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On our trip to Cusco, one of the most popular tours that it offers is the City Tour, this is a tour of the most important and culturally rich places, located inside and outside the city of Cusco, during which you will be able observe the fusion of two cultures, the Inca and the Spanish; Currently both are part of the same history since religion, customs and traditions make up cultural syncretism.
Pick up from your hotel between 1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m., returning to the city at approximately 6:30 p.m.
On our trip to Cusco, one of the most popular tours that it offers is the City Tour, this is a tour of the most important and culturally rich places, located inside and outside the city of Cusco, during which you will be able observe the fusion of two cultures, the Inca and the Spanish; Currently both are part of the same history since religion, customs and traditions make up cultural syncretism.
Pick up from your hotel between 1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m., returning to the city at approximately 6:30 p.m.
We begin the excursion visiting the Cathedral of Cusco, the church of the Sagrada Familia, and the church of Triunfo, where we will appreciate impressive works of: Colonial Painting from the 17th and 18th centuries, mostly made by Andean artists, wood sculpture and a treasure incalculable in silverware.
The Qoricancha temple, the maximum expression of Inca architecture and engineering. The Temple of the Sun or Qoricancha, is also currently the Convent of Santo Domingo, this was the most important religious site of the Inca era.
The impressive fortress of Sacsayhuaman is strategically built on a mountain from where you can see all of Cusco. It is famous for its enormous carved stones, some of which are 8 meters or 25 feet high and weigh more than 120 tons.
Located four kilometers northeast of the city of Cusco, the archaeological complex of Q'enqo, etymologically, means labyrinth or zigzag, served a purely religious function, finding on the outside a semicircular amphitheater with trapezoidal niches and a monolith that It pretends to be a puma which measures approximately six meters.
The Quechua (Inca language) called it 'Puka pukara', which in Spanish means red fortress, because the limestone stones with which it is built have acquired the reddish color of the terrain, very abundant in iron. Due to its architectural layout and the existence of fountains, aqueducts and multiple enclosures, it was a “tambo” that is, a collective hostel that offered lodging and food to travelers (panoramic visit).
It is an archaeological site that was dedicated to the cult of water, it also served as an inn so that the head of the Inca Empire could rest. This place is also called Baños del Inca. It consists of a series of aqueducts, canals and several waterfalls that flow through the rocks. The surprising thing about this is that from a main waterfall the Incas created 2 secondary waterfalls, which are exactly the same. That is, if one places two empty bottles, one in each waterfall, both are filled at the same time.
It is important to bring sunscreen and have purchased entrance tickets to the places to visit.
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