Cusco Traditional City Tour

Cusco Traditional City Tour Overview

Cusco Traditional City Tour we’ll be able to visit beautiful churches which house beautiful works of art created during colonial times, including those by well-known artists from Cusco such as Diego Quispe Tito and Marco Zapata, among others.

• Departure times: In the morning and in the afternoon.
• Morning pick-up times: We will pick you up from your hotel at 8:50 AM.
• Afternoon pick-up times: We will pick you up from your hotel at 12:50 PM.
• Places to Visit: The Cathedral of Cusco, the Temple of the Sun (Qoricancha), Sacsayhuamán, Q’enqo, Pucapucara, and the Inca Baths (Tambomachay).
• Difficulty Level: Easy.
• Maximum Height (Tambomachay): 3 700 m.s.n.m. / 12 139 feet.
• Minimum Height (Cathedral of Cusco) : 3 400 m.s.n.m. / 1 1154 feet.
• Ubicación: Located to the northeast of the city of Cusco.
• Tour Duration: 4:30 hours to 5 hours.
• Temporada de Visita: Todo el año.
• Nivel del Tour: Facil.
• End of Tour: We will return to Cusco between 6:00 PM and 6:30 PM.

Cusco Traditional City Tour Itinerary

This tour takes around 4 hours. We pick you up from your hotel in Cusco and then head for our first stop: Cusco Cathedral, where we can appreciate colonial era art of various different types like Cusco South Valley.

After that we will pay a visit to Qoricancha, or the Temple of the Sun, one of the sacred places of the Inca, today a church belonging to the Dominican Order and whose foundations are built on top of the original structure.

We then board a bus and leave the city for Sacsayhuaman where we will see stone structures of great size and beauty, which cannot even be found at Machu picchu Tour and Maras Moray Tour.

From there we move on to Qenqo, a labyrinth of stones and caves whose main purpose was sacrificial rituals.

Then we head for Pucapucara and Tambomachay, a ritual centre dedicated to water and traditionally known as the bathing place of the Inca. After a siesta we return to Cusco where we will conclude the tour.

Includes:

• Tourist transport.
• Professional guide.
• Visit to Catedral of Cusco, Qoricancha, Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Pucapucara and Tambomchay.

Not Includes:

• Entrance Ticket to to Catedral of Cusco, Qoricancha, Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Pucapucara and Tambomchay.
• Meals.
• Service not mentioned.

WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU

• Backpack with changes of clothes needed for the whole trip.
• Waterproof, walking shoes for Cusco Traditional City Tour.
• Waterproof jacket or poncho for the rain (plastic ponchos can be bought in Cusco).
• Camera.
• Water bottle and water.
• Hat or cap to protect from the sun and cold.
• High factor sun cream.
• Cash in Sols or Dollars.
• Optional, walking sticks.