuaman
Qenko
Tambomachay
Puca Pucara

Useful Information

Daily departures.
In case you have any doubts, queries or require additional information, please contact us.

Inclusions

What is included?

Private transportation to all sites including transfers to and from your hotel
English,spanish professional guide
Lunch in typical Peruvian restaurant

What is not included?

Tourist Ticket for archeological sites
Snacks and Water
Tips: please note that our agency staff is well paid so please feel free to tip or not as you wish