Cusco City Tour + 4 Ruins Half Day

Cusco City Tour is a half-day excursion that will be a perfect introduction to our city of Cusco, where you will have the opportunity to know its history and culture, visiting: the Cathedral (build in a Barroque style and having paintings of the Cusqueña school) and the temple of Qoricancha, more known as the gold covered temple. A place which we will appreciate in all its enchantment, the temple of the Thunderclap, Ray, Lightning, Rainbow, Stars and the temple of Santo Domingo. These attractions are important in a time of constant cultural development in architecture, religion and policy, started in the colonial time.

Itinerario:

In the upper part of Cusco, we visit the fortress of Sacsayhuaman, where we observe an Inca construction style that leaves us out of breath. Sacsayhuaman, representing the head of a Puma (imaginary), is together with the city of Cusco the body of the Andean God Felino. We can only see 20% of the original construction, because the Spaniards took many of the materials to build there houses in Cusco, leaving the biggest rocks forming the battlements of the site. Later we visit the archaeological place of Qenqo (known as Labyrinth). The immense rock with steps, carvings and zigzag channels was maybe used for the ritual sacrifice. Thereafter we visit another attraction: Pucapucara. The name means ‘Red Fort’, referring to some rocks shining pink in the light. At last we will go to the archaeological site Tambomachay, a place much visited and appreciated because of its traditional healing powers. Because of its beautiful stone bath it is also known as ‘El Baño del Inca’. Finally we return to Cusco.