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3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS
ITINERARY
Day 1: Cusco / City Tour
A.M. Reception in Cusco airport and transfer
to the selected hotel where doing the check
in you can taste the coca te as a welcome
drink and good helper for the altitude
sickness.
P.M. After lunch City Tour for around 4 hrs,
beginning with the visit to the Catedral as
the main church in Cusco then the templo of
the Sun “Qoricancha” continuing above the
city to visit the surrounding
archaeological site in Sacsayhuaman,
Qenqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay. Back
and overnight in Cusco hotel.
Services provided
DELUXE
Referential Tour Code: AC– CTD1 D1
Transport: Private Van
Guide: Private professional guide full time
from Cusco
Entrances: All the tickets
SUPERIOR
Referential Tour Code: AC– CTS1 D1
Transport: Private Car
Guide: Private professional guide full time
from Cusco
Entrances: All the tickets
ECONOMIC
Referential Tour Code: AC – CTE1 D1
Transport: Shared Bus
Guide: Shared professional guide from Cusco
Entrances: All the tickets
Day 2: Cusco / Sacred Valley
A.M. After breakfast depart to Sacred Valley
to have a full day tour begining the journey
in Cusco for around 30 minutes we will reach
the panoramic view of the beautiful valley
in the locality of Pisaq where will visit
the artisanal market and the Pisaq ruins
(optional).
P.M. By the Urubamba river way will arrive
to Urubamba town to have lunch time. After
lunch will continue until the archaeological
park of Ollantaytambo to visit the Inca
monument, later on the way to return to
Cusco a brief visit to Chinchero town, then
back to Cusco hotel and overnight.
Note:
Chinchero Market is open Tuesday, Thursday
and Sunday.
Services provided
DELUXE
Referential Tour Code: AV – VSD1 D1
Transport: Private Van
Guide: Private professional guide full time
from Cusco
Lunch: Tunupa Restaurant (Most exclusive
restaurant in Urubamba)
Entrances: All the tickets
SUPERIOR
Referential Tour Code: AV – VSS1 D1
Transport: Private Car
Guide: Private professional guide full time
from Cusco
Lunch: Alhambra Restaurant (Excellent
restaurant in Urubamba)
Entrances: All the tickets
ECONOMIC
Referential Tour Code: AV – VSE1 D1
Transport: Shared Bus
Guide: Shared professional guide from Cusco
Lunch: Maizal Restaurant (Regular
restaurant in Urubamba)
Entrances: All the tickets
Day 3: Cusco / Machu Picchu
A.M.- After an early breakfast transfer
from the hotel to the train station in Poroy
until Aguas Calientes station in Machu
Picchu where will lead immediately to the
bus station and aboard the bus to arrive on
the archaeological site to have a
professional guided tour around 3
hrs. P.M.- We will have
brief resting time to take more pictures
and lunch time (optional restaurant). Later
afternoon the way to return and abording the
train back to Cusco hotel and overnight.
Services provided
DELUXE
Referential Tour Code: M – MD1 D1
Transport: Private Van
Train Type: Vistadome Premium.
Guide: Private professional service guide
from Cusco
Lunch: Sanctuary Lodge Restaurant (Most
exclusive restaurant in town)
SUPERIOR
Referential Tour Code: M – MS1 D1
Transport: Private car.
Train Type: Vistadome Premium.
Guide: Private professional local guide.
Lunch: Toto´s house (Excellent restaurant in
town)
ECONOMIC
Referential Tour Code: M – ME1 D1
Transport: Private car.
Train Type: Backpacker Cerrojo
Guide: Grupal professional local guide.
Lunch: Tupana Wasi (Regular restaurant in
town)
IMPORTANT ATTRACTIONS OF THE PACKAGES:
Cathedral of Cusco:
Located in the Main Square of Cusco,
contains a valuable paints of the Cusquenian
Style and others anonymous artist.
The actual cathedral was built between the
years 1560 and 1664. This was built with
materials such as red granite which were
brought from the walls of Sacsayhuaman.
In the built of the Cathedral was necessary
to use several architects so we can see
several styles like Renaissance, Baroque and
in the interior Plateresque.
Qoricancha:
Temple of the Sun, one of the most important
sites of the Inca period. Dedicated to the
worship at Sun, the major deities of the
Incas.
Qoricancha was built by Inca Pachacutec in
1438, finely crafted. The tradition say that
the walls of this temple were completely
covered with layers of Gold
In the 1540s it is built the church of Santo
Domingo on the basis of this important
archaeological site. The union of these
different cultures gives at this other
cultural value.
Sacsayhuaman:
One of the most emblematic archaeological
complex of Cusco that was built with solid
rock in the Incas Period at 2 km at north of
Cusco.
Sacsayhuman considered as a military and
administrative center was built according
archaeologist in 50 years by 20,000 men.
Possibly Tupac Inca Yupanqui was the Inca
that gave the order for the star of the
construction.
The Inti Raymi which is the most important
festival in the Andean World still is
celebrated into the Sacsayhuaman park.
With blocks of rock with 9 meters tall and
weighing 350 tons is one of the biggest
attractions in Peru.
Main Square:
Main square of Cusco since Incas Period.
According to some researchers the name in
Quechua (Native language) is Huacaypata but
still be in controversy.
Around the Main Square variety of touristic
business are implanted that offer his
services to the visitors.
Qenqo:
The form to work the rock and built in a big
stone is one of the principals interest of
this Archaeological rest.
Qenqo includes within its sector the Inti
huatana, possible for astronomical functions
and other like channels, meandering
waterways, amphitheater and aqueducts.
Qenqo according to the chroniclers was built
in 1500.
Tambomachay:
This religious compound should be closely
intertwined with Pucapucara.
The place includes 3 sectors, the first the
fonts sector where orders are appreciated
platform at various levels, the second the
central motif with water channel whose water
are discharged in two fonts that have
singulars features. The last Sector is
compound with platforms and controlled
irrigation.
Pucapucara:
The name translated means “Red Fort”.
Its location is optimally suitable visibly
dominate a large area.
PucaPucara includes enclosures, interior
places, baths, aqueducts, watchtowers and
one Inca path easily to recognize. The
edification was done with medium and little
rocks. The urban planning was functionality
and adequate.
Oral information indicates that soldier and
dancer remained in Pucapucara when the Inca
was preparing to visit Tambomachay.
Pucapucara had the function of quarter and
Tambo.
Pisac Market:
One of the main handicraft markets in the
Sacred Valley, where customs are mixed with
the art to obtain authentic and cultural
value. The Pisac market is a place where
local artisans and residents of nearby
villages meet to offers to visitors theirs
originals products.
Urubamba:
It is an attractive little town, tends to be
passed over more than other towns in the
region, making it a quieter place to kick
back for a few days. The pleasant
palm-fringed plaza de Armas has a small
fountain at the center. The town boasts a
decent array of services, hotels and
restaurants and is close to Cusco, within
about an hour’s drive.
Ollantaytambo:
Monumental work of the Inca Empire, located
80 km northeast of Cusco, at an altitude of
2,792 meters.
Ollantaytambo was built in the Inca Imperial
period between the government of Pachacutec
Inca and Wayna Capac Inca. Approximately 200
to 150 years before the arrival of the
conquistadors.
The architectural style makes known that
Ollantaytambo was a power centre of military
and administration where the agriculture
supports the economy and religion has an
important rol.
Chinchero:
Inca Construction Located at 30 km northwest
of the city of Cusco at an altitude of
3762meters that during the idolatry
extirpation period was destroyed leaving
only traces of its existence today.
One of the attractions is the Church founded
in 1572 by the Viceroy Toledo under the name
of Nuestra Señora de Montserrat. Paint that
represent at revolutionary Tupac Amaru are
lies inside the walls of the Church.
The traditional market given appointments on
Sundays, native and typical product of the
region are exchanged between the settlers by
the barter and offered to the visitor like
souvenirs or decoration product.
Sanctuary of Machu Picchu:
The Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu is
located northeast of the city of Cusco at
120km, Inside the Valley of the Urubamba
which was rediscovered by American
archaeologist Hiram Bingham in 1911.
According to different Archaeologist Machu
Picchu was built by the order of Pachacutec
Inca in the fifteen century. This was the
residents of Priest, Nobles and Aqllas
(women dedicated to the worship of the sun).
Machu Picchu is divided in three areas: two
areas populated and one of agriculture. It
was built on the mountain surrounded by the
Urubamba River and Mountain.
Technological development made in its
constructions and peaceful environment make
this an important attraction.
Temple of the Sun:
With a semicircular shape and Built in rock
solid was used in solstice’s ceremonies in
the month of June.
In the Inca’s Time only Priest and the Inca
can use these enclosures because these
important temples keep close and protected,
the celebrations of the people used to
perform their ceremonies in open spaces.
According to some scientific, the two
windows contained in the temple of the Sun
are the Sun observatory most important in
Machu Picchu.
Some structures has similar features that
the enclosures in the temple of Qoricancha
in Cusco.
Inti Huatana:
The name translates Inti huatana traduced
mean where “hitching Post of the Sun”. This
monolith has been shown to be a precise
indicator of the date of two equinoxes and
other significant celestial period.
The Incas had lots of special stones with
special purposes, but unfortunately almost
all have been lost in conflicts with the
invading Spaniards. The Machu Picchu Inti
Huatana is one of the very few that has
survived.
The temple of the Three Windows:
Located near the hill where the Sacred Plaza
lies. This is an interesting building with 3
trapezoidal windows; It is 11 meters long
and 8 meters wide.
This temple built with rectangular stone
possible was not finished, like other
enclosures in Machu Picchu.
Main Temple:
It can be found north of the Sacred Plaza,
close to the Three-Windowed Temple (Temple
With Three Windows).
The Temple of the Tree Windows is a Wayrana-type
temple (or Huayrana), this means that is has
only 3 walls, built with rectangular stones.
In the temple, there are 7 trapeze-shaped
niches on the central wall and 5 on each
side of the wall.
Tomb Real:
It is a cave finely decorated and fitted.
The function of this burial chamber was to
worship to the great nobles mummies. The
Mother earth is represented in the door of
this enclosure.
Huayna Picchu:
Huayna Picchu is the high peak behind Machu
Picchu, is about 400 m higher than the rest
of the city.
Most images of Machu Picchu are taken by
visitors from the high parts of the
Agricultural Sector and from the high
hilltops within the Urban Sector.
The number of visitors to Huayna Picchu is
limited to 400 per day.
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