peru-8-cuzco-sacred-valley

START PLAZA DE
211
ARMAS
FINISH SACSAYWAMÁN
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DISTANCE 4KM
Sacsaywamán
#e 0 0 0.2 miles
400 m
DURATION ABOUT
THREE HOURS, WITH
#ä
STOPS
1 1 1
1 1
Tandapata
666
Pumacurco
1 1 1
1 1
1 1 1
Palacio
Choquechaka
Carmen Alto
#16
#15
66
Plazoleta
66
6666 6 6
6
66
Chaparro
Desamparados
San Pedro #£
Train Station
Cascaparo
Santa Clara
Walking Tour
Cuzco
Teatro
Nueva Baja
Garcilaso
Granada
Túpac Amaru
#9
#7
#8
#5
#6
Concevidayoc
Nueva
Plateros
#4
#2
#3
Marquez
Tecte
Suecia
Quera
Matará
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Start from the middle of the 1 Plaza de
Armas, one of the most stunning public
spaces in South America. Stroll up Calle
del Medio and head southwest across 2 Plaza
Regocijo. On your left, a beautiful 3 building,
once a hotel, is now home to restaurants
and chic boutiques. Head up Calle Garcilaso,
named for the Inca chronicler Garcilaso de la
Vega, whose childhood home now houses the
4 Museo Histórico Regional. It sits amidst
colonial mansions, 5 Hotel los Marqueses is
particularly stunning.
On Sundays, Quechua-speaking campesinos
(country folk) meet in 6 Plaza San
Francisco. Drop in to the 7 church and
museum of San Francisco if you’re so
inclined. Past the colonial archway is the
8 church and convent of Santa Clara. If
it’s open, peek inside at the mirrors, used in
colonial times to entice curious indigenous
people into the church for worship.
Just beyond, the bustle of 9 Mercado
San Pedro spills out onto the pavement. Fuel
up at one of the many stalls, then step out
onto Calle Nueva and follow to Avenida El Sol
#1
Loreto
Almagro
Triunfo
(Sunturwasi)
#12
#11
#10
San Andrés
Av El Sol
#13
#14
Maruri
Ruinas
Carmen Bajo
Recoleta
Av Tullumayo
opposite the a Palacio de Justicia, a big
white building with a pair of lawn-mowing
llamas in the back garden. Head up Maruri
and take a left into b Loreto, a walkway
with Inca walls on both sides. The west wall
belongs to Amaruqancha (Courtyard of the
Serpents). The east wall is one of the best
and oldest in Cuzco, belonging to the Acllahuasi
(House of the Chosen Women). Post
conquest, it became part of the c closed
convent of Santa Catalina.
Loreto returns you to the Plaza de Armas.
Turn right up Triunfo (signposted as Sunturwasi)
and across Palacio into Hatunrumiyoc,
another alley named after the d 12-sided
stone. This belongs to a wall of the palace of
the sixth inca, Inca Roca, which now houses
the e Museo de Arte Religioso.
Hatunrumiyoc ends at Choquechaca.
From here it’s only a short puff up to
f Plaza San Blas, Cuzco’s bohemian HQ.
Head left along g Tandapata for the classic
cobblestone experience. Inca irrigation channels
run down ancient stairways, and rock
carvings adorn walls and stones in the path.
If you wish, forge uphill to Sacsaywamán.
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