Cusco: City Tour - Mystical Ruins
Embark on a mesmerizing journey through Cusco's historic ruins, where ancient Incan and Spanish colonial influences seamlessly blend. This immersive city tour will transport you through time, revealing the rich cultural tapestry that makes Cusco a true treasure of Peru.
The Cusco City Tour consists of visiting five archaeological parks inside and outside the imperial city of Cusco.
Book our half-day tour, City Tour Cusco, and visit the most important treasures of the oldest living city in America.
• The lavish Inca temple of Qoricancha, also known as the Temple of Santo Domingo. • The impressive platforms and temples of the great ceremonial fortress of Sacsayhuamán. • The enigmatic rocky promontories and labyrinthine paths of the Qenqo amphitheater. • The large terraces, walls and stone steps of the military fortress of Puca Pucara. • And the mysterious platforms and fountains of the Tambomachay water temple.
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Cusco: City Tour - Mystical Ruins
Pickup included
What's included in Cusco: City Tour - Mystical Ruins
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Cusco City Tour begins, in the main square of the imperial city, a living example of the mixture of Andean and Spanish cultures. • We start with the Temple of Qoricancha, in this place you can see the different temples. This is a religious center known as “Temple of the Sun,” actually, it was the most important temple in Inca times. What stands out here is the impressive engineering that was employed in its construction, and the paintings from the Cusquenian School housed inside.
Sacsayhuaman
• Once our guided tour of this important Inca Temple is over, we head to the Sacsayhuaman Archaeological Parkwhere we can see huge blocks of Inca architecture perfectly united This is an impressive fortress of excellent architecture; it is famous for its construction based on rocks. Some of these rocks are about 9 m (30 ft) high and weigh more than 350 tons. Sacsayhuaman is the place where the “Inti Raymi” (Party of the Sun) is celebrated every 24th of June.
Q'enqo
• We will arrive at the archaeological complex of Q'enko, which it was a ceremonial and religious center in Inca times. Qenqo was an amphitheater in which sacrifices used to take place.
Inclusions
- Pick up from your accommodation in Cusco City Center
- Bilingual guide service.
- Entrance ticket to Qoricancha
- Tourist Ticket - or show the ticket you have already purchased with any other tour
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 15 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
We will pick up from your hotel in Cusco Historic Center
