Cusco is a great place to start learning about the Inca Empire’s history and is highly recommended for aclimatizing before visiting other sights including the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Machu Picchu, and the Rainbow Mountain.
Cusco derives its name from “Qosqo,” which means “navel of the world”. This city served as the country’s geographical and administrative center for the Civilization Incas.
So come relive Cusco’s history and culture on our half-day City Tour Cusco with our local guide, who will take you to the key archaeological sites of the Incas’ historic capital.
This half-day tour will allow you to uncover some of the mysteries concealed behind the city’s fortresses, streets and walls.
Accompanied by our professional guide, you will visit the Cathedral of Cusco, located in the main square of Cusco. The Inca Temple of the Sun (Qorikancha). The archaeological sites of Sacsayhuaman, Q’enqo, Puca Pucara (Puka Pukara) and Tambomachay, located a few meters of the Cathedral.
Cusco Hotel Transfer
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We will pick you up from your Cusco accommodation at the time of your choosing to begin our half-day tour of the Cusco city. Our fisrt stop is visit to the Cathedral of Cusco, which dominates Cusco’s main square.
The Cathedral of Cusco is one of America’s most magnificent and historic landmarks, with its construction taking place beneath the Inca Royal Palace’s foundations.
The Spanish conquistadors razed the palace and erected the church over a 50-year span after invading Cusco.
This temple was the most important and sacred place during the Inca Empire since it was built in honor of the supreme god, the sun (Inti). This temple, according to chroniclers and historians, was full of gold sculptures and other statues.
When the Spanish arrived, they kidnapped the Inca monarch, Atahualpa, who offered a room full of gold for his release. For this, the gold was melted down as payment but, in the purest colonial style, they assassinated him after collecting the money.
The Sacsayhuaman Fortress is an Inca archaeological site with some of the world’s most remarkable buildings, leaving riddles concerning the size of its boulders and the accuracy with which they were joined.
This is a must-see attraction in Cusco. This spectacular stone-based fortification is situated on a hill that overlooks Cusco’s main square. This is one of the areas where the Inca engineering advances can be seen, where the absence of mortars and human forces did not prevent the connecting of stones weighing over a ton.
Respect to the precision of connecting of the edges is perfect, such is the fact that you can’t even slide a sheet of paper between them. However, it remains a mystery how the Incas transported these heavy stones here.
Tambomachay functioned as a spa for the Incas’ political elite, thanks to its incredible underground hydraulic system building by the Incas. Natural spring water still runs nowadays through the canals from the surrounding hot springs.
Its name derives from the Quechua language, which means “strong red.” It got its name from the hue of the rock, which turns reddish after sunset.
