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10 hours
Daily Tour
Unlimited
English, Spanish
The tourist bus from Puno to Cusco will take you through the beautiful landscapes of the Peruvian highlands making some stops at tourist sites on route traveling in a comfortable bus.
The trip from Puno to Cusco does not have to be boring, traveling from a different perspective, in a first class bus that will be making stops in some places where you can discover more about Peruvian history.
The trip begins leaving Puno at 8:00 AM to reach the town of Pucará there is a museum where you will see the ceramics, monoliths and other archaeological objects that are exhibited there and that belonged to the Pucará culture, after this visit you will continue the ride where the bus will cross "La Raya" pass, reaching the highest point of the trip, at 4338 meters (14 232 feet) above sea level. Later, by lunchtime, you will have reached the town of Sicuani. Passengers will get off the bus to go to a very cozy restaurant and enjoy dishes of the national Peruvian cuisine.
After lunch the bus will continue its journey to the city of Raqchi to visit a temple built by the Inca Pachacutec, from this temple its high adobe walls that once formed part of a great hall still stand. Very close you will also be able to see several mid-rise circular buildings that due to their shape were used to store food, as well as you will be able to appreciate in this complex several squares with buildings around them, possibly used to give shelter to the soldiers.
Shortly before arriving at the imperial city of Cusco you will reach the town of Andahuaylillas, where the bus will make a stop to visit the chapel of San Pedro de Andahuaylillas known as the "Sistine Chapel of America", called like that for the beautiful canvases of the Cusco School of the 17th century that adorn its interior.
It will be not long before you reach the final point of the trip, the bus will finally arrive in the city of Cusco at around 5:00 PM.
