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Machu Picchu tours – Wake up in Machu Picchu 7 days Overview
A trip in which you will enjoy the magnificent past of the Inca culture, Tour of the city of Lima, a city full of colonial richness and known as the gastronomic capital of Latin America. Get to know Cusco and its attractions such as the San Pedro market, the main square, Koricancha, and the 12-sided stone and the impressive Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu tours – Wake up in Machu Picchu 7 days Itinerary
Day 01: Arrival to Lima
Welcome to the City of Kings
Arrival. Transfer from the airport to the hotel in Lima and briefing.
Day 02: City tour in Lima (B)
AM. Have a morning overview of the most important attractions of the city of Lima covering the observation
of a pre-Inca site in Miraflores and the Historic Centre of the city including a visit to one colonial convent,
walking up its tower and enjoying the Change of Guards.
On the way to the Historic Centre, observe a Pre-Colombian site, Huaca Pucllana (not entering the site).
Visit Bodega & Quadra Museum, a house containing remains of the wall protecting Lima built on the XVII century, and an exhibition of objects showing society and development during viceroyalty.
Visit the Santo Domingo Convent, proof of the importance of Catholicism during viceroyalty. Possibility to climb its tower.
Observe the Change of Guards (subject to Government Palace program).
Day 03: Lima – Cusco (B)
* In Cusco, you will find great moments, space, and magnificence.
At the agreed time, pick up from your hotel and transfer to Lima’s airport, flight to Cusco (doesn’t include), arrival in Cusco, and transfer to your hotel in Cusco city.
Day 04: City Tour in Cusco and Archaeological Sites (B)
* Walking is the noblest action we can perform on this planet.
Breakfast in the hotel.
Pm. (14:30 -18:30 hrs.) We will begin the city tour and nearby archaeological places: visit the Cathedral, Santo Domingo, and Koricancha (Inca temple). Continuing the tour to the nearby ruins: Sacsayhuaman, the building was probably used for religious purposes but, due to its location and style, the Spanish and contemporary writers assumed it was a military structure, continue to Qenqo or “labyrinth” is considered a sacred place in which ceremonies were performed in honor of the Sun, the Moon and the stars. – Puka Pukara Its role would have been a “Tambo” or a place of rest and lodging. Finally visit Tambomachay would probably had an important religious role, linked to water and the regeneration of the earth, return to Cusco.
Day 05: Train to Machu Picchu – Free Afternoon (B)
* Cusco to Machu Picchu; the adventure begins by train.
Early morning, we will pick you up from your hotel, and transfer you to the train station, to board the train to Aguas Calientes After 3 hours trip you will arrive at the village, where you will be met by our representative, to assist you to transfer to your hotel. Free afternoon.
Day 06: Private Machu Picchu Tours – Full day (B, L)
* Machu Picchu, harmony between man and the earth
Early morning, we will pick you up from your hotel, and transfer you to the bus station, to board the bus to Machu Picchu. After 30 minutes trip, you will arrive at the entrance to Machu Picchu declared a Natural and Cultural Heritage to Humanity, the best example of Incan architecture. Built-in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, the city appears to have been sculpted straight from the rocky slopes, besides offering visitors a spectacular landscape, the site also exhibits important endemic biological diversity in flora and fauna, after the tour, you will board the bus back to Aguas Calientes, return to Cusco by train, overnight at selected hotel.
Day 07: Transfer to Cusco airport & Connection in Lima /… (B)
Breakfast at the hotel in Cusco, at the agreed time, transfer to the airport, and fly to Lima, to return home.
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