Cusco City Tour (3.5 hours)

Exclusive city tour that starts at San Cristobal Plaza to enjoy a panoramic view of the city. We will then visit Saint Peter-s marker, where we will be able to appreciate the local flavors and learn about the local produce in this market where you can find everything and is the main supply center of the city. We will then continue to the Koricancha Temple that will welcome us with its splendor. The Golden Precinct is the meaning of its name in Quechua and we can still feel the sumptuousness of its walls that were once lined in gold sheets. From Saint Blas, the craftsmen’s quarters we will walk down along the Hatun Rumiyoc street, finding midway the Inca Roca Palace, today the Archbishop’s Palace; and we will have time to appreciate the worldwide famous Stone of the Twelve Angles. We will go on to the Main Square to visit the Cathedral that houses invaluable colonial works of art.

Highlights
• Main Square
• Convent of Santo Domingo
• El Quorikancha Temple of the Sun
• Cusco Cathedral & Cuzqueño Paintings

Available: from Mondays to Sundays
Tour duration: 3.5 hours
Departure time: to be confirmed
Included:
• Visit to Saint Christopher’s viewpoint, Saint Blas, Saint Peter’s Market, Koricancha and the Cathedral
• Guide

Important:
Some people might get altitude sickness in Cusco. To prevent this, you have to take it easy the first few hours until you have adjusted to the altitude. It also helps to chew cocoa leaves and drink cocoa tea.
Tours are based on shared services

* Private tours require a minimum of 2 passengers and departure times are flexible.

Imperial Cusco & Sacsayhuaman Archaeological Park Tour (3.5 hours)

We will climb up the Archeological Park of Sacsayhuaman, and start our excursion visiting the fortress with the same name, a beautiful place that radiates peace and quiet, where we will be able to admire the huge rocks measuring up to 4 meters high that were used in its construction. We will then head for Q'enqo, and ancient temple of the Puma, where we will be able to appreciate an altar for sacrifices in the inner part of a huge rock, and then Tambomachay, sacred fountains of life and health. On the way we will have a panoramic view from Puca Pucara, a watchtower that controlled the entrance to the city. After that we will visit the Temple of the Sun “The Korikancha”, on top of which the Saint Dominique Convent was built. A legend tells that his temple was entirely lined in gold sheets that marveled the Conquistadors upon their arrival. Finally, we will go to the Main Square and will visit the Cathedral that reassures invaluable colonial paintings and other works of art such as the Cross that arrived with the first conquistadors.

Highlights
• Cuzco Cathedral
• Qorikancha, Temple of the Sun
• Sacsayhuaman & Qenqo

Available: from Monday to Sundays
Tour duration: 3.5 hours
Departure time: to be confirmed

Included:
• Entrances ticket to Koricancha, the Cathedral, Sacsayhuayman.
• Guide Tour
• Transfers in/out in group service.


Please Note:  Some people might get altitude sickness in Cusco. To prevent this, you have to take it easy the first few hours until you have adjusted to the altitude. It also helps to chew cocoa leaves and drink cocoa tea.

Cusco Plaza de Armas

In Inca times, it was called "Huacaypata," a Quechua word meaning a place of meeting or of weeping. It was an important ceremonial site, where the Inti Raymi or Festival of the Sun was celebrated each year. It was also the site where Francisco Pizarro proclaimed the conquest of Cuzco. With the arrival of the Spanish, the plaza was transformed: they built stone arches and erected the buildings that still surround it to this day.

Visiting Hours : Daytime and at night.

Location : Surrounded by the city's cathedral and the Compañía de Jesús.

The Company of Jesus Temple

The original temple was built in 1571 on the lands of the ancient Amarucancha, palace of the Inca Huayna Cápac. It was rebuilt around 1688 after the 1650 earthquake. The original design and the façade are examples of the Andean Baroque style. The "altarpiece-type" façade is decorated with towers of medium height, and its stone walls were skilfully sculpted. Notable within the temple are the high altar made of three parts and salomonic columns, the wooden pulpit, and numerous altarpieces in the Baroque, plateresque and churrigueresque styles. Among the works of art, "The Marriage of Martín García de Loyola to Beatriz Clara Coya" stands out.

Hours:Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. / Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

location:Plaza de Armas.

Cusco Cathedral

Construction occurred in two phases: first the Chapel of Triumph was built on what had been the ancient temple of Suntur Wasi (House of God); afterwards, the cathedral was erected on the palace of the Inca Wiracocha. The Renaissance style dominates the façade and the interior, which features particularly exquisite carvings in cedar and alder. The choir and the pulpit are both remarkable for their beauty. It houses an important collection of paintings from the Cuzco School and silver-embossed objects.

Hours:Mon - Sun 10.00 am to 6.00 pm, including public holidays.

location:Plaza de Armas.

San Blas Neighbourhood

Named "T'oqokachi or hueco de sal" (salt hole), with steep, narrow streets and lovely colonial-style houses. It is known as the artisan's neighbourhood. Many families offer accommodation in their homes.

Location : 4 blocks from the Plaza de Armas.

Temple and Convent of La Merced

The church was built in the Baroque style between 1657 and 1680. The sacristy guards its most precious treasure, an impressive gold- and gemstone-encrusted custodia, 1.3 meters tall and weighting 22 kilos, crowned with a grand pearl in the form of a mermaid and recognised as the second-largest in the world.

Hours:Monday - Saturday 8.00 am - 12.00 pm and 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm.
Location:Mantas street w/o No.