overview
Cusco City, located at 3,400 meters above sea level, is situated in a lush alluvial valley fed by multiple rivers in the heart of South America’s Central Peruvian Andes. The city was constructed and remodelled in the 15th century by Inca Pachacuteq (Tito Cusi Inca Yupanqui) following a pre-Inca occupancy phase of over 3,000 years, and became the capital of the Tawantinsuyu Inca Empire.
The Inca Imperial City was built as a sophisticated urban center with different religious and governmental duties that were precisely defined, dispersed, and ordered. The religious and government structures were accompanied by exclusive royal abodes, forming an unprecedented symbolic urban compound that demonstrates stone construction technology with exceptional style and structural properties, such as the Temple of the Sun or Qoricancha, the Acllahuasi, the Sunturcancha, the Cusicancha, and a series of very finely finished buildings that shape the Inca compound as an indivisible unity of Inca urbanism.
detailed itinerary
Our guide will meet us at the agreed-upon hour to begin our tour of Cuzco.
Today will be a walking trip, first we will visit the Sun Temple or Qoricancha, an important construction during Inka times, built to honor the Sun God. we continue our walk to the Plaza de Armas, Cusco’s main square in the heart of the city with its beautiful fountain and the impressive Cathedral.
then will continue to San Blas, in the road we will pass by Hatunrumiyoc where is located the twelve angled stone that is famous for its immense size whose twelve corners fit perfectly with the rest of the wall, here you will have to take some pictures then some steps forward we will arrive to San Blas,
San Blas is known as Cusco’s artisans’ quarter since many of the best craftsmen have their workshops and small art galleries , narrow streets surrounding the 16th-century church of San Blas.
after San Blas we will go to San Cristobal where we can find one of the most nice places, we can have an spectacular view from Cusco City, then transportation will be waiting for us to return to your hotel.
included
- Visit: Qorikancha, Cathedral, San Blas and San Cristobal
- Pick Up and return to your Hotel
- Professional Guide English/Spanish
not included
- Entrance fees
- Meals
- Extras
WHAt you need to bring
- Small Daypack
- Water Bottle
- Camera
- Sun Hat/Cream
- Rain Jacket Or Rain Poncho
- Comfortable Walking Shoes
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