Cusco City Tour And Ruins Around (group Tour - Economical Option)

5.0 (7 reviews) Cusco, Peru
Duration5h - 6h
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
Group sizeUp to 10 travelers
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Overview

On the first day upon arrival in Cusco we recommend to do the City Tour, our agency organizes this tour every day.

This tour gives you a great chance to see Cusco and the most important ruins around.

You will visit the Cathedral of Cusco, The Koricancha Temple and the Ruins around: Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Pucapucara and Tambomachay.

What's included

  • Parcial Tourist Ticket (Entrance to Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Pucapucara, Tambomachay).
  • Entrance Ticket to Cusco Cathedral & Koricancha Convent
  • Tourist Transport
  • Professional Tour guide (english - spanish group)
  • Lunch
  • Tips, snacks, drinks

What to expect

  1. Cusco Cathedral
    40m · Admission ticket included
    In the afternoon 13:15 we will pick up you at the hotel to start the City Tour in Cusco, the first point of the tour, the Cathedral of Cusco, located in the main square, very famous because of the paintings and more,
  2. Qorikancha
    40m · Admission ticket included
    then we will visit the Temple of Coricancha also known as "Golden Temple or Temple of the Sun God" it was the most important temple for the Inca empire on which it was built the Convent of Santo Domingo in the colony, later we´ll visit the 4 ruins close to Cusco:
  3. Sacsayhuaman
    30m · Admission ticket included
    The archaeological site of Sacsayhuaman, is strategically built on a mountain from which it is possible to appreciate a view of the whole city of Cusco. It is famous for its enormous carved stones, some of them are 9 meters or 30 feet tall and weighing over 350 tons, on this place is held every year the Inti Raymi or Festival of the Sun.
  4. Q'enqo
    40m · Admission ticket included
    Then you will visit the archaeological site of Kenko, means labyrinth or zigzag, it had a purely religious function and where it is believed that the Incas mummified their dead, on the outside has an amphitheater in a semicircular shape with trapezoidal niches and a monolith that simulates a puma shape which has about six meters.

    Then we’ll go to the site of Puka Pukara which means "red fortress" because the calcareous stones of the buildings of this site have acquired the reddish color of the ground. This place had the function of protecting Tambomachay, an important palace in the Incas time. And also for its architectural layout and the existence of sources, aqueducts and multiple enclosures, it would have been a "tambo", a collective lodge offering food and accommodation to the entourage that accompanied the Inka in his retirement to Tambomachay.
  5. Tambomachay
    40m · Admission ticket included
    As a last point we’ll visit Tambomachay archaeological site, located about 8 kms. north of Cusco and close to the ruins of Puka Pucara, it’s an Incan site that is believed was dedicated to the worship of water and where the Leader of the Inca Empire come to rest. This place is also called Inca Baths and consists of a series of aqueducts, canals and several waterfalls that run through the rocks.

    At the end we’ll return by bus to Cusco. Around 18:30 to 19:00 hrs.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

The travelers must send us the information of the hotels or address where we can pick up them

Additional information

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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