Travel Cusco .- According to the legend, Cusco, sacred city and capital of the Empire of Tahuantinsuyo, was founded around the eleventh and twelfth centuries AD. By Inca Manco Capac, who emerged from the sacred Lake Titicaca. Cusco was the center of government of the four large regions of the Inca empire that came to encompass much of what is now Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile.
GENERAL INFORMATION Travel Cusco
Location: The Cusco region is located in the southeast part of Peru, its capital is the city of Cusco and is located at an altitude of 3.395 m.
MACHU PICCHU ( Travel Cusco )
(Quechua Southern Pikchu machu, "Old Mountain") is the contemporary name given to a llaqta (Inca Andean town house) of mainly stone builtin the mid-fifteenth century on the rocky promontory that connects the mountains and Machu Picchu with Huayna Picchu in the eastern slopes of the Central Andes in southern Peru. Its original name would have been Picchu Picho.
TOURISM OVERVIEW ( Travel Cusco )
The city of Cusco, declared by UNESCO as World Cultural Heritage has in its surroundings important historical and cultural monuments, among which mention may be made to the Plaza de Armas, known in Inca times as Huacaypata or Plaza del Guerrero.
Travel Cusco
Here Francisco Pizarro proclaimed the conquest of Cusco, with the arrival of the Spanish cathedral facade,its interior is in Renaissance style, the interior is decorated with carved cedar and alder with an outstanding choir, pulpit the carved wooden altars and paintings of important artists and embossed silver. They also emphasize the Church and Convent of La Merced Church and Convent of Santo Domingo, the Spanish construction on the Korikancha Inca temple or Temple of the Sun, the Church and Convent of Santa Catalina, Church and Convent of San Francisco and the Archbishop's Palace, Arab-influenced colonial building built on the foundations of the palace of the sovereign Inca Roca.
DAY 01: RECEPTION IN CUSCO
• Transfer to Hotel
• Acclimatization to altitude sickness
• In the afternoon, City tour with our tour guide
DAY 02: Travel Cusco - MACHU PICCHU FULL day
• Pick up from hotel at 06:00am
• Bus Cusco - Ollantaytambo-Cusco
• Train Ollantaytambo - Machu Picchu - Ollantaytambo.
• Reception at Machu Picchu.
• Return Machu Picchu - Ollantaytambo - Cusco
INCLUDED:
• Transfers from Airport -Hotel - Airport
• Professional Guide to Machu Picchu
• Entrance Fee to MachuPicchu for 1 day
• 2 Nights hotel in Cusco
• Train Service Roundtrip
• Bus Up and down - Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu
• Transfer Cusco - Ollantaytambo - Cusco
NOT INCLUDED Travel Cusco :
• Lunch and Dinner
• Other services not indicated above.
RECOMMENDATIONS Travel Cusco :
• You have to bring your(Passport )
• Students have to bring their student card (ISIC CARD)
• Sun block
• Insect repellent
• Raincoat during the rainy season
• Warm clothes in the cold season
• Camera and spare batteries
OPTIONAL:
• First Class Train Vistadome add $ 70 additional
• Private Service
• Other hotels of your choice.
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