Things to See and Do in Cusco
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- Nov 11, 2008: ... stay in the tourist resort of Aguas Calientes. The Hiram Bingham train was over 500 dollars; although this did include ...
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- Jan 11, 2006: ... , where artefects found during the excavation of the Santo Domingo Church (built on top of the Qorikancha Temple of the Sun) ...
- Sep 13, 2007: ... is now the foundations of the Colonial era Santo Domingo church. An interesting looking building that has been rebuilt ...
- Sep 12, 2009: ... sturdy over the years. Our last stop was the Santo Domingo Church, which is actually 3 churched in one, built over the ...
- Nov 2, 2008: ... , admiring the Inca walls and finally visited The Santo Domingo church. This is a colonial building with Inca walls, ...
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- Nov 27, 2006: ... !
We visited the Museo Inka and tomorrow we will hit the Pre Columbian Art Museum. Then we head off to do the Inca Trail. ...
- Jul 17, 2005: ... for women. Our next stop was the fabulous Pre-Columbian Art Museum - a wonderful collection of carvings, paintings, ceramics ...
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- Aug 14, 2009: ... la nueva maravilla del mundo, recorra Camino Inca a Machu Picchu, Choquequirao, Salkantay, Ausangate, iglesias, templos ...
- Sep 2, 2009: ... la nueva maravilla del mundo, recorra Camino Inca a Machu Picchu, Choquequirao, Salkantay, Ausangate, iglesias, templos ...
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- Aug 24, 2004: ... of money shopping! We visited the very cool Inca Museum and Temple of the Sun and then had our last night in Cusco...which ...
- Jan 11, 2006: ... of the Santo Domingo Church (built on top of the Qorikancha Temple of the Sun) are displayed.
In the evening, we had a ...
- Apr 10, 2008: ... cross carved from one wall and is adjacent to the Temple of the Sun. The cross (Andean Cross) resembles a series of steps, ...
- Apr 18, 2007: ... of museums and ruins in the city, including the temple of the sun, which was really interesting, and managed to survive three ...
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- Nov 25, 2006: ... !) to the start of the trail (kilometer 82) in the sacred valley of the Incas. Here we had a spot of lunch and started to ...
- Aug 11, 2006: ... one of the most fun ways to explore around Cusco and the Sacred Valley of the Incas with all its small villages and ancient ...
- Jun 24, 2003: ... spent the next few days wandering through the Sacred Valley.
The Sacred Valley of the Incas is a long valley filled with ...
- Sep 19, 2004: ... in for it...
Day 3: Tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
We set off from Cusco to tour some Inca sites, the first ...
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- Jul 28, 2008: ... ; At 0800, I set off on the Andean Explorer train, from Puno to Cusco / a journey that took 10 hours, rumbling through some ...
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- Aug 24, 2004: ... we really were happy to have them). Thanks to Peru Rail we couldnt get back to Cusco as planned that night and stayed in a ...
- Apr 10, 2008: ... ordered the grossest thing. Apparently, Cusquenos (people from Cusco) are apeshit for Cuy which is the Spanish word ...
- Nov 20, 2005: ... to spend a little.
After the Inca Trail we came back to Cusco for a bit of R & R, via the slowest train-ride in SA (do you ...
- Jul 16, 2006: ... her for one day!) then more time waiting at the stupid peru rail ticket line, i went for the expensive but easy option of ...
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- May 19, 2009: ... the 1950 earthquake and helped rebuild the cathedral damage. He was born in Cusco and has never left.
Although pretty ...
- Aug 2, 2008: ... ;photos right at sunset so the lighting is perfect on cathedral façade. Absolutely beautiful.
For dinner, I walked up ...
- May 20, 2009: ... altogether if they had no flexibility.
Today we visited another cathedral, built on top of Inca ruins, then hit McDonalds ...
- Apr 15, 2005: ... city to look down over. Walk north of the main cathedral, eventually succumbing to one of the street postcard sellers, and ...
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- Jun 22, 2008: ... it for us! It is through a company called Pachamama explorers who were excellent! You can view their site here: ...
- Jun 21, 2008: On Tuesday we set off for the Inca Trail (Company: Peru Explorers). Day one is training for Day Two (which is pitched as the ...
- Nov 3, 2004: I just got back from a meeting at the South American Explorers Club. In the meeting, the organizers talked about the Inka ...
- Aug 22, 2005: ... With orientation complete I headed to the South American Explorers Club to kill time before my lessons began in the ...
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- Apr 25, 2006: ... ledge on the church we see a steep hill behind the town, Sacsayhuaman, which apparently is the site of a major Inca fort. We ...
- Aug 8, 2005: ... "is that it then?" were heard, but the last one, Sacsayhuamán (pronounced "sexy Woman"), was quite impressive. It was still ...
- Jun 24, 2003: ... they paraded through the city and ended in Sacsayhuaman (an Incan ruin overlooking Cusco that is apparently pronounced "Sexy ...
- Sep 19, 2004: ... sites, the first one being Sacsayhuaman (Sexy Woman!). This was an Inca site looking over Cusco. When the Spanish colonisers ...
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- Jun 13, 2008: ... The first stop was the Archaeological site of Moray where there were four agricultural terraces. Many ...
- Jan 4, 2009: ... 400 years and are still doing it today. Beyond Moray, where the tourist buses and even guided groups on ...
- Nov 10, 2008: ... sporting intrest when i return home. Wicked day out. Back in Cusco Paul, Dennis and i decided we would take Washy out for a ...
- Jul 18, 2007: ... od vasice Maras, je se nahajajo amfiteatru podobne terase Moray. Razlicne visine teras so Inki nekoc upoabljali za gojenje ...
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- May 19, 2009: Wow! we spent today in Cusco walking around the Plaza De Armas, surrounded by 4 cathedrals and some amazing ...
- Aug 3, 2008: ... different section of town called San Blas just north of Plaza de Armas after a long climb up the steps. There is a beautiful ...
- Nov 24, 2006: ... place we have been since we started this trip. On the Plaza de Armas (the main square) and for about 4 blocks in every ...
- Sep 14, 2006: ... was nice actually. Hostal Casa Grande very near the main Plaza de Armas for 40 Soles each I think with bathroom. Joanna who ...
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- Aug 3, 2008: ... ; Next I went to a different section of town called San Blas just north of Plaza de Armas after a long climb up ...
- Jun 30, 2003: ... -Inca Trail exercise consisted of walking the 5 mins uphill to the San Blas area where Tom had many friends working in bars ...
- Sep 8, 2008: ... was a weekend and so there was a handicraft market set up in San Blas Small square... perfect for Rob to sit and have a coke ...
- Mar 7, 2009: ... the same sort of stuff.
We walked down one alley towards San Blas and found the '12-sided stone'. This stone is in part ...
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- Jul 26, 2008: hola para todos!
acabo de regresar del foro y engo mucho sueño. ayer celebramos el ultima dia del foro y bailamos. comme il ...
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- Aug 24, 2004: ... and spent a lot of money shopping! We visited the very cool Inca Museum and Temple of the Sun and then had our last night ...
- Jun 13, 2007: ... Today my kindergarten celebrated my last day with a visit to the Inca Museum! It is a fair hike from the kindergarten, so we ...
- Aug 24, 2009: Visit to Inca museum and traditonal Peruvian dance
- Mar 21, 2005: ... a rest day, although we also did a tour of the Inca Museum - fantastic. In the evening there was an amazing procession "EL ...
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- Apr 10, 2008: ... guy was still standing by the gates.
Pukapukara (Red Fortress) was the Immigration and Border Control site for the ...
- Sep 20, 2008: ... paper ladies!!!). From there we see Puca Pucara, meaning "Red Fortress", hence it's reddish walls. Because of it's ...