Cusco City Tour

Our bus service will pick you up at your hotel in the city of Cusco, approximately between 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Our first tour will take you to visit the Cathedral of Cusco, and know in detail the history of its construction, We will appreciate within the Cathedral of Cusco the enclosures paintings made by local craftsmen during the sixteenth century (with high symbolic and ethnographic content) and other works of art using the gold of the Incas. Inside you can also see various historical objects typical of the Cusquenos faith, an example to mention is the majestic Patron of Cusco, or Lord of the Earthquakes.

The Cathedral of Cuzco was built on top of an Inca temple called the Illa TecseWiracocha palace.

Following our Cusco city tour, we will visit the 'Qoricancha' or temple of the Sun, translated from Quechua, (Qori = Oro worked, Cancha = house, place of place), its meaning is "The enclosure or site of gold". The 'Qoricancha' was dedicated to the sun god, the denomination of "Place or site of gold", is that the walls of the same were covered with sheets of gold ". Next to The 'Qoricancha' is the building of the Convent of Santo Domingo, showing a beautiful renaissance architecture, we can find with its premises, paintings of the Cusqueña School (known for their exquisite works of painting made by the natives at the beginning of the 16th century), as well as sculptures and images of beautiful carving.

Finished our tour in these beautiful church enclosures, we will head to the northern part of the city to proceed to visit:

Sacsayhuamán, a wonderful construction whose main feature is the huge blocks of stone that fit together perfectly. Previously it was believed that this construction had military purposes as a fortress but through the years of study it was determined that the purpose of Sacsayhuamán was religious, as a center of worship or temple.

In this part of the valley, and not far from Sacsayhuamán is the Inca ruins of Qenqo. The Inca ruins of Qenqo were a very important place of realization in ceremonial offerings, as well as of Inca astronomical functionality.

Our last visit in this magnificent Cusco City tour, will be in the Inca ruins of Puca Pucará which was a construction with military purposes. Puca Pucará is a fortress composed of large walls, terraces and stairways being part of a defensive set of the Inca Empire before reaching the center of the Imperial City of Cusco.

Finally, we will visit Tambomachay, a place of worship to water, these two archaeological sites fulfilled important ceremonial, military as well as administrative functions in Inca times.

Return to the Cusco City approximately 18:40 Hrs, transfer to your hotel.