Super Sacred Valley 1 Day

Description

The tour of the “Sacred Valley of the Incas” is a great option for people who want to enjoy the beauty of this wonderful Andean paradise. During the full day tour, we will visit the archaeological complexes, typical markets, culture, customs and popular traditions of the towns of Chinchero, Maras, Moray, Ollantaytambo and Pisaq. In addition, you will enjoy a very cozy climate, daily departures for single people and groups of all ages in tourist bus

Itinerary

Our staff will pick you up from your hotel in Cusco around 06:20 am (according to the hotel where you are) to board the tourist bus that will take us to the different tourist attractions of the Sacred Valley where we will visit:

Chinchero, where we will appreciate the remains of the royal treasury of Túpac Inca Yupanqui, a beautiful colonial temple with interesting frescoes in the portico (this place was built on the foundations of an Inca construction). We can also admire the Inca walls in the main square of the town, etc.

Maras, Continuing the tour we go to the picturesque town of Maras, which is at an altitude of 3,380 m; the importance of the place is given by the salt mines that it has; said salt mines are composed of about 3,000 wells from which the salt is extracted. The “Salineras de Maras” have been exploited since the time of the Incas in which it was used as a means of economic exchange.

Moray, is a group of terraces or circular terraces of different sizes, which in the time of the Incas were used as an agricultural experimental center; This was where they carried out their studies of adapting plants to new ecosystems.

Our lunch will be buffet style in a tourist restaurant in the city of Urubamba.

Ollantaytambo; beautiful Inca archaeological complex, military, religious and cultural center during the period of the Inca Empire built to monitor and protect against possible invasions,

Pisaq, then we will go up to the archaeological complex of Pisaq to appreciate the agricultural terraces, cemeteries and royal Inca buildings.

Finally, we will return by bus to the city of Cusco and arrive around 7:00 p.m.