City Tour in Cusco

We offer you six wonderful attractions in and nearby the City of Cusco. The tour starts at 1300 hours meeting in the Plaza Regocijo.
The tour begins with visits to Cathedral of Cusco, then to the Temple of the Sun Qoricancha then on to the near sites of Sacsayhuaman, Q’enqo, Puka Pukara and Tambomachay then returning to the starting point in Plaza Regocijo at about 1800.

The tour begins visiting the Cathedral of Cusco, the church of the La Sagrada Familia and the church Triunfo that represents colonial architecture and inside contain beautiful paintings and sculptures.

Next on the tour is a visit to the main Inka Temple of the Sun God called Qoricancha. Qoricancha exhibits some of the pinnacles of Inka architecture and engineering. It is still in active use and serves as the Convent of Santo Domingo.

After Qoricancha is a short ride to the fortress of Sacsayhuaman which was one of the main points of Inka resistance during the Spanish invasion. Built on Crusmoqo hill Sacsayhuaman and offers a panoramic view of the City of Cusco. The site is famous for its cyclopean or megalithic architecture with some of the stones meters or 30 feet tall and weighing more than 60 tons.

After Sacsayhuaman is another short ride the archaeological site of Q’enqo which is located four kilometers northeast of the City of Cusco. Here the sites of Q’enqo Grande and Q’enqo Chico. This was an Inka sacred place used for ceremonies dedicated to Inti, the Sun God, and other deities. The site has many examples of Inka rock carvings.

Next on the tour is Puca Pucara, which houses exhibits of interior plazas, canals, aqueducts, baths and a very old road that may have been part of Inka road network containing a Tambo or place of rest and food for travelers or the entourage of the Sapa Inka during the retreat from Tambomachay. Puca Pucara means “Red Fortress” because of the calcareous stones used in its construction, which, due to the high iron content in the ground, have acquired a reddish tint.

The final stop on the tour is to Tambomachay which is a sacred site dedicated to the worship of water. This site is also called the Inka’s Baths. It consists of a series of aqueducts, channels and several waterfalls running through the terraced rocks and is another example of Inka engineering. The site shows how important water was to the Inka and as a site for ceremonies to the water deity. From Tambomachay the tour returns to the starting point in Plaza Regocijo.