Cusco City Tour - Half day

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Duration:4 hours to 5 hours (approx.)
Location: Cusco, Peru

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This is a perfect half-day tour that will take you exploring the best of Cusco city, visiting the most beautiful and important neighborhoods, streets, plazas, temples, and archeological sites: Amaze yourself with the magnificent architecture of the Colonial buildings lying over the Inca foundations, visit the temples and palaces of the city center, and later visit Sacsayhuaman, Quenqo, PukaPukara, and Tambomachay.

Highlights of the Cusco City Tour
• Discover the hidden secret of Cusco City in a half-day tour
• Visit the Plaza de Armas, where the Cathedral of Cusco is located
• Explore the twelve-angled stone street and the Street of the Sun
• Visit Sacsayhuaman, Quenqo, PukaPukara, Tambomachay.
• Walk Cusco like a local with our native Tour Guide

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The tour will start at 13:0pm form your hotel, you will explore the center of Cusco. Cusco, also spelled Cuzco, is a city in southeastern Peru, It's often known as the "Historical Capital of Peru," and it was the capital of the Inca Empire. You will explore the Plaza de Armas, the 12 angled stone street, Loreto street, and most important buildings and streets.
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From the Plaza de Armas, you will walk to the Coricancha temple, also known as Qorikancha or Koricancha, was the most important temple in the Inca Empire. Located in present-day Cusco, Peru, the name Qorikancha translates from the Quechua language to "Golden Courtyard" or "Golden Enclosure," reflecting its once opulent decoration.
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Next, you will drive to Sacsayhuaman and explore the best of this magnificent Inca Site. complex located on the outskirts of Cusco, Peru, the former capital of the Inca Empire. This magnificent site is best known for its massive walls of perfectly fitted stones, some of which weigh more than 100 tons. These walls are a testament to the incredible engineering skills of the Inca.
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next, drive to Puca Pucara, which translates to "Red Fortress" in Quechua, is an Inca archaeological site located near Cusco, Peru. It's part of the Inca ruins along the route to the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, and is often visited along with other nearby sites such as Tambomachay, Qenqo, and the massive Saqsaywaman complex.
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We will start from your hotel and visit the Cathedral, Koricancha, Sacsayhuaman, Quenqo, Pukapukara, and Tambomachay. This tour will take us about four hours. This is a perfect opportunity to explore Cusco city and the surroundings as you acclimatize for your trip to Machu Picchu, combining the beautiful Plaza de Armas, 12 angles stone, Loreto street, Koricancha and walk around the fantastic 4 archaeological sites outside of Cusco, will give you a glimpse of what is coming up on the next days.
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Qenqo, sometimes spelled Q'enko, Quenko, or Kenko, is an important archaeological site located just a few kilometers north of Cusco, Peru, in the Antisuyo region of the Inca Empire. The site is part of the larger Saqsaywaman archaeological complex. The name Qenqo comes from the Quechua word "Q'inq'u," meaning "zigzag," likely referring to the intricate carvings found on some of the site's rock surfaces. The site is often referred to as a "huaca," which roughly translates to "sacred spot" in Quechua.

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Posted By : Z5125ORclaudiah
We had a lovely afternoon on this tour and our tour guide Katia was fantastic and full of knowledge. The tour was seamless from hotel pick-up and the private transfers around town. Katia was also great at introducing us to local culture and foods throughout the tour and was more than happy to help us shop in the local markets.
All in all a great tour - would highly recommend!
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Posted On : 2024-07-02 16:03:46

Posted By : Acmh5
My family was lucky enough to have Miguel Rosas as our guide for a tour of some of the historic sites around Cusco. Miguel was very knowledgeable and explained everything we were seeing with just the right amount of details and cheerfully answer any questions we had. The tour moved at a great pace for us and Miguel was happy to take photos of our family as well. We had a wonderful experience and highly recommend this tour!
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Posted On : 2024-05-05 21:33:14

Posted By : T2344NGteresaf
We leaned a great deal about Peru and Cuscu from Jennifer. We learned about the changes the Spanish made to the Peruvian citizens, buildings and area. She did a great job!
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Posted On : 2024-04-21 19:46:07

Posted By : Hennohb
A great tour around the city with the talented and very knowledgeable Katia. It was great to have a local female tour guide with her perspectives on the history, culture and sites. A great experience that we can highly recommend. Also hope more local girls and woman want to become guides:)
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Posted On : 2024-04-06 14:49:28

Posted By : 860pilare
Fantastic excursion through Cusco province and fantastic guide Jennifer Sulca. It was a very good and entertaining day for you.
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Posted On : 2024-04-04 16:16:30

Posted By : abelgH5949CD
Highly recommended tour of the beautiful city of Cusco and its surroundings. We were lucky to have José as our guide, always attentive, friendly, and his explanations were very interesting.
Also very grateful to Giovanni, our driver.
Everything was very well organized, congratulations and thanks to Trexperience!
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Posted On : 2024-03-31 11:25:29

Posted By : carpas666
The guide Katya Durán was very attentive, with great skill when it came to all the instructions and a lot of knowledge of the subject. Very kind thank you.
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Posted On : 2024-03-09 21:23:40

Posted By : O7623ODmarks
This was one of the most impressive and informative tours I have ever been. I was expecting a run of the mill type of city tour and walked away more informed and blown away. My guide, Sutta was so knowledgeable about the history and culture. There was not a single question he couldn’t answer and I asked LOTS of questions. I now find myself fascinated by the history of this place and I would highly recommend a tour with him if you have a curious mind and want to experience a different side of Cuzco.
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Posted On : 2023-11-04 19:29:18

Posted By : vannakambadig
My wife and I really enjoyed our half day private Cusco city tour. Our tour operator was very nice as they aggreed to change the tour time as my wife was sick in the morning. Our tour guide Katia was very nice, knowledgeable, explained in detail about the archeological sites and patiently answered our questions
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Posted On : 2023-10-04 20:00:37

Posted By : HelenS3994
Roger was a very knowledgeable and passionate guide, he was extremely friendly and made the tour very memorable.
Russmel was a great driver, he navigated the streets even in times of heavy traffic to get us where we needed to be in perfect timing.
Highly recommend this tour
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Posted On : 2023-09-14 14:24:45