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204 Around Av El Sol A Cuzco & the Sacred Valley S C I u G zC H T O S Chaparro Unión Iglesia de San Pedro Ü# Desamparados #£ San Pedro Train Station 66 B C D 1 2 Iglesia y Convento de Santa Clara Ü# Santa Clara Túpac Amaru 20 þ# Cascaparo Nueva Concevidayoc Trinitarias 66 3 A Mesón de la Estrella 3 Cruces de Oro 4 # Pera Av del Ejército ‚ To Tradiciones Cuzqueñas (500m) Around Av El Sol Belén Cruz Verde B Quera 12 ÿ# 10 8 ÿ# Ø# Tecte Belén 15 # ú Pavitos Ayacucho Kancharina î# 21 Lechugal Maruri 28 # Puente Grau 66 Jardin Sagrado #â 1 9ÿ# # þ 18 13 # 2 Ø# 31 ÿ# # 22 11 # ý # ÿ# ›# 16 33 7 26 24 # # 25 # ú14 30 # #ò Pasaje Grace # 6 ›# 32 # Av El Sol San Andrés Plazoleta Santo Domingo 66 66 66 Grau Cuichipunco Pampa del Castillo Matará Centenario ‚ To Manu Expeditions (200m) C Av Pardo San Miguel Ahuacpinta Av Regional Av del Ejército æ Sights 18 Centro de Textiles Tradicionales 1 Museo del Sitio de Qorikancha............. D1 del Cuzco............................................ D2 Peru Treks....................................(see 26) 19 Mercado Modelo de Huanchac ............ E2 20 Mercado San Pedro...............................A1 Ø Activities, Courses & Tours 2 Apu's Peru.............................................C2 ï Information 3 Chaski Ventura...................................... F2 21 Clínica Paredes .....................................C2 4 Excel Language Center......................... B1 22 DHL ....................................................... D2 5 Manu Nature Tours...............................D3 23 Dirección Regional de Cultura 6 Milla Turismo.........................................D2 Cusco ..................................................F1 7 SATO .....................................................C2 24 Oficina de Migraciónes......................... D2 8 Siluet Sauna & Spa................................C1 25 SBS Bookshop...................................... D2 ÿ Sleeping ï Transport 9 Hostal San Juan Masías........................D2 26 Bus to Estación Poroy ..........................C2 10 Los Aticos..............................................C1 27 Colectivos to Andahuaylillas, 11 Mirador Hostal ......................................D2 Piquillacta, Pisac, Tipón & 12 Picol Hostal ........................................... B1 Urcos.................................................. E2 13 Yanantin Guest House ..........................D2 28 Colectivos to Chinchero, Ollantaytambo & Urubamba .............C2 ú Eating 29 Colectivos to Lucre............................... E2 14 Don Estéban and Don Pancho..............D2 30 Combis to Airport ................................. D2 15 Mega......................................................C1 LAN .............................................. (see 22) 31 Machu Picchu Train Office ................... D2 ý Entertainment 32 Minibuses to Chinchero, 16 Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo ...............D2 Ollantaytambo & Urubamba .............C3 33 Star Perú............................................... D2 þ Shopping TACA............................................ (see 16) 17 Centro Artesenal Cuzco........................E3 D 5 #
66 Plazoleta Limacpampa Av Tullumayo Av El Sol 27 6# E See Central Cuzco Map (p198) 6 6 29 # # þ 19 Av Huáscar Waterfall Monument #á 17 # þ E ‚ #e 0 0 0.1 miles 200 m F Estadio Universitario Av Garcilaso Av de la Cultura Manco Inca Pachacutec 3 # Huayna Cápac Manco Cápac #ï 23 To Transportes Siwar (650m) 2 To Inka Express (500m); Terminal Terrestre (500m); Turismo Mer (500m); El Molino (700m); Airport (2km) To Hospital Regional 1 (600m) into a grand colonial residence and later became the archbishop’s palace. The beautiful mansion is now home to a religious-art collection notable for the accuracy of its period detail, and especially its insight into the interaction of indigenous peoples with the Spanish conquistadors. There are also some impressive ceilings and colonial-style tile work that’s not original, having been replaced during the 1940s. SAN BLAS Known as the artists’ neighborhood, San Blas is nestled on a steep hillside next to the center. With classic architecture, its signature blue doors and narrow passageways without cars, it has become a hip part of town. As a result, it is full of restaurants, watering holes and shops. Iglesia de San Blas CHURCH (Map p198; Plaza San Blas; admission S15 or with boleto religioso; h10am-6pm Mon-Sat, 2-6pm Sun) This simple adobe church is comparatively small, but you can’t help but be awed by the baroque, gold-leaf principal altar. The exquisitely carved pulpit, made from a single tree trunk, has been called the finest example of colonial wood carving in the Americas. Legend claims that its creator was an indigenous man who miraculously recovered F ‚ ‚ 3 from a deadly disease and subsequently dedicated his life to carving this pulpit for the church. Supposedly, his skull is nestled in the topmost part of the carving. In reality, no one is certain of the identity of either the skull or the woodcarver. AVENIDA EL SOL & DOWNHILL Museo de Arte Popular MUSEUM (Map p198; Basement, Av El Sol 103; admission with boleto turístico; h9am-6pm Mon-Sat, 8am- 1pm Sun) Winning entries in Cuzco’s annual Popular Art Competition are displayed in this engaging museum. This is where the artisans and artists of San Blas showcase their talents in styles ranging from high art to cheeky, offering a fascinating, humorous take on ordinary life amid the pomp and circumstance of a once-grandiose culture. Small-scale ceramic models depict drunken debauchery in the picantería (local restaurant), torture in the dentist’s chair, carnage in the butcher shop, and even a caesarean section. There’s also a display of photographs, many by renowned local photographer Martín Chambi, of Cuzco from the 1900s to the 1950s, including striking images of the aftermath of the 1950 earthquake in familiar streets. Qorikancha RUIN (Map p198; Plazoleta Santo Domingo; admission S10; h8:30am-5:30pm Mon-Sat, 2-5pm Sun) If you visit only one site in Cuzco, make it these Inca ruins, which form the base of the colonial church and convent of Santo Domingo. Qorikancha was once the richest temple in the Inca empire; all that remains today is the masterful stonework. In Inca times, Qorikancha (Quechua for ‘Golden Courtyard’) was literally covered with gold. The temple walls were lined with some 700 solid-gold sheets, each weighing about 2kg. There were life-sized gold and silver replicas of corn, which were ceremonially ‘planted’ in agricultural rituals. Also reported were solid-gold treasures such as altars, llamas and babies, as well as a replica of the sun, which was lost. But within months of the arrival of the first conquistadors, this incredible wealth had all been looted and melted down. Various other religious rites took place in the temple. It is said that the mummified bodies of several previous incas (kings) were kept here, brought out into the sunlight each day and offered food and drink, which was then ritually burnt. Qorikancha 205 Cuzco & the Sacred Valley S C I u G zC H T O S
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