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Peru Express 8 Days / 7 Nights Lima, Cusco, Awana Kancha, Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu Final Price From USD $729 DAY 1 -‐ ... / LIMA

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Flight to Lima (Not Included), arrival, reception & transfer to your hotel.

DAY 2 -‐ LIMA

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Breakfast Pick up from your Miraflores or San Isidro hotel or home. During the morning you will receive a group excursion through Lima. Our excursion offers Lima’s best attractions in its three historical periods: pre-‐Hispanic, colonial and modern. ANCESTRAL LIMA: We start our tour with a panoramic view of the “Pucllana Pyramid” a magnificent ceremonial and archeological center built in the 4th century a.D. and considered a “Sacred Village” by the Incas. The Viceroyalty of Perú was the most important of the Spanish Empire and Lima was its capital. COLONIAL LIMA: We visit the Historical Center of Lima, where you will appreciate more than fifty monuments and Colonial edifications, such as the Paseo de la República, the San Martín Square, the Main Square, the Government Palace, the Archbishop’s Palace, the Cathedral Basilica, and the City Council Palace amongst others. We will visit the monumental SAN FRANCISCO CONVENT, which displays the largest collection of religious art in America. Our highlight will be the visit of the underground vaults, known as “Catacumbas” or Catacombs. Optional: Lunch & Larco Museum visit Return to your hotel.

DAY 3 -‐ LIMA /CUSCO

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Breakfast. At a coordinated time, transfer to Lima airport. Flight to Cusco (Not Included) Arrival to Cusco, reception & transfer to your hotel. Afternoon pick up from your hotel and city tour visiting the Main Square, known in Inca times as Huacaypata or “The Warriors Square”, this was the scene for many key events in Cuzco’s history. The Cathedral, built between 1560 and 1664 with large stones of red granite taken from the Inca Fortress of Sacsayhuaman, the Cathedral is one of the most imposing structures in the city. It also houses one of the most important collections of gold and silver work of the colonial period, elaborately engraved wooden altars and a beautiful collection of oil on canvas paintings from the Escuela Cusqueña. Koricancha and the Santo Domingo Convent. The Convent was built on the spectacular Koricancha (site of gold), the most important temple dedicated to the worship of the Sun and whose walls were plated with sheets of gold. As well as, the convent was built above a foundation of smoothened stone structures, the most finely crafted in Cusco, taken from the Inca Sanctuary. Then, we will continue to the nearby ruins: Kenko, where you will see its underground galleries and its semicircular amphitheater.

Lima: Telf: (511) 630-‐9800 / Fax (511) 630-‐9822 24Hrs (511) 99756-‐9756 (RPC) -‐ Aeropuerto (511) 575-‐5252 / 575-‐3305 Email: receptivo@travex.com.pe www.travex.com.pe

DAY 4 -‐ CUZCO / SACRED VALLEY (Full Board)

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Breakfast. Early in the morning you will be picked up with your group for your Sacred Valley tour. You will visit the typical Pisac Market where you will have the opportunity to bargain with the vendors. Lunch is included at Sacred Valley Local Restaurant. After lunch, you will visit Ollantaytambo Fortress. A typical Inca community located at 21 Km. from Urubamba at 2,800 masl, named in honor of the chief Ollanta, who was famous for courting an Inca princes, daughter of Pachacutec. Transfer to Sacred Valley hotel.

DAY 5 – SACRED VALLEY / MACHU PICCHU/ CUSCO (Half Board)

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Breakfast Early in the morning, you will be transferred to Ollantaytambo train station to board the Expedition train to Aguas Calientes. Upon arrival in Aguas Calientes a small bus will be waiting for you to take you to Machu Picchu ruins. You will receive a Private tour of the ruins discovered in 1911 by the explorer Hiram Bingham, this citadel is considered to be one of the most extraordinary examples of landscapes architecture in the world. Located in an enclave on the saddle of a mountain overlooking the deep canyon of the Urubamba River, in an area of lush tropical forest, it served as a place of worship, a site for star-‐gazing and a private hacienda of the family of the Inca Pachacutec. It consists of two main areas one agricultural, formed mainly by mountains and food stores, and the other urban, which is noted for its sacred zone with its temples, squares and royal tombs. The stairways and canals carved out of stone are recurrent throughout this remarkable archaeological site. Lunch at Machupicchu Pueblo restaurant. Return by bus to Aguas Calientes. In the afternoon, you will take Expedition Train to Ollanta. Transfer to your hotel in Cusco. Overnight at Selected Hotel.

DAY 6 – CUSCO / LIMA

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Breakfast. At a coordinated time, transfer to Cusco airport to take your flight back to Lima and connect with your flight back home.

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Lima: Telf: (511) 630-‐9800 / Fax (511) 630-‐9822 24Hrs (511) 99756-‐9756 (RPC) -‐ Aeropuerto (511) 575-‐5252 / 575-‐3305 Email: receptivo@travex.com.pe www.travex.com.pe

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Net Rates in US Dollars: Price Per Person Double and Single Room