Cusco Classic - Travel Tours in Cusco, Peru - Cusco Classic tour program. Peru Travel

Day 01 Lima / Cusco

Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Rest of the morning free to adjust to the altitude.
After lunch on your own, we’ll enjoy a guided tour of the nearby Inca ruins including Kenko, the ceremonial bath of Tambomachay and the amazing Sacsayhuaman, a huge fortress of massive stones. We will also take a tour of the city including the Koricancha, temple of the Sun, a nice example of the Inca architecture, the Main Plaza, the Cathedral and much more. Return to your hotel later in the day.

Day 02 Cusco / Valle Sagrado de los Incas / Cusco

Full day tour, including visits to the colorful Pisac Indian Market and the Ollantaytambo Fortress. At an elevation of 8,500 feet, the Urubamba Valley, or Sacred Valley of the Incas, is the historic heart of the Inca Empire. It was intensively cultivated with terraces increasing its harvest several fold. Small villages lined the valley floor, while the stone fortresses of Ollantaytambo and Pisac served the dual purpose of providing protection and serving as religious centers. Without the benefit of the wheel, the Incas built massive stone cities and ruled an empire stretching 3,300 miles over some of the harshest terrain on earth. Without the use of mortar, the Inca constructed their cities, suspension bridges, and aqueduct systems, with an engineering expertise that has survived five hundred years of natural disasters, conquest, and modern development. PLEASE NOTE THE MARKET ONLY TAKES PLACE ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SUNDAYS. (B, L)

Day 03 Cusco / Machu Picchu

You will be transferred to Cusco station where you will catch the train to Machu Picchu. The 3 hour train journey follows the ever narrowing gorge of the Urubamba river to Aguas Calientes town on the way you will see picturesque Andean scenery and traditional villages. As we approach the Machu Picchu Sanctuary, the valley turns into a canyon and the vegetation changes to a cloud forest. Then you'll board a bus for a 30-minute drive up the switchback road to Machu Picchu. Once at the site and after an orientation by the guide, then have sometime guided exploration of the fabled Inca citadel. Situated on the spine of a jungle cloaked granite peak towering some 600 metres above an entrenched meander of the roaring river below, the site is frequently shrouded in misty clouds pierced by the powerful equatorial sun. Constructed from precisely sculptured granite blocks carefully joined with the projecting exposed stone of the surrounding mountain, the site may well be the finest architectural achievement of the new world. After lunch, we'll descend by bus around 3:00 p.m. to catch the train to Cusco and then bus transfer to your hotel. Overnight at hotel, (B)

Shared Service

Booking

	Single	Double	Triple
Monasterio *****	$ 1667.00	$ 1023.50
Libertador *****	$ 1067.00	$ 723.50
Novotel ****	$ 788.00	$ 584.00
Picoaga ****	$ 722.00	$ 588.50
Sonesta Posada del Inca ***	$ 668.00	$ 528.50
Casa Andina ***	$ 665.00	$ 522.50
Los Apus Hotel ***	$ 584.00	$ 513.50
Los Andes de America ***	$ 590.00	$ 503.00
Cuzco Plaza II ***	$ 545.00	$ 483.50
Cuzco Plaza I ***	Contact Us	Contact Us

If you are looking a private service where you will have a guide and car just for you, please let us know to send you a proposal.

What's Included
- Airport transfers
- Guided Sightseeing as detailed in the itinerary
- Ground transportation (bus and train)
- Meals : Breakfasts and one lunch at Machu Picchu
- Entrance fees
- Accommodation at selected hotel with breakfast.

What's Not
Domestic flights, meals not noted in itinerary, optional tipping to guides and local staff; airport taxes; and items of a personal nature (sodas, alcoholic beverages, laundry, etc.)

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More about Machu Picchu

Perched high above a sinuous bend in the Urubamba River, Machu Picchu has lured explorers, poets and pilgrims to its mist-wreathed ridge top ever since its discovery by the American explorer Hiram Bingham in July, 1911

No one lived here before the Incas. Those mighty empire builders from Cusco discovered this extraordinary place, finding it rich in natural features sacred to their religion. Both inspired and humbled by its dramatic natural beauty, their answer was to create on a vast scale one of the planet's most sensitive and harmonious works of art. The aesthetic genius of its layout and architecture coupled with the durability of its brilliant planning and engineering have given us today this finest of jewels among the UNESCO world heritage sites .
Scholars still argue about the meaning of Machu Picchu: why it was built and what purpose it served, who lived there and when they departed. Most agree that its main intent was spiritual and ceremonial.