City Tour: Cusco and Outskirts one day
Visit Catedral, Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Tambomachay, Pucapucara
Description:
We pick you up from your Hotel around 1:30
-1:40 pm to start visiting the following attractives , with a professional
guide :
THE CATHEDRAL
Cusco Cathedral is a Baroque-style cathedral
built on the foundations of the palace of the Inca Wiraqocha in Cusco.
Construction began in 1550, using many stones
looted from the site of the hillside Sacsayhuaman fortress, and was completed a
century later. It is considered one of the most splendid Spanish colonial
churches in America.
Within the cathedral's high walls are some of
the best examples of the Cusqueña School of painting, including a Marcos Zapata
painting of the Last Supper with a local specialty, cuy (guinea pig), as main
course.
The cathedral's centerpieces are its massive,
solid-silver altar, and the enormous 1659 Maria Angola bell, the largest in
South America, which hangs in one of the towers.
The cedar choir has carved rows of saints,
popes, and bishops, all in stunning detail down to their delicately articulated
hands. Five chapels flank each side of the nave; one dedicated to Nuestro Señor
de los Temblores (Our Lord of the Earthquakes) contains a solid-gold crucifix
that, legend has it, minimized damage to the chapel during a 1650 earthquake.
There's no-Christian imagery in Cusco Cathedral
too: figures of pumas, the Inca representation of the earth, are carved on the
enormous main doors. Normal access to the cathedral is not via those doors but
through the adjoining Iglesia del Triunfo, the city's first Christian church.
THE KORICANCHA PALACE AND CONVENT
OF SANTO DOMINGO
Koricancha is a classic example of the fusion
of Inca and Western cultures, and was one of the most important temples in the
Tahuantinsuyu. Its finely polished stone walls were used as the foundations of
the Convent of Santo Domingo.
The temple walls were said to have been
sheathed in gold and silver, it was dedicated to sun worship, as well as
containing images of the gods of thunder and Wiracocha, deities brought from
various regions and the mummified bodies of Inca rulers.
The temple worship was reserved for the
highest-ranking figures of the era, and was visited by representatives of
communities all over the empire to render homage to the gods of the
Tahuantinsuyu.
SACSAYHUAMAN
Sacsayhuaman is one of the most amazing Incas
constructions for tourists. Its Quechua name means "satisfied
falcon", it was the falcon that guarded the capital of the empire, since
it was possible to overlook Cusco from the hill in where it was erected. If, as
it is known, Cusco was designed with the shape of a lying puma, Sacsayhuaman
would be its head, and the Coricancha would correspond to the feline's
genitalia.
It is said that the work was started by
Pachacutec and continued by Tupac Yupanqui, even though some chroniclers state
that it was Huayna Capac who gave it the final touch. Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
says that Apu Huallpa Rimachi was the main architect, and that Inca Maricanhi,
Acahuana Inca and Calla Cunchuy successively took control of the works.
Its construction took over seven decades and
required the work of 20,000 men approximately, both for the foundations and
hewn stone works, the transportation of materials, carving and stones setting.
Hewn stones could have been located at Muina, Huacoto and Rumicolca, 20
kilometers away from Cusco, and at closer places such as Sallu, Rumi, Chita,
Curovilca and Viracocha. Some of its external walls exceed the 9 meters of
height and 350 tons of weight.
Spectacular fortress built with huge carved
rocks jointed with absolute accuracy, this astounding sample of the Incan
military architecture is, undoubtedly, the greatest architectonic work of the
Tahuantinsuyo. But, in addition, it proves the undeniable firmness of the great
administrative capacity of the empire and its powerful logistic system capable
of mobilizing and organizing such a work.
It is located 2 km away from the city of Cusco,
that is, 10 minutes by car. As of the Spanish arrival its aspect has changed a
lot, since this fortress was used as a hewn stone to build the colonial Cusco.
QENQO
At 4 and 6 km, 5 minutes to the northeast of
Cusco, by asphalted road, we can find the two archaeological sites of Qenqo:
Qenqo Grande, which is located near the road that goes from Sacsayhuaman to
Pisac; and Quenko Chico, which is located at 350 meters to the west from the
latter, on the hillside. Both of them are worship places whose nature has not
been deciphered yet, but in which we can highlight the Inca's predilection for
stone and their thoroughness with regard to the carving process.
These sites are limestone outcrops on which
intricate mythical representations had been carved. It is believed that it was
destined to the worship of the land. Its Quechua name means zigzag, probably
due to the labyrinthine underground galleries, or due to the small channels
carved on rocks with that shape.
PUCA-PUCARA
Located at 7 km to the northeast of the city,
by the road leading to Pisac (30 minutes by car and 2 hours on foot), we find
this incaic site which Quechua name means "red fortress" due to the
color of the rocks when the twilight reflects on them. (puca = red and pucara =
fortress or defended place).
It would deal about a military building made up
by overlapping terraces, interior squares, aqueducts, watchtowers, high walls
and staircases. However, its presence along the road may also indicate that it
was a wayside inn, though its structure does not belong to the standard
outlining that characterizes those buildings along the Inca trails. On this
possibility, there is a version that says the Inca accommodated there his
numerous delegations each time he decided to visit the Tambomachay baths.
The site occupies another typical rocky place
standing out in the Sacsayhuaman plain. Towards the western side, it shows a
facade on a free area like a small square. On the opposite site, there is a
medium size building, which main characteristic is its strategic location since
it controls the whole surrounding territory.
TAMBOMACHAY
Tombo Machay, 7 km northeast of Cusco, is
believed to have been built around 1500 AD.
This site, sometimes referred to as Inca's Bath
or El Baño del Inca, is thought to have been used for religious functions. Some
theories suggest Tambo Machay was involved in an Inca water cult. Fountains or
waterfalls fed by spring water were used to channel water to a ceremonial stone
bath. The fountains are still functional at this well preserved site. Above the
baths is an Inca wall.
Tambo Machay is located in a sheltered area
about 300m off the road to Pisac.
Frequency: everyday in the afternoons.
PRICES PER PERSON:
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PRICES
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USD 10
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Price per person
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CITY TOUR
PRICE
USD 10 The price does not include tickets to visit
the archaeological groups or churches
BTC (Cusco
Tourist Ticket allows entry to Sacsayhuaman, Kenko, Puca Pucara, Tambomachay,
and also to visit useums or take a tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas) S/.
130.00
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Entrance
to the temple Koricancha: S/. 10.00
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Entrance
to the Catedral S/. 25.00
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Children
and students get a discount of 50%.
THE TOUR INCLUDES:
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First
Class Tourism Bus
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Tourism
Official Guide
Hotel
information to pick up
Requirements
to Reserve the tour
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Departure
Date
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Names
(as shown in passport)
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Surnames.(as
shown in passport)
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Nationality
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Passport
number
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Date
of birth
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Name
of hotel
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Phone
number to contact
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Payment
of 50% as warranty. Complete information of a valid credit card.
o Own" tourism
Visa" if you are from Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras and Guatemala.
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The
prices are in promotion to be paid cash, any payment with credit card will have
a charge of 8% to the whole price of the choosen tour.
Instructions
to send the warranty payment
Send your payment by:
1. - Banking Transference
It can be
done at any bank, make the deposit with the following information:
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Bank:
Banco de Credito del Peru
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Account number in dollars: 285-1973759-1-54
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Name:
Agencia de Viajes y Turismo Inkas Herencia S.A.C.
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SWIFT:
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The
deposit must be sent under the name of
INKAS HERENCIA S.A.C. (you can print this page).
Afterwards
send us a mail with the following information:
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and hour of the Payment
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Operation
and transaction numbers.
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Displayed
name (it should be INKAS HERENCIA S.A.C.)
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Sent
total amount
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Name
of the bank where the transaction was done.
We will
send a mail confirming the transaction and we will re-confirm your reserve as
well.
Phone
numbers
You do not
need to send money just call us:
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Central Office
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+51-84-635965 or
+51-999590977
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RUC: 20490827545
Cusco - Perú - Latinoamérica
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Etiquetas:
Inkas Herencia,
Koricancha,
Pucapucara,
Qenqo,
Sacsayhuaman,
Tambomachay,
Tourismo Agency.,
Visit Catedral
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