Cusco City Tour Half Day: Qoricancha to Tambomachay
From €26 per person
See availability →A half-day Cusco city tour that links the Qoricancha temple with Sacsayhuaman, Q'enqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay, with a bilingual guide and hotel pick-up.
The Cusco city tour is a half-day route that moves from the colonial streets of the centre to the Inca sites on the hills around it. After the hotel pick-up, the guide starts at the main square, where Andean and Spanish worlds sit side by side.
The first stop is Qoricancha, once the most important Inca temple, known as the Temple of the Sun. Its fine engineering stands out, and the building also holds paintings of the Cusco School. Next comes Sacsayhuaman, a ceremonial fortress built from enormous blocks fitted together; some are about 9 metres high and weigh over 350 tons. This is the place where the Inti Raymi festival is celebrated.
- Q'enqo, an amphitheatre of rocky outcrops and winding paths, a ceremonial and religious centre
- Puca Pucara, a former surveillance post and checkpoint on the way into the Inca capital, with terraces, walls and stone steps
- Tambomachay, where platforms and fountains recall the Inca worship of water
The tour returns to the city centre afterwards. The Qoricancha ticket and the tourist ticket are paid separately (or show one you already hold from another tour), and a visit to the Cathedral is optional.