Ollantaytambo Guided Tour: Old Town and Inca Ruins
From €44 per person
See availability →This Ollantaytambo guided tour covers the cobbled streets of the old town and the archaeological site, with a visit to a local home and views over the Sacred Valley.
Your Ollantaytambo guided tour starts at the Plaza de Armas, where the guide leads you into the cobbled streets of a town that has been lived in without a break for centuries, among the oldest of its kind on the continent. Walking its lanes is the best introduction to the history you are about to see in stone.
From there you move on to the archaeological site and spend about an hour and a half in its main sectors, with a bilingual guide and a total tour time of 3 hours.
- The huge Inca terraces
- The urban and ceremonial areas
- The original fountains and water channels
- The Temple of the Sun
- The defensive zone, with strategic viewpoints
The guide tells the story of the Inca resistance and of the hydraulic engineering that kept the town supplied. There is free time for photos with the Sacred Valley spread out below. The tour also includes a visit to a local home, to see something of Andean daily life.
The tour ends near the site or in the centre of Ollantaytambo. The ticket for the ruins is not included, and neither are personal expenses or extra transport.