After Breakfast, we will transfer from our hotel in Lima to the airport to board our flight to Cusco. It's a good idea to plan your arrival flight in Cusco before 11:30 am, so you can make it in time for your first adventure in the city. Upon our arrival, we will be assisted at the Cusco airport and then transferred to our hotel.
We recommend: A light and easily digestible diet on the first day to facilitate acclimatization to the altitude. Avoiding the consumption of meats, fried foods, or heavy meals can help prevent altitude sickness. Additionally, we'’ like to remind you that you can enjoy hot infusions 24/7 at the hotel reception. Feel free to take advantage of this complimentary option for your convenience.
Day at Leisure in Cusco. Enjoy the charm of this beautiful colonial city that was built upon the remains of amazing Inca buildings. Not to miss: Temple of the Sun (Koricancha), San Pedro Market, the Cathedral, and the Inca Fortress of Sacsayhuaman.
In the afternoon 13:00 pm, we will start our Cusco City Tour: San Pedro market, Korikancha Temple, Cathedral, Sacsayhuamán, Kenko
Approximate duration: 5 hours.
This charming half-day tour of Cusco offers us history, living culture and art. We will be able to appreciate how the Andean and Spanish cultures, as well as the past and the present, coexist in harmony in the Imperial City. We will arrive at the center to walk the halls of the San Pedro market, the oldest in the city. Designed in 1925 by Gustave Eiffel, today it brings together hundreds of merchants selling local products. We will also visit the Koricancha temple, which during the Inca empire was a center of worship of the Sun and on which the Santo Domingo convent was later built as part of the evangelization process. Its baroque style façade built on solid Inca walls perfectly summarizes the syncretism of cultures in the city of Cusco. To appreciate the greatness of the Incas, we will ascend to the monumental fortress of Sacsayhuaman, which with its enormous carved stone walls constitutes one of the best examples of Inca military architecture. We will tour the archaeological center of Kenko, a ceremonial place where the sun, the moon and the stars were worshiped. Visitors cannot leave Cusco without visiting the Cathedral without visiting the Cathedral, the most important temple in the city. It was built by the Spanish on top of the palace of the Inca Huiracoha. Its interior houses a wonderful collection of colonial art composed of goldsmith pieces and representative canvases of the Cusco School of Art.
Overnight: Cusco
Meals: Breakfast
