City Tour Cusco and Nearby Ruins

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Duration

5 hours

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

Unlimited

Languages

English, Spanish

Overview

The city of Cusco was the capital of the Inca empire and is known to the world as the Archaeological Capital of America. In the center of the city you will see the fusion of culture that was generated with the conquest of the Spanish and on the outskirts you will find the vestiges of the Inca culture that are still standing to tell us more about Peruvian history.

In the city tour you will visit one of the most impressive buildings that represents for the Cusco culture the struggle between the polytheistic Inca religion and the monotheistic Catholic religion of the Spanish, it is the Santo Domingo Convent built on the walls of the ancient Inca temple Coricancha. The Convent of Santo Domingo was inaugurated in 1666 and its baroque style altar bears the gold that the Spanish took from the Coricancha temple during its destruction.

You will also know the main square with its Cathedral and the fountain where the statue of the Inca Pachacutec stands.

After touring the city, you will go outside to see the Inca fort of Sacsayhuaman built with huge rocks. It is believed that this historical enclosure, which served to prohibit the entry of the Spanish, also has some astrological significance as the rest of Inca buildings.

A few minutes from Sacsayhuaman are the ruins of Qenqo that apparently was a religious sanctuary where sacrifices with animals were offered and the ruins of Tambomachay where there are sources that still filter the water from distant springs brought to this area thanks to a complex circuit of Inca aqueducts.

In front of Tambomachay is another of the attractions that you will visit on this city tour, it is Puka Pukara, a military construction that is located on top of a hill and that will allow you to take panoramic photos of the surroundings.

After the city tour you will return to your hotel with a broader knowledge of the culture of modern Cusco.

HIGHLIGHTS

Santo Domingo Convent and Coricancha Temple
Main Square of Cusco and statue of the Inca Pachacutec
The Cathedral of Cusco
Sacsayhuaman Fortress
Qenqo ruins
Tambomachay ruins
Puka Pukara ruins

Itinerary

Included/Excluded

Pick up and drop off at your hotel
Guided tour
Tourist ticket

Tour Categories

Archaeology

Cultural

Durations

5 hours

Languages

English

Spanish

Tour's Location

FAQs

There are tourist tickets that give you access to the different archaeological sites and museums in the Cusco region but do not worry that South Destiny helps you with it, you only have to provide us in advance your nationality, passport number and date of birth as these are essential requirements to obtain it.

Depending on the number of days in which you have planned your tours in this beautiful land, you can purchase the total ticket for Cusco that allows you to visit the 16 main attractions or the partial tickets so that you can visit the attractions of the Sacred Valley. Each ticket has a duration and of all the places that can be visited on the ticket, in this tour only some are visited, however you can explore on your own the other sites on the ticket that are free.

These are the places that you can visit with each ticket:

- Cusco tourist ticket (total): valid for 10 days
Museo Histórico Regional, Museo de Arte contemporáneo, Museo de Arte Popular, Museo de Sitio de Qorikancha, Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo, Monumento al Inca Pachacutec, Q’enqo, Sacsayhuaman, , PukaPukara, Tambomachay, Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, Moray, Tipon and Piquillacta

- Cusco City Tourist Ticket (Circuit #1 - partial): valid for 1 day
The Cathedral, Santo Domingo Convent (Qoricancha), Saqsayhuaman, Qenqo, Tambomachay and Pukapukara.

Camera, tourist ticket (the type of ticket will depend on what other tours you will do during your stay), comfortable clothes, comfortable walking shoes, sunglasses and money for personal expenses.