DISCOVER MACHU PICCHU (7D / 6N) Destinations: Lima / Cusco / Machu Picchu Trip Experience: Cultural and Historic USD 632 Day 1.- Lima: You will be given assistance at the airport and transfer to your chosen hotel. Day 2.- Lima – City Tour: Breakfast at the hotel. We will begin the tour in the modern, residential districts of Miraflores and San Isidro. Following our tour, we will head to the Lima’s Historical Center, declared to be a Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the UNESCO in 1991, where the Spanish colony was established in the 16th century, and where the first constructions were built. We will get to see the San Martin Plaza, its balconies and old colonial houses, the Major Plaza and its most important buildings, such as the Government Palace, Lima’s Cathedral, the Archiepiscopal and Municipal Palace, the Desamparados Station, and other buildings. San Francisco Convent and Catacombs: We will enter one of the most important convents of the 17th century and visit the Ancient Library, the Coro, the Principal Cloister and the subterranean crypts known as the Catacombs. As the tour ends, you will have the option to stay at the Inca Market, in Larcomar, or to return to your hotel. Day 3.- Lima / Cusco – City Tour & archeological sites: Breakfast at the hotel. You will be transferred from the hotel to the airport for the flight to Cusco. CITY TOUR + 04 RUIN TRIPS: Half day tour. Approximately 14:00 to 18:30 hours. This traditional tour is a visit of the city. The first recommended trip as an introduction that allows for a better understanding. During the trip, we will get to know the Sun Temple (Koricancha) and the Cusco Cathedral, to later visit the four archeological sites that are found surrounding the city such as Seno, Puca Pucara, Tambomachay, and the impressive temple known as the Fortress of Sacsayhuaman. Day 4.- Cusco / Sacred Valley of the Incas / Cusco: Breakfast. Full day tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, passing through towns such as Pisac, which has a market where natives still barter and where the craftsmen sell their products. Buffet lunch included. Later we will continue to Ollantaytambo, ruins located at 97 km. from Cusco. This is the only Inca town that still is inhabited and whose ruins dominate the valley. On the way back to Cusco, we will have the opportunity of visiting the picturesque town of Chincheros. Includes a buffet lunch. Day 5.- Cusco / Machu Picchu: Breakfast at the hotel. Full day tour. Very early in the morning, you will be taken from the hotel to Cusco’s train station to go on an approximately two hour trip to the citadel of Machu Picchu. We will arrive at the Aguas Calientes station, where we will take the bus that will take us on a 30 minute ascending trip to Machu Picchu. “Lost city of the Incas,” a sanctuary and resting place for the Inca Pachacutec (1438 – 1572). Machu Picchu is considered a Cultural Heritage of Humanity according to the UNESCO, and it is one of the seven World Wonders. The excursion includes a guided tour of the Citadel, and you will visit the Principal Plaza, the Circular Tower, the Sundial, the Royal Rooms, the Three Window Temple, and the Graveyard. Includes a buffet lunch. At the indicated hour, you will return to Cusco and be taken to the corresponding hotel. Day 6.- Machu Picchu / Cusco: Breakfast at the hotel. You will be able to return to Machu Picchu on this day and have the citadel. You will be able to visit the Intipunku, “The Door of the Sun,” Picchu if the Inca Trail is followed from Ollantaytambo. You will also be able to climb the Wayna Picchu (availability subject to hour. In the afternoon, you will be transferred to the Aguas Calientes return trip on a train to the Ollantaytambo or Cusco train station.
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Day 7.- Cusco / Lima: Breakfast at the hotel. You will be taken from the hotel to the airport and be given assistance in your international departure. Price per person in US$ HOTELS
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