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Cusco city tour Half Day Ancient inca city

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  • Morning tourGroup Service 16 people
    Adult: $ 15 Children: $ 12
    Start Time: 08:30Available: 30 seats
  • Afternoon tourGroup Service 16 people
    Adult: $ 15 Children: $ 12
    Start Time: 13:20Available: 30 seats
  • Private serviceAdult: $ 40 Children: $ 30Start Time: 09:30Available: 25 seats

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Spanish, English
Departure city: Cusco, Peru
Ends in the city: Cusco, Peru
Group Size: 12 PER GROUP
Availability: Daily Departures
Trip Styles: Cultural
Max Altitude: 3850 M. / 12631 FT.
Lodging Type: Not
Difficulty: Relaxed
Overview

Cusco City Tour: Explore the Best that Cusco Has to Offer

Welcome to Cusco, the navel of the world! Join us on this spectacular half-day tour of all the most important historical sites in the city. You’ll feel inspired as you walk through ancestral streets and the pretty plazas of Qosqo.You’ll go back in time as you walk through each era in the royal city’s past—it’s the oldest continuously inhabited city in the Americas! We can trace time through history from Native Americans to Incas and Spaniards and finally to modern-day citizens of Cusco.

Besides the historical importance of this grand city, Cusco is breathtaking with a buzzing culture and a cuisine highly-acclaimed on the world stage! We’re sure this majestic city will go above and beyond any expectations you have.

As you touch down in the imperial city of Cusco, you’ll be greeted by our friendly team who’ll help you get settled in. Whether you’re visiting by yourself, as a couple, or as part of a larger group, you can join us any day of the week to explore the magical city’s magnificent past.

The half-day city tour is a perfect way to spend your first day in Cusco. It’s a relaxing trip consisting of visits to nearby archaeological sites and admiring the surrounding landscape. There’s only light walking involved, and you don’t need to worry about the logistics as we’ve got it all covered.

Cusco holds amazing cultural richness. This tour is highly recommended for those who would like to know more about our culture and the city’s past—which made it what it is today. You’ll enjoy a visit to the Main Plaza (Plaza de Armas), where you’ll find the Cusco Cathedral. We’ll also stop at Qoricancha (Temple of the Sun) & Santo Domingo Convent. Later on, we‘ll head out of the center and drive to the archaeological sites of Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puca Pucara, and Tambomachay.

Cusco maintains its customs, traditions, mysteries, and tales of its legendary past as a city. So make your first day in the imperial capital of the Inca empire one to remember.

Highlights

  • Soak up the rich culture and traditions as you touch down in the city of Cusco.
  • Cusco holds various titles, including UNESCO World Heritage Site, Archaeological Capital of America, Historical Capital of Peru, and Navel of the World. Come and see why for yourself.
  • Take a tour of the most historically important sites in the whole city to welcome you in the best way possible.
  • During the Viceroyalty in Cusco, houses, colonial churches, and convents with magnificent art pieces were built on top of Incan walls and foundations. You’ll get to witness this and more.
  • As you head out of the center, you’ll be blown away by the incredible views of the surrounding mountains as well as the expansive city below, right in the middle.
  • Sit back and relax as every last detail of your trip is taken care of by our friendly team.
Itinerary

DAY 1Cusco - Cathedral - Qoricancha - Sacsayhuaman - Q'enqo - Puca Pucara - Tambomachay

Visit places
Cusco´s Cathedra
Koricancha Temple
Saqsayhuaman
Q`enqo
Puka Pukara
Tambomachay

You will be picked up from your hotel in Cusco or In the center of the Plaza de Armas at 8:00 – 8:30 and 13:20 – 13:50 hrs to begin your City Tour. First, we will visit the main Cathedral in the Plaza de Armas where you will have the opportunity to see a wide range of 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 or 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: Saqsaywaman, Q’enqo, Puca Pucara, and Tambomachay. At Saqsaywaman, 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 a temple dedicated to the Water Cult with fountains that still work in today.Your return to Cusco will be at approximately 18:30 hrs.

Cusco´s Cathedral

Located in Cusco´s Main Square, the cathedral is a colonial monument of great artistic value. It was built on top of the Wiracocha Inca Palace and houses works of carved wood such as the choir, pulpit and altars, beautiful paintings from the Cusquenian School of Art (including a Last Supper painting in which Christ and His disciples eat cuy – guinea pig!) and works of embossed silver. This cathedral flanks the grandiose Plaza de Armas – the historical and cultural heart of Cusco.

Koricancha Temple and Santo Domingo Convent

This religious center was built to worship the Sun, the most revered deity during the Inca Empire. Inside the temple, you will find smaller temples dedicated to the sun, moon, stars, etc. Outside are beautiful, regal gardens and fountains on the grounds of the monumental temple. Here, the combination of the extraordinary Inca architecture and the Spanish colonial architecture is what stands out the most. In addition, the Cusquenian School of Art´s gallery offers you the opportunity to appreciate some of their colonial art pieces.

Saqsayhuaman

Located 2 km from Cusco City, this fortress was built using enormous carved rocks joined with compelling precision. It is composed of three overlapping platforms with an average length of 360 meters. In its construction, you can see stones as big as 9 meters in height! From here, you can enjoy a spectacular view of Cusco city along with the beautiful landscape formed by the surrounding mountains.

Q`enqo

Located 1 km from Saqsaywaman, this complex was an Inca ceremonial cult center. The most prominent feature of this complex is an open space called the amphitheater. Back in its day, you would have found Inca mummies in the 19 trapezoidal niches found here. Today, the amphitheater is half of its original height.

Puka Pukara

This complex is known as the ´´ red fortress´´ due to its reddish tints resulting from the vast amounts of iron in its rocks. It is thought that this fortress was perhaps an old tambo (dairy farm?) that served both as a resting and guarding spot to protect Tambomachay. Here you can see attractive architecture, fountains, aqueducts, and several Incan enclosures.

Tambomachay

This complex is made up of a combination of finely carved stones, waterfalls, and aqueducts to carry water coming from nearby springs and hot springs. For this reason, Tambomachay is associated with the water cult. In front of this construction, there is a tower that is said to have served as a guarding post and communication tower.

  • Tour type: Inca Culture
  • Difficulty:  Easy
  • Experience: Marvelous
Trip Info
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High Quality Service & Safety

  • Pre-departure briefing
  • Experienced Guide speaks English and Spanish
  • Medical Kit – First Aid Kit
  • Customer Service 24/7

Transportation

  • Transportation to all archaeological sites
 

What Is Not Included?

  • Travel Insurance
  • Tips for our staff
  • Additional costs or delays out of control of the management
  • Boleto Turistico (Tourist Ticket) for entrance to archeological sites
  • Entrance to Koricancha
  • Entrance to Cusco’s Cathedral
  • Original Passport
  • Walking boots
  • Waterproof jacket / rain poncho
  • Warm jacket
  • Hat and gloves
  • T-shirts
  • Comfortable trousers
  • Sun hat
  • Sun cream (factor 35 or higher)
  • Insect repellant
  • Toiletries and hand sanitiser
  • Personal medication
  • Camera and film with extra batteries
  • Torch with spare batteries
  • Daypack
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Booking through this company took the logistical chaos out of our travel plans. They made all the arrangements to include pick up and drop off at our hotel. It was the smartest thing we did coming from the US to Peru knowing very little Spanish. We made it everywhere we needed to, on time and had a beautiful day at Machu Picchu.

14 April, 2021
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