Cuzco City Tour and Archaeological Ruins in Half Day

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  We start the excursion visiting the main square of Cusco and we will walk to the temple of the sun Qoricancha.

  1 hour • Admission ticket included
• 2

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

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• 3
  Sacsayhuaman

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

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• 4
  Q'enqo

  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 had a purely religious function. religious function, with a semicircular amphitheater on the outside with trapezoidal niches and with trapezoidal niches and a monolith that simulates a puma, which measures approximately six meters. approximately six meters.

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• 5
  Puka Pukara

  Puka pukara means “red fortress”, because the calcareous stones with which it is built have acquired the reddish color of the soil, very abundant in iron. It is argued that it had the function of guarding Tambomachay, an important palace in Inkan times. But at the same time, due to its architectural layout and the existence of fountains, aqueducts and multiple and the existence of fountains, aqueducts and multiple enclosures, it was a “tambo” that is to say, a collective shelter that that offered lodging and food to travelers, as well as to the retinue that was to accompany the Inka in his that was to accompany the Inka in his retreat in Tambomachay.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 6
  Tambomachay

  Tambomachay, located about 8 kms. north of Cusco and very close to the ruins of Puka Pukara, is an archaeological site that was intended for the worship of water and for the head of the Inca Empire to rest. the head of the Inca Empire could rest. This place is also called Baños del Inca (Inca Baths). It consists of a series of aqueducts, canals and various waterfalls waterfalls that flow through the rocks. The surprising thing about this is that from the Incas created 2 secondary waterfalls, which are exactly the same. exactly the same. That is to say, if one places two empty bottles, one in each waterfall, the two fill up. waterfall, the 2 are filled at the same time.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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