The half day Cusco city tour is the best introductory tour to visit the essential sites of Cusco city. This classic tour firstly takes you to the heart of Cusco city (down-town), the great temple of the Sun (Qoricancha). Then you go to some other interesting sites located outside of the city. During the tour you will be able to observe the incredible mixture of Inca and Spanish architectural styles. As the case of Qoricancha, where you see two styles combined in one place.
Cusco is a truly mysterious city to visit. It has many streets lined up with perfect Inca stonework’s. That was used as foundation for most of the colonial constructions and this took place in the XVI and XVII centuries. The Cusco city tour is the wonderful introduction to the Inca world and history of this milenary culture in Peru.
Leaves: every day from 1:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Travelers are picked up from their hotel at an appropriate time. After a short drive by car you will start the City Tour in Cusco. Visiting Qoricancha, a wonderful Inca Sun temple, an amazing structure built during the Incas heydays. Totally optional to visit the major Catholic Church in South America the Cathedral of Cusco (not included in the price), which has all the beautiful old paintings from XVI century. Including the famous painting of the Last Supper. Showing Jesus Christ and the apostles about to dine on guinea pig. Later on, we will drive to the northern outskirts of Cusco. Where you are going to visit the popular four ruins around the city.
Saqsayhuaman is the most Impressive Inca Temple made of limestones, just 20 minutes away from the Incas’ Capital. Where you will walk next to huge Inca walls. Built with massive and perfectly cut lime rocks weighing up to 128 tons. Amazingly well joined, with absolute perfection. Then, you will move onto another important Inca site called Qenqo. A strange place with subterranean passages, hiding in its interior perfectly carved rock formation. Where the Incas probably mummified some of the most important people in their society. We will finish our tour visiting the spectacular Inca baths of Tambomachay. The military fortress of Puka pukara. Then you will get back to Cusco.
