Enjoy Cusco City Our way!
This Cusco city tour involves visiting Cusco´s highlights in a Full Day Tour.
Marvel at the architectural and archeological majesty of Cusco City. We will take you to visit fascinating ruins of Qenco; the sacred temples of Puca Pucara, Tambomacha, Saqsayhuaman, the Temple of the Sun and the ecclesiastical structure of the Cusco Cathedral. Admire exquisite architecture and gain insight into Peru’s alluring history on this amazing excursion!
Your tour starts with a walking tour visiting the principal local market, San Pedro. After that, you will walk around Cusco’s city center, visiting the beautiful main square and the Cathedral of Cusco, which holds many archaeological artifacts and relics. Among them is a famous painting of the Last Supper by Marcos Zapata, showing Christ and the apostles eating a guinea pig.
Continue your tour to the huge Inca ceremonial center of Sacsayhuaman, which overlooks the city of Cusco. Then visit another important Inca site known as Qenqo, which houses subterranean passages and a mummification site. After that, you will make a short visit to the archaeological Inca site of Tambomachay, a temple dedicated to the god of water.
We will have a lovely home-style lunch, in the heart of the traditional neighborhood of San Blas, with picturesque and rustic courtyard surrounded by cherry trees and tumbles, perfect for an outdoor lunch next to the wood-fired oven accompanied by a melodious Andean harp.
After lunch, you will return to the city center, where you will visit one of the most sacred Inca buildings, the Temple of Qoricancha. Within its walls religious ceremonies were constant, and offerings to the Gods and the Inca’s mummies were made each day.
After the city tour you will be dropped off at your hotel.
US$165.00 per person