Cuzco Travel Guide Cuzco Travel Guide

Edition 2015



 

 

 
 

 



 

 

 

GENERAL HISTORY

 

The Archaeological Capital of America";
it constitutes the biggest tourist attractiveness in Peru, and the most visited one. Cusco, was the biggest city and capital of the Inka Empire “Tahuantisuyo” (that reach great part of Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Chile) and then taken by the Spanish conquerors; today it has an architecture that fuses the Inka with the Spanish style. Their town conserves with pride its customs and traditions. It is also the forced step to know the mystic and enigmatic sacred citadel of the Inka Machupicchu that the Spaniards never knew and was discovered by the occidental culture in 1911. Cusco, as well as Machupicchu, for its historical value, and for its beauty is considered Cultural World Heritage Sites.Post-Columbian Cusco

Plaza de Armas
The first Spanish soldiers arrived in the city on November 15, 1533. Spanish conquistador, or conqueror, Francisco Pizarro, however, officially refounded Cusco on March 23, 1534, naming it the "Very noble and great city of Cusco". The many buildings constructed after the Spanish conquest have Spanish influence with a mix of Inca architecture. The Spanish made a new city on the foundations of the old Inca city, replacing Incan temples with churches and palaces for the Spanish. In the colony, the city of Cusco was very rich, thanks to the agriculture, cattle raising, mining and trade with Spain. Many churches and convents were built, and even a Cathedral, and the Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco.Koricancha temple and Church of Santo DomingoThe major earthquake that hit Cusco in 1950 badly destroyed the Dominican Priory and Church of Santo Domingo, which were built on top of the impressive Koricancha (Temple of the Sun). The city's Inca architecture, however, survived the earthquake. Many of the old Inca walls were thought to have been lost after the earthquake, but the granite walls of the Koricancha were exposed, as well as many walls throughout the city. While some wanted to restore the buildings to their colonial splendor, some of Cusco citizens urged city officials to retain the exposed walls. Eventually they won out and now tourists from around the world enjoy looking at these ruins within the living city. The 1950 earthquake was the second time that the Dominican Priory had been destroyed, the first being in 1650 when another major earthquake struck Cusco.


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Program Duration Highlights
RAFTING IN URUBAMBA RIVER 2 DAYS (private service) 2 Days and 1 Nights Cusco, Rafting in Urubamba River, Camping, Chuquicahuana
HORSEBACK RIDING TO TIPON FULL DAY  Full Day Full day horseback riding to Tipon ruins. Oropesa, Cusco
CUSCO CITY TOUR HALF DAY Half Day Cusco, archaeological centers and museums
SOUTH VALLEY TOUR HALF DAY Half Day Tipon, Pikillaqta, Andahuaylillas
MACHUPICCHU TOUR FULL DAY  Full Day Cusco, Sacred Valley of Urubamba, Aguas Calientes, Ciudadela of Machu Picchu

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