Casa Andina Catedral

... -piece Peruvian Andean music band.  Alas, it wasn't on, but the Super Macho was delicious! One more night at the Casa Andina Catedral for the first two nights before heading off to Machu Picchu.  Good, comfortable, but not over the top.  ...

... unfair I think I packed more than her), I have managed to beat the various other guests to the two computers in our hotel - the Casa Andina Cusco Plaza - and am therefore able to write a brief resume of what we have been up to so far. The first bonus was ...

... large a city it was until we found out that it was the capital of the Inca Empire ... suddenly not so surprising. Stayed in Casa Andina ... hotel chain in Peru ... quite comfortable with heaters in the rooms, hot water in the shower, and, the ...

... wouldn't have to worry about being the worst student in his class for I would be the best too. After stashing my stuff at the nearby Casa Andina in San Blas we headed to the first of the inca ruins on our list - 'Saqsaywaman' (which until I saw spelt for ...

Today we were able to sleep in a bit before meeting up with Monica for a private tour of Lima at 10 a.m.  We quickly found out about Lima traffic.  We were stuck in traffic for quite a bit before arriving at the Silver Factory. ...

... . That evening would be our last in Cusco, so we had a very fine dinner at Baco (upstairs to the left of La Catedral) see www.cicciolinacuzco.com  We shared 3 superb martinis; Barbara had an alpaca burger while Steve started with boiling tomato soup ...

... até hoje, foi construido em 1530 (cerca de). A Plaza de Armas é belíssima. Rivaliza com a de Cusco, e até ganha. A Catedral daqui, sem dúvida, é mais bonita. Assistimos missa nas duas. Emocionante. Coro tocando, sermão, em ambas, sobre humildade, ...

... de Puno y me hospedé en las residencias universitarias. Escuchaba música clásica en la plaza, pues el párroco de la catedral la emitía desde allí con alto parlante. Conocí entonces el mítico Lago Titicaca. A pesar de las diversas esporádicas ...

 On Friday we had a lovely day - the four of us set out in the morning and visited the Qoricancha Museum, an Inca Museum where we saw lots of interesting artefacts. Qoricancha is an old temple complex which the Spanish basically built a Catholic ...

Inca Trail (4daysincatrail.com) In addition to being the trailhead for the Inca Trails , Km 88 is also the site of the ruins of Qoriwayrachina which are located near the Urubamba River. Most hikers do not enter Qoriwayrachina to explore it.  ...

Ausangate TrekKING Ausangate is one of the most exciting and challenging trails in Southern Peru, also an important mountain god for the Incas, and is still revered daily by local people. Seeing very few people on this hike, except for the occasional ...

An old friend, Gaby, recently visited us in Cusco. Gaby works for the NGO Peru Support Group (PSG) and she has written our blog this week to tell you all about what she was up to whilst here in Peru. I spent five years working for a British travel ...

After a miserable 5 hour flight in the wee hours and a hectic transfer in Lima, during which we learned that American had failed to rebook us appropriately on LAN, we felt like garbage.  I had spent the previous day calling the hotel to maintain our ...

Important note about this day. You CANNOT see the sun rise over Machu Picchu because the checkpoint to the park range only opens at 5:30am, the sun rises at 6am, and the hike to the sun gate outside of the city is 1 hour away! Bribery is the only ...

Left this morning with our duffle bags for our day tour of the Sacred Valley and overnight in Ollantaytambo. The drive was pleasant, but when we got to the first lookout to the Sacred Valley, I was overwhelmed to the point of tears. There is most ...