Pisac, Peru Travel Blogs

the festivities begin...
Jan 19, 2008 (65 photos)

... of it.  Then it's off to the town of Pisac for the service in Quechua, the native language of the Incas.  Pisac has a huge market on Sundays, with everything one could imagine and more...there are also some more Inca ruins there but I'm getting ...

The Beautiful Sacred Valley
Sep 4, 2008 (29 photos)

... is the Sacred Valley. (click to enlarge the pictures) Every Thursday and Sunday the town of Pisac has a market which is the most popular in Peru. Locals from all the surrounding villages bring their produce and wonderful handicrafts to sell and the ...

Pisaq
May 10, 2008 (39 photos)

Pisac

Cuzco and Machu Pichu
Apr 27, 2005 (12 photos)

... breathtaking. It is the best preserved buildings of the Inca empire as the Spanish never found it. When the Spanish arrived in Peru (as in all the other countries we have visited) they destroyed the existing culture, looted all the temples and pulled down ...

The never-ending staircase
Nov 1, 2007 (28 photos)

... running water.  I followed the terraces down to the parking lot was Erin was waiting for me.  Í thoroughly enjoyed Pisac and wandering through the ruins.  It´s much better to do it independently than with a day tour because you don´t ...

The main event - Inca trail and Machupichu
Sep 5, 2005 (20 photos)

Again, it was an early start and despite the anticipation of finally getting onto the trail, I couldn't help but fall asleep on the bus and completely miss the passing mountain landscape on the way to kilometre 82 which is the official start of the inca ...

Christmas Day up Machu Pichu!
Dec 25, 2003

... 8 the next morning, then all day the next there was player presentations, more partying and an open air concert. A great introduction to Peru. So I booked up to climb Machu Pichu on the 22nd Dec. Since before I left Scotland, it was my aim to be up ...

Machu Picchu
Jul 9, 2007 (5 photos)

... . Machu Picchu. What more can I say, google it to see some pics, Its pretty amazing. And if you ever find yourself in Peru, you really have to go. Just dont wear ´´Zip-off trousers``, cause you may get attacked by a strange englishman who has spent way ...

Country number three
Apr 2, 2006 (32 photos)

... we wouldn´t have done it if we realised quite how much effort was involved. After a nights rest back in Copacaban, we headed into Peru on a bus to Cuzco which is where I am writing this from. After getting into the town at around midnight last night we ...

Pisac, market day and street protests
May 3, 2009 (14 photos)

On a nice sunny weekend 2 hours drive from Cusco is the beautiful market town of Pisac with inca ruins - see yourself. Unfortunately our nice stay ended in protests as the indigenous people went to the streets to demonstrate against the privatisation of ...

Trekking in the Sacred Valley
Nov 9, 2008 (10 photos)

... well preserved temples, working water channels, ceremonial baths, fortresses and a ceremonial centre. Trekked down to the village of Pisac along a 4km Inca trail around the mountains. Carried on to the the ceremonial site of Q´enqo famous for its carved ...

White water rafting, day 2
Jun 11, 2007

George Verney's day :) By today, we were all so complacent about our rafting skills that we begged to be taken to some more daring rapids. I have never been so glad to be wearing one of thoso down-right unattractive safety helmets in my entire life! ...

Pisac
Sep 18, 2005 (18 photos)

... of hiking through the ruins we made our way back to the bus and down into the Pueblo. Sunday is a big market day in Pisac and many families and ProPeru staff said it was much better priced than anything we would find in Cusco. The advice turned out to ...

The Sacred Valley of the Incas
May 26, 2007

... of love, Bethany xxxxx Hola otra vez, hoy fuimos a la Valle Segrada de los Incas y fue increíble. Fuimos a Pisac, Urubamba, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero y finalmente a Cusco otra vez. ¡Un día lleno de actividades! Las ruinas en Pisac y Ollantaytambo son ...

Discovering Inca Ruins in the Sacred Valley
Jul 26, 2006

... up prescriptions for antibiotics. The medicine seemed to do the trick. Yesterday we boarded a bus and headed for the town of Pisac, Peru. We spent the day, as usual, walking around town and visiting with the locals. Today we hiked out of the city and ...

cuzco
Jul 27, 2006

Por ser,es una de las ciudades mas bonitas en las que hemos estado,pero a partirde aqqui y como siempre, elturismo,los turistas,la hemos prostituido: todo jira alrededor del turista, del machu pichu y deldolar, esto es carisimo, cualquier excursion te ...

Home of the Incas
Jan 30, 2007 (6 photos)

... preserved, and us being the only people on the site all added to its allure. I'll let the photos do the talking.. The Pisac market was a tad disappointing, so we retreated to Ulrich's - a great cafe, with superb food, a cool vibe, books, games  ...

The host family
Feb 8, 2009

hello everyone, Well it has now been almost 3 weeks since i arrived in this strange and colorful area of the world. Since i last wrote Hannah has settled in nicely, she is slowly getting used to the quantity of food that the Peruvians eat. The morning ...

WAUW
May 4, 2007 (18 photos)

Saa har pigerne vaeret paa travetur - 4 dage- i Salcantay omraadet, og Wauw hvor var det flot! Skoen skoen natur, selvom vi lagde ud med en dag i bidende kulde, hvor vi bl.a. maatte vente paa vores baerer, de havde ikke troet vi kunne gaa saa staerkt (ja ...

Valle Sagrado
Nov 6, 2006 (5 photos)

... painted all over it. Personlly I´d be voting for some lad called Elvis (not sure if that´s his first or second name)... Pisac itself is a small village with a tourist market and is famous for the Inca ruins which lie 600 metres above town. Several litres ...

Trails and Tribulations
Oct 24, 2006 (12 photos)

... and fleece jackets and fretting about how much immodium to pack. The next day we took the sacred valley tour, and lunched at Pisac. I bought a lovely table runner at the market there to add to my ever expanding souvenir pile, I also bought a fab silver ...

To Pisac and back to Cusco
Jun 1, 2009

... them. After, negotiating with my guide I have a Quena and hopefully it was custom made :) Machu Picchu, Ollantayambo and Pisac ruins I visited. I felt that Machu Picchu was definately worth it and I felt Ollantayambo ruins was much better than Pisac. At ...

You're In the Andes My Friend - Day I
Aug 31, 2005

... who were looking for a tasty meal. DO: pick up after yourself and/or others. Although rubbish disposal is a problem throughout Peru, it is particularly offensive to see a candy wrapper or plastic water bottle on the Inca Trail. Furthermore, as most ...

The Sacred Valley
Jan 19, 2007 (21 photos)

... Sacred Valley) of the Rio Urubamba, is 15 km north of Cuzco.  The valley´s attractions included the Inca citadels of Pisac and Ollantaytambo.  The main agricultural crop in The Sacred Valley is maize (corn).  You can buy huge cobs of ...

Cuzco, party central, home of the inca trail.
Apr 8, 2006 (7 photos)

Peru! Another stamp on the passport, not much different too Bolivia on first impressions but the people are nicer. Arriving very late in the evening is not good for hostels, everywhere is taken, but we did find one place descent enough for one night. ...

To Pisac and Goodbye to a new friend
Jun 15, 2006 (88 photos)

... Museo Palacio Municipal, Museo de Sittio Qoricancha Sacsayhuaman, Q'enqo, Puca Pucara, Tambo Machay, Pikillacta Tipon, Ollantaytambo ruins, Pisac Ruins and Chinchero ruins. Purchase the ticket at: Casa Garcilaso, corner of Garcilaso and Heladeros, Tel. 084 ...

Cuzco
Nov 14, 2007

Cuzco, Peru.

Lost in the hills...
Aug 20, 2007

Today we got the bus (ad it was a bus) to Pisaq, a local town only an hour away with a market and ruins. It was the bus of death as it swept around the cliff edge corners. When we arrived we started the trek up the mountain to the ruins. However the guide ...

Pisac Sunday market + Quechuan church
Aug 23, 2009 (24 photos)

... period of time before heading to the market. After a one hour shopping spree, we faced a tremendous traffic jam when leaving Pisac due to a parade celebrating the Corpus Christi holiday. The guide and Walker ran to the front of the parade and were able to ...

Fabelhaftes Machu Picchu.
Aug 23, 2005

... denn der Motor war kaputt. In Deutschland kein Problem, es wird einfach telefoniert und im Handumdrehen ist ein neuer Bus da. In Peru laeuft das etwas anders. Mitten in der Nacht im Nirgendwo, es war stockfinster, mussten wir warten, bis ein Auto wieder in ...