Visit: the Cathedral, the Koricancha, Sacsayhuaman, Quenqo, PucaPucara
We recommend this tour the day of his arrival in Cusco in the afternoon. According to the location of your hotel will pick between 13:15 hrs and 13:45 hrs. You will have a guided tour of the city center, visit the Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral, the Temple of the Sun Koricancha-Santo Domingo, and then go out and visit the surrounding ruins of Sacsayhuaman, Kenko, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay, returning to the city between 06:00 hrs and 06:30 hrs.
1. - The Cathedral of Cusco
We start the tour visiting the Cathedral of Cusco, the Church of the Holy Family, and the Church of Triumph, in this place will appreciate the richest collection of frescoes by natives of the Cusco School also appreciate the incredible architecture of this building.
2. - The Qoricancha
Then visit the Temple of Koricancha, the ultimate expression of Inca architecture and engineering. claramante appreciate the difference between style and Inca and Colonial architecture. Continuing we will go outside the city to visit the archaeological site of Sacsayhuaman.
3. - Sacsayhuaman
The impressive fortress of Sacsayhuaman, strategically built on a hill from where you get all Cusco. It is famous for its enormous carved stones, some of which are 9 meters or 30 feet tall and weighing over 350 tons.
4. - Qenqo
Located four kilometers northeast of the city of Cusco, the archaeological features of Q'enqo Q'enqo Grande and Chico. Etymologically, it means labyrinth or zigzag, his role was purely religious, being in the outdoor amphitheater with semicircular niches in trapezoidal monolith that looks like a puma which is about six meters.
5. - Pucapucara
This place in Inca times was considered as a control everything that came out and entered to Cusco.
6. - Tambomachay
The last place to visit on this tour, Tambomachay also known as the place of water in the Inca period was a temple where they worshiped the water.
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TOUR | CITY TOUR |
2 Paxs | US$ 75.00 |
3 Paxs | US$ 65.00 |
4 Paxs | US$ 55.00 |
5 Paxs | US$ 45.00 |
6-8 Paxs | US$ 35.00 |
Shared Service | US$ 13.00 |
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