Cusco or Cuzco (pronounced /ˈkuËskoÊŠ/; in Quechua written Qusqu and pronounced [ˈqosqo]) is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley (Sacred Valley) of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cusco Province. The city has a population of 348,935 which is triple the figure of 20 years ago. Located on the eastern end of the Knot of Cusco, its altitude is around 3,300 m (11,000 ft). Cusco is the historic capital of the Inca Empire and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1983 by UNESCO. It is a major tourist destination and receives almost a million visitors a year. It is designated as the Historical Capital of Peru by the Constitution of Peru.
Tour Itinerary.-
DAY 1: ARRIVE TO CUSCO
We pick you up from the airport to transport you to your hotel. After that in the night we included your dinner in the restaurant.
DAY 2: TOUR IN THE CUSCO CITY.
You have a half day free, to visit the city in cusco, in the afternoon from 14:00 hours we have a tour, to visit the different archeological site like the cathedral, Koricancha is temple of the sun, Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Pucapucara and finally Tambomachay after that we return to cusco town approximately at 18:30 and back to your hotel after that have our dinner
DAYS 03, 04 SACRED VALLEY + MACHUPICCHU.
We pick you up at 8:45 to begin our Sacred Valley tour , first we will visit a small handicrafts markets on the way, and arrive to Psaq, it’s a inka town we´ll visit the archeological site and the traditional market and continue to Urubamba it’s a town in the sacred valley specially to have our lunch in this case its buffet lunch. Immediately in the afternoon we`ll visit Ollantaytambo, this town is last original town from the inka`s time, and it has a good archeological site, finally we take Vistadome train to go to Aguas Calientes town (Machupicchu). When we arrive to Aguas Calientes we walk to our hotel and have a diner. The fourth day we wake up 6:00am to go to Machupicchu Archeological site, our guide will explain about the history and function about Machupicchu, them you have free time to take more photos if you want in Machupicchu, after that we´ll back to Aguas Calientes to have a Lunch and wait our Vistadome train to back to cusco´s hotel and have a diner
DAY 05: BACK TO LIMA OR OTHER CITY.
We pick you up in your hotel to transport to airport.
Our service included.
Pick up in the airport
03 nights in the hotel in Cusco
01 night hostel in Aguas calientes.
04 breakfast, 03 lunch, 04 diner
Tour in cusco private + entrance fee
Tour in sacred valley +entrance fee
Tour Machupicchu
Entrance fee to Machupicchu
Train Ollantaytambo - Machupicchu - Poroy (cusco)
Bus from Aguas Calientes to archeological site Machupicchu round trip
Bus Ollantaytambo to Cusco and hostel.
Transfer from hostel to airport.
Our service does not include:
Flight tickets
First lunch.
Tips.
Other services that is not mentioned in the tour included.