Cusco City Tour: Explore Architectural Wonders and Historic Sites in Half a Day
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Cusco
Immerse yourself in the architectural wonders and historic sites of Cusco on this engaging half-day city tour. Explore hidden secrets, visit the Plaza de Armas and ancient temples, and walk Cusco like a local with our knowledgeable tour guide.
Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Cusco - 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.
  • Qorikancha - 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.
  • Sacsayhuaman - 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.
  • Puka Pukara - 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.
  • Tambomachay - 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.

  • Complejo Arqueologico Q’uenqo - 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.

What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • All taxes, fees, and handling charges included
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • Guidance from a professional native tour guide
  • Exploration of the Cathedral and Koricancha
  • Visit to the 4 historic ruins around Cusco
What's Not Included
  • Meals
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

This is a perfect half-day tour that will take 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. To later finish visit Sacsayhuaman, Quenqo, PukaPukara, Tambomachay.

Highlights of 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

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Names of all travelers
Location
Cusco
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Hennohb
Apr 6, 2024
Great tour around the city with Katia:) - 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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860pilare
Apr 4, 2024
Fabulous - Fantastic excursion through Cusco province and fantastic guide Jennifer Sulca. It was a very good and entertaining day for you.
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Abelgh5949cd
Mar 31, 2024
Getting to know the Inca culture with José - 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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O7623odmarks
Nov 4, 2023
Informative and exceeded all my expectations - 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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Vannakambadig
Oct 4, 2023
Highly recommend - 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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Helens3994
Sep 14, 2023
Fantastic - 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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Q3918kgbrittanyc
Sep 9, 2023
Great time! - Our tour guide Roger was great! He was very knowledgeable! He was very easy to get along with! We did the half day Cusco tour and the sacred valley tour. He explained everything so well and told fun stories along the way! Our driver Russmel was great too! He maneuvered the roads like they were nothing! Thank you both and I would really recommend this tour to others!
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Logamaloga
Jul 16, 2023
Excellent guide - Very informative and punctual guide who’s fluent in English as well as a very good photographer 👍🏼
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Mahibav
Jun 21, 2023
Excellent and so informative!!! - We did the half a day Cusco City Tour with Trexperience. Our guide Monica Calderon was so informative and excellent. She took us to all the sites and gave us so many interesting facts about the inca and colonial times. She explained a lot about the lifestyle of the locals and made the visits to the churches and the ruins enjoyable. Excellent guide! We had a wonderful time!!
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Dvincent_00
Jun 12, 2023
Interesting history - We did this tour with Monica Calderon. She was amazing with full of information about the history of the places we visited. She made it all interesting and had answers to all our questions. Definitely recommend Monica Calderon;and Trexperience for this tour.
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