Cusco City Tour

Highlights

Leistungen

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1. According to the Inca conception, the Qorikancha was the religious center of Cusco, a geographical and political center. The Qorikancha temple was the place where he paid homage to the highest Inca god, the "Inti" (sun). "Qori" means worked gold, its Spanish form is cori. "Kancha" means enclosed place, limited by walls. Where the name roughly corresponds to "enclosed place containing gold".

   50 Min.

2. Cusco Cathedral is one of the most iconic churches in the city. The magnificent Cathedral took built almost 100 years to complete. The Cusco Cathedral was built with stone blocks brought from the fortress of Sacsayhuaman an Inca site. It is one of the most famous churches in America and Peru.

   50 Min.

3. An archaeological complex that presents impressive architecture, walls with megalithic stones distributed in a zigzag pattern on three levels. Some of these blocks weigh more than 150 tons. Considered a place of worship and defense.

   50 Min.

4. Qenqo means "Labyrinth". Huge rocky area in whose interior there are underground passages, in one of them there is a ceremonial table. There is also constructed in the form of an amphitheater in the center of which a stone altar 6 m high had the shape of a puma. Old ceremonial center.

   30 Min.

5. Important water worship and purification center.

   30 Min.

6. 6 kilometers from the city of Cusco. "Red Fortress", checkpoint and surveillance of the Inca trail. in this case, the one who came from the sacred valley.

   30 Min.

7. Plaza Regocijo or Kusipata is a public square located in the historic center of Cusco, Peru. It has trees and a fountain. Around it is the Palacio del Cabildo as well as the building of the old tourist hotel and other colonial mansions such as the Casa de Garcilaso de la Vega and the Casa de Illán Suárez de Carbajal. Since 1972, the square has been part of the Monumental Zone of Cusco, declared a Historic Monument of Peru. Also, in 1983, as it is part of the historic center of the city of Cusco, it is part of the central area declared by UNESCO as a Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

   Vorbeifahrt

Stornierung

Kostenlose Stornierung bis 24 Stunden vor Beginn, mit voller Rückerstattung.

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How it compares in Cusco

• Its from-price is 89% below the median of the 4460 experiences we list in Cusco.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 1532 of 4460.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Cusco

Cusco, die alte Inka-Hauptstadt hoch in den peruanischen Anden, verbindet gewaltige Steinmauern mit Kolonialkirchen und ist Tor nach Machu Picchu.

Die Plaza de Armas ist das Herz der Stadt, umrahmt von der Kathedrale und der Jesuitenkirche La Compañía. Inka-Mauerwerk ist im ganzen Zentrum erhalten, am berühmtesten im Qorikancha, dem Sonnentempel, auf dem die Spanier ein Kloster errichteten, und im zwölfeckigen Stein in der Straße Hatun Rumiyoc. San Blas, das Handwerkerviertel, steigt steil an, mit Werkstätten und Cafés.

Top-ranked sights in Cusco: Aguas Calientes, Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo Ruins.

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