Cusco City Tour

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  According to the Inca conception, the Qorikancha was the religious center of Cusco, a geographical and political center. The Qorikancha temple was the place where he paid homage to the highest Inca god, the "Inti" (sun). "Qori" means worked gold, its Spanish form is cori. "Kancha" means enclosed place, limited by walls. Where the name roughly corresponds to "enclosed place containing gold".

  50 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Cusco Cathedral

  Cusco Cathedral is one of the most iconic churches in the city. The magnificent Cathedral took built almost 100 years to complete. The Cusco Cathedral was built with stone blocks brought from the fortress of Sacsayhuaman an Inca site. It is one of the most famous churches in America and Peru.

  50 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 3
  Sacsayhuaman

  An archaeological complex that presents impressive architecture, walls with megalithic stones distributed in a zigzag pattern on three levels. Some of these blocks weigh more than 150 tons. Considered a place of worship and defense.

  50 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 4
  Q'enqo

  Qenqo means "Labyrinth". Huge rocky area in whose interior there are underground passages, in one of them there is a ceremonial table. There is also constructed in the form of an amphitheater in the center of which a stone altar 6 m high had the shape of a puma. Old ceremonial center.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 5
  Tambomachay

  Important water worship and purification center.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 6

  6 kilometers from the city of Cusco. "Red Fortress", checkpoint and surveillance of the Inca trail. in this case, the one who came from the sacred valley.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• Plaza Regocijo (Kusipata) (Pass by)

  Plaza Regocijo or Kusipata is a public square located in the historic center of Cusco, Peru. It has trees and a fountain. Around it is the Palacio del Cabildo as well as the building of the old tourist hotel and other colonial mansions such as the Casa de Garcilaso de la Vega and the Casa de Illán Suárez de Carbajal. Since 1972, the square has been part of the Monumental Zone of Cusco, declared a Historic Monument of Peru. Also, in 1983, as it is part of the historic center of the city of Cusco, it is part of the central area declared by UNESCO as a Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

  Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Includes walking sections and it requires transportation to visit four Inca sites located 15 minutes driving. Incluye tramos de caminata y requiere transporte para visitar cuatro sitios incas ubicados a 15 minutos en auto

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