Our Tour to Machu Picchu will begin with your arrival in Cusco. The AS PERU TOURS & ADVENTURE team will meet you at the airport with a sign with your name to take you to your hotel.
Cusco is located at 3,400 meters above sea level (11,200 ft). We recommend you rest for a few hours and when you wake up drink coca tea, which will help you acclimatize better.
In the afternoon, at the established time, we will pick you up at your hotel to take the Cusco City Tour in which we will visit the most important places in the city and the surrounding area. We will begin by visiting the great Cathedral of Cusco, inside it houses more than 300 paintings from the Cusqueña school of Art.
Then we will visit the Qoricancha, which means Place surrounded by gold, it was the most important Inca temple. We will board our transportation again and leave the city until we reach the Sacsayhuaman fortress, it is one of the most amazing buildings in the world, built with enormous stones weighing up to 120 tons.
2 kilometers away we will arrive at Qenqo, an impressive enclosure carved in limestone. Scholars believe that the Inca Pachacutec was buried and preserved there. The last place we will visit will be Tambomachay, it was a ceremonial site with water fountains, known as the Inca bath or Ñusta bath.
Finally we will return to the city of Cusco. We will arrive in Cusco at approximately 6:30 p.m. Our transportation will leave us in the center of the city, from there we can do some walks and you can find many restaurants where you can enjoy a delicious dinner.
Pernocte: Cusco
