Cuzco and the Sacred Valley Culture and Sights

Daily 0700-1730. You can get in earlier if you wish; definitely try to get there before 1200 when the tour groups arrive. US$13.50 or with BTG visitors ticket. Free student guides available, but you s...

A new church at the sun temple of Cuzco . The largest sanctuary of the Inca, the sun temple Coricancha, the colonial church and the Dominican monastery form a complex. Four temple chambers are situated ...

address:32 km northeast of Cusco, calca, Cusco., price level:budget , opening hours:9:30 am – 18:00 pm To see the market on Sunday, but there are smaller markets on both Tuesday and Thursday.

The San Blas district, called Tococache in Inca times, has been put on the tourist map by the large number of shops and galleries that sell local carvings, ceramics and paintings, see page . Even thou...

Pre-Columbian gold and silver jewelry, ceramics, bone, shell and wood work in 10 halls. Also the MAP connected first-class restaurant Café (tel. 084/24 24 76, € € - € € €, www.map-cafe.com) is worth a...

Museum in the birthplace of the chronicler Garcilaso de la Vega: Agriculture of the Inca, colonial furniture, photos, paintings. Calle Heladeros, Mon-Sat 8 -17 clock, entrance in Boleto contain Turíst...

Entry US$12.80. Choquequirao is another lost city of the Incas, built on a ridge spur almost 1600 m above the Apurímac. Its Inca name is unknown, but research has shown that it was built during the re...

US$3.55 or with the BTG visitors ticket (see box, page ); allow an hour for a full visit. This remote but beautiful site lies 9 km by road to the west of the little town of Maras. There are three colo...