Be inspired as you walk through the ancestral streets and plazas of Cusco! You can walk through each era of history in this splendid city, it is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the Americas! We can trace time from Native Americans to Incans to Spaniards and now to modern-day citizens of Cusco.
Besides its historical importance, Cusco is an absolutely breath-taking city with a living culture and a cuisine highly-acclaimed on the world stage!
We recommend visiting all nearby archaeological sites and admiring the surrounding landscape, as well as Cusco maintains its customs and traditions along with the mysteries and tales about a legendary past.
You will be picked up from your hotel in Cusco at 13:20 PM to begin your City Tour. First, we will visit the Cathedral of Cusco in the Plaza de Armas, where you will have the chance to watch a wide range of art paintings from Cusco’s school of Art, old writings, and works in gold leaf and embossed silver. Once finished, you will continue on to Koricancha also known as the ‘’Temple of the Sun’’ to appreciate its architecture and perfect stone constructions only seen in Inca temples of high importance. Continuing on, we will head outside the city to visit the archaeological circuit of 4 sites: Sacsayhuaman, Q’enqo, Puca Pucara, and Tambomachay.
At Sacsayhuaman, you will see its famous stones all carefully carved and enormous in size. At Q’enqo, you will learn some more about this archaeological site’s religious importance in the Inca times. At Puca Pucara, you will see an ancient military construction, part of Cusco’s ancient defense system. Lastly, at Tambomachay, you will see an area dedicated to the Water Cult with fountains that still work now days.
You will be back to Cusco will be at approximately 18:30 hrs.
