Archaeological and Urban Cusco City Tour

Your guide meets you in the lobby of your hotel and gives you a brief introduction to the history of Cusco and the day’s route. Then we start walking to the first stop.

You walk through the aisles of San Pedro Market, where exotic fruits, native potatoes, cheeses, traditional breads and fresh juices are sold. Meanwhile, your guide explains the importance of these products in the Andean diet.

San Blas is known for its artisan workshops, narrow streets and viewpoints over the city’s rooftops. You explore its most representative corners while you learn about Cusco’s artistic tradition.

Built over an ancient Inca palace, the Cathedral houses a valuable collection of Cusco School paintings and carved wooden altars, including iconic works such as the Last Supper with guinea pig as the main dish.

Then you discover the Qorikancha, the main Inca religious center, whose walls were once covered in gold. Today it preserves fine Inca stonework beneath the Convent of Santo Domingo, so it is a unique example of the fusion of two cultures.

You have free time to have lunch at one of the restaurants in the historic center. Also, your guide can recommend local food options according to your preferences.

Later, you ride up to Sacsayhuaman, famous for its walls of giant stones fitted together with precision. From its esplanade, you enjoy one of the best panoramic views of Cusco.

Q’enqo is an Inca shrine with zigzag channels, underground chambers and altars carved into the rock. Meanwhile, your guide explains the rituals and the earth worship that took place here.

Then you visit Puka Pukara, an ancient lodging and checkpoint, and Tambomachay, known as the Baths of the Inca, where stone channels and fountains still work as they did centuries ago.

Finally, at the end of the visit we return by tourist transportation to the Main Square or near your hotel in the historic center.