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Classic Cusco
Cusco has a beautiful landscape that conjugates with the blue sky, white clouds and awesome mountains, by its roads is possible to get to know the heritage inherited that give a testimony of its art, even now when you walk in its streets you can see some rocks intelligently united and the old houses built by Spanish over important Inca foundations, it’s impossible to don’t notice the importance that this city had in the Inca period. Few places in Peru have a magic aura as Cusco has which was the center of cult of the Sun, it received big ceremonies where much people came to. Here you can visit churches, museums, archeological places and many other sites, for this you need to get the Tourist Ticket fee that allows you to visit the 16 most important places of Cusco.
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Tambomachay
The tradition knows this place as the “Bath of the Ñusta” due to the special circumstance exist two aqueducts that have clean water all year, they come from wells that are well-known places single by the constructors.
Pucapucara
In Pucapucara there are places, interior squares, baths, aqueducts and a ancient trail that is very well know. The buildings are made of stones they have many sizes between medium and little ones, on the surface of the rocks is very rugged, comparing with other archeological rest.
Q’enko
The mummy of Pachacuteq and its relatives, they were found by Polo de Odegardo in Toqokachi possibly was in Q’enko.
Sacsayhuaman
In the times of the Incas was called “sun’s house” and it was a great religious center of great importance in the local tradition.
Koricancha
If Cusco was the navel of the World, according to the conception Inca, the Qorikancha was the religious center of Cusco, is worth saying, the center of the center, as much in the geographic aspect as in the religious and politic. From here started four of the main treks that lead to the four main parts of the Universe; it was the residence of the Gods and Guacas in the Inka period.
Classic Cusco
Cusco has a beautiful landscape that conjugates with the blue sky, white clouds and awesome mountains, by its roads is possible to get to know the heritage inherited that give a testimony of its art.
Churches and Temples
You could visit the following tourist places: The cathedral, San Blas Church, Santa Catalina Convent, San Francisco, La Merced, Compañia de Jesus Church, Belen Church, San Sebastian Church and Parish, Santa Teresa Monastery, Santa Clara Convent and Church, La Recoleta Convent Church, San Cristobal Church, San Cristobal Parish, Santa Ana Parish and San Pedro Church.
Museums and Colonial Houses
You could visit the following tourist places: Museum of Pre-Colombian Art, Inka Museum, Museum of Religious Art, Santa Catalina Monastery, Museum of Popular Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Regional Historic Museum, Qoricancha Museum, Old Colonial Houses, San Blas.
San Blas
This area of the city is really appreciated since colonial times, because of the beauty and the attractiveness it has, with the narrow streets and colonial decorated houses, this is why is consider the best tourist area of Cusco.
Advices / Suggestions
We will give you some tips that you may find useful in your trips to the tourist places already mentioned such as: prices, information about the Tourist Tickets, where to go and when, etc.
