Cajamarca City Walking Tour: Cuarto del Rescate and Baroque Sites
From €46 per person
See availability →A Cajamarca city tour on foot through the town where Atahualpa was captured: the Cathedral, the Ransom Room, Baroque churches and a hilltop viewpoint, with hotel pick-up.
A Cajamarca city tour is a chance to walk through the place where the Inca Empire met its turning point. After a pick-up from your hotel in the centre, the guide leads a relaxed walk that lingers over each stop.
First comes the Cathedral: a Baroque facade hand-carved in volcanic rock, then three naves and a high altar clad entirely in gold leaf. From the Plaza de Armas, where Francisco Pizarro captured Atahualpa, you cross to the Cuarto del Rescate, the Ransom Room. It is the only Inca remnant left in the city, and according to historical accounts Atahualpa promised to fill it with gold, and twice over with silver, in exchange for his release.
After that the walk continues to:
- the San Francisco Church, another Baroque building
- the Belén Monumental Complex, rich in polychrome reliefs, which holds a church and the colonial hospitals
- Santa Apolonia Hill, once called Rumi Tiana, the Stone Seat, with views over the city and valley
Up on the hill you find the Silla del Inca, two stone blocks carefully carved from the rock itself, as well as stairways, gardens and a chapel dedicated to the Virgin of Fatima. The tour lasts around three and a half hours and ends in the Plaza de Armas. A Spanish or English-speaking guide and admission tickets are included; tips, food and drinks are not. It is not suitable for people with mobility impairments or wheelchair users.