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PACKAGE : CUSCO – SACRED VALLEY – MACHU PICCHU This program is for guests whose doesn’t have too much time to spend in our country for any reason that is a good choice. The Cusco city itself is one of Peru’s greatest treasures. Seat of the ancient Inca Empire, Cusco is home to many of the countries, most splendid examples of pre-colonial art and architecture. And many of its buildings rest upon Incan foundations. The area is also rich in Peru’s vibrant living heritage: the culture of the Quechua people, many of whom maintain essentially the same way of life they have known for thousands of year, where are located the most important tourist attractions, Cusco is mysterious, magic, world of the Incas.
DAY 1 RECEPTION AT CUSCO AIRPORT AND CITY TOUR our company representative meets you upon arrival your flight TO Cusco City the ancient capital of the Incas located at 3,400 m. (11,100 ft.). Transfer to the hotel, morning free, take it very easy for acclimatizing your body need to adjust to the altitude. During the afternoon at 2:00 pm. We start to explore the Cusco city and the four archeological sites, located near the city, the tour will be in a tourist bus, you will see the legacy of the Inca throughout the city some buildings still rest upon ancient Incan foundations. We will explore the magnificent Sun Temple of Qoricancha, the cathedral a colonial monument on the main plaza. Lunch, Dinner is on your own. After to explore the city we will go to the north side of Cusco city and we will visit SACSAYHUAMAN Archeological Park, believed by most to have been a fortress, although it may have been a sacred sanctuary to the sun. Overlooking the city of Cusco, Sacsayhuaman is a testament to the skill of the Incan builders; it is constructed of huge stones, some weighing nearly 150 tons each. TAMBOMACHAY, the Incan Temple of the Sacred Waters, just outside Cusco. A marvel of hydraulic engineering and impressively, the waters still flow today. Q´ÈNQO might very well have been a site of ritual ceremonies performed in fertility rites and solstice and equinox celebrations. PUCA PUCARA has nice view of the surrounding countryside, this might have been storage facility or lodge or perhaps a guard post on the Inca Trail to Antisuyo one of the Incan regions. DAY 2 SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS Morning bus ride to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, a long the way stop at the weaving center to see the textile making process and then to Pisac archeological site with its agricultural terraces rising up to the mythic complex, later we will walking tour of colonial Pisaq. Traditional market only Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. This afternoon we will visit the and explore the splendid Ollantaytambo archeological site we will walk amid the remains of this ancient Incan fortress, made of gray and rose granite and complete with temples and baths. B, L. DAY 3 TOURIST TRAIN TO MACHU PICCHU We take an exciting journey by train along the Urubamba Gorge to Machu Picchu, the legendary “Lost City of the Incas,” you will enjoy the spectacular scenery along the way. Machu Picchu was “discovered” by Hiram Bingham in 19ll, also Machu Picchu remained inaccessible until the 1940s, when the Inca Trail was found by an archaeological expedition. Here we will see the remnants of the temple of the sun, temple of the condor, ritual baths, palaces, the main fountain, sacred plaza, the sundial or Intihuatana. Etc. In the afternoon train back to Cusco. B, Dinner Show. DAY 4 FLY CUSCO TO LIMA early morning flight back to Lima, Our company representative transfer you to the Cusco airport. B.
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