Today, you will explore the best of Cuzco. Start the adventure visiting the huge “Inca Ceremonial Center of Sacsayhuaman”, which overlooks the city of Cuzco. Its construction is amazing, with huge rocks perfectly fitted, it is said that it took over 10,000 workers 50 years to build it. Later, you continue visiting another important Inca site known as “Qenqo”. This is a place with subterranean passages and carved stone channels in a zigzag pattern. In its inner part there is a carved stone table where it is said the Incas mummified their dead. Afterwards you will do a short visit to the archaeological Inca sites of “Tambomachay” a temple dedicated to the God of Water and “PucaPucará”.
Afterwards, take a nice walking tour around the center of Cuzco. On the way you will see the Stone of Twelve Angles at the Inca Roca Palace, on Hatun Rumilloc Street. You will visit the “The Temple of Qoricancha”, considered the most important temple of the Inca Empire. According to archaeologists it housed over 1000 priests and attendants. It was built over an Inca palace dedicated to the worship of the Sun. Then, head to the heart of the city, “the Plaza de Armas”, surrounded by colonial arcades and four churches. Here, you will appreciate the façade of the beautiful “Cathedral” of Cuzco, built in the XVI. Finally, explore the San Pedro Market where you will find vegetables, meats, local cheeses (which you should certainly try), local chocolates, herbal medicines, and many local handicrafts. It is a great place to purchase some souvenirs. The market is also a place where many locals go to eat ‘mystery soups’. Some may be just chicken; however, the most popular amongst the locals are usually the more unusual ones like frog soups or soups that contains nose to tail of various animals.
