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City Tour half an Day
DESCRIPTION:
The department of Cusco lies
in the south Easter region
of Perú. We will visit the
downtown and the
surroundings of Cusco, with
a tour called City tour,
this tour is programmed to
see the most important
historical places of the
Inca time as will as the
colonial places, it has
about hours of duration,
generally we perform in the
afternoon at 14:00 hours.
The visited places inside of
monumental town are
ITINERARY
THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN.-
(Qoricancha): Enclosure
which lays in the well named
Temple Of The Sun. Nowadays
is the Saint Dominic
Monastery. It was the most
important religious center
of the Inca Empire
Sacsayhuaman.
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This construction is
attributed to the Incas of
the last dynasties; it is
located to 3 km of Cusco, in
the high part. According to
the announcers, it was a
solar portable altar; this
temple was constructed with
great limestone stone blocks
to protect the city from the
attacks of the invaders of
the east or Antis.
Sacsayhuaman (in quechua) is
formed for three great
terraces superposed in
zigzag form and bordered by
enormous rock walls.
Q'ENQO:
3 kms, from Cusco, the most
important Inca shrine nearly
Cusco, in the amphitheater
there is monolithic rock
about 5.90 mts. With shape
of the puma, this shrine was
a temple in honor of mother
earth, where the priest
worshipped to the earth
PUCA-PUCARA:
8 kms. From Cusco, it seems
to have been a military
fortress or a stopping place
on the way from Cusco to the
Sacred Valley
TAMBOMACHAY:
9 kms. From Cusco, we
appreciate nice water
fountains, water ruins
always the same quantity ,
it was possible a temple to
worship the water. Spanish
chronicler called as the
Inca Bath. At the end of
the tour we came back about
18 hours. Them to the
hotel.
INCLUDED:
Pick up
from the hotel
Tourist
bus
Professional bilingual
guide
Entrance ticket for the
different sites.
RECOMENDATIONS:
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