Cusco City Tour will show you the best choice to visit Cusco city and 4 ruins around Cusco. Cusco’s setting is one of breathtaking beauty the dramatic snow-capped peaks of the Andes rising above the warm colors of the Cusco valley and Sacred valley Tour.
The Cusco City is one of Peru’s greatest treasures, seat of the ancient Inca culture, Cusco is home to many of the country’s most splendid examples of pre-colombian art and architecture, many of its building rest upon Inca foundations.
City tour. The traditional journey where we will visit the city of Cusco and 4 archaeological sites surrounding the city, is a trip which we have daily departures. You can take the tour in the morning at two times (9:00 am and 10:00 am) or in the afternoon (13:00). Pickup is 20 minutes before the start time of your tour, according to the schedule you chose. The tour duration is approximately 5 hours.
The city tour in Cusco. starts with a visit to the impressive Qoricancha, also known as the Temple of the Sun, one of the most important and representative places of the Inca Culture. After this visit, we head by bus to visit the archaeological sites of Sacsayhuamán, Qenqo, Puka Pukara, and Tambomachay on the outskirts of the city.
After these visits, we will return to the city of Cusco where our service ends.
Qoricancha: The temple of Qoricancha, the ultimate expression of Inca architecture and engineering. The Temple of the Sun or Qoricancha is currently also the Convent of Santo Domingo.
Sacsayhuaman: The impressive fortress of Sacsayhuaman is strategically built on a hill from where all of Cusco can be appreciated. It is famous for its enormous carved stones, some of which are 9 meters or 30 feet high and weigh more than 350 tons.
Qenqo: Q’enqo Grande and Q´enqo Chico. Etymologically, it means labyrinth or zigzag, it served a purely religious function, with a semicircular amphitheater on the outside with trapezoidal niches and a monolith that simulates being a puma, which is approximately six meters tall.
Puka Pukara: It means “red fortress” because the stones with which it is built have acquired the reddish color of the terrain. It is argued that it served to protect Tambomach’ay, an important palace in the Quechua state.
Tambomachay: It is located very close to Puka Pukara, it was intended for the worship of water and for the sapac inka to rest. This place is also called the Baths of the Inca. It consists of a series of aqueducts, canals, and several waterfalls that flow through the rocks.
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