The Best of Peru: City Tour Lima Peru to Machu Picchu

Upon arrival, our staff will be waiting for you at the airport to transfer you to the selected hotel. The rest of the day is free to rest or take an excursion (upon request), if time permits.

Overnight in Lima.

Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning, we will pick you up from your hotel to start the panoramic city tour, where we can see the Colonial Centre, the Plaza Mayor, the Palace of Government, the Cathedral Basilica, the Archbishop's Palace, and the Municipality of Lima. Also, we will visit Santo Domingo, a convent with cloisters and catacombs of the Colonial period.

The tour starts with a panoramic view of the Huaca Pucllana and the traditional, residential and commercial areas of Lima, to continue with the historic centre of Lima, and end with a spectacular panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean and the beaches of the Miraflores district from the park of love.

Overnight in Lima.

Meals: Breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel. At the set time, we will transfer you to the airport to board your flight to the city of Cusco. Upon arrival, our staff will be waiting for you to transfer you to the selected hotel.

Around midday, we will pick you up at the hotel to start the tour of the colonial city, built on the bases of Inca palaces. In the tour, we will visit the Main Square, the Temple of the Sun (known as Qoricancha), and the Cathedral of Cusco, where we will be able to observe beautiful paintings and sculptures.

Then we will continue to the Archaeological Center of Sacsayhuaman, a multipurpose place where the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth were worshipped, and which was also used as a military fortress and an astrological center. Later, we will arrive at Q'enco, a cult center related to the fire element. We continue to Puca Pucara, a place used as a supply center and an Inca checkpoint, where wind ceremonies were also held. At the end of the tour, we will arrive at Tambomachay, a center of cult for water and fertility.

At the end of the tour, we will return to the hotel.

Overnight in Cusco.

Meals: Breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel. Early in the morning, our staff will pick you up from your hotel to start the tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, where we will visit the beautiful town of Pisac, its handicraft market, and its narrow streets. We will continue the tour through the Sacred Valley to Urubamba, where you can enjoy a delicious buffet lunch. Then we will visit Ollantaytambo, a still inhabited Inca City that preserves a complex system of irrigation canals and foundations from the time when much of the village was built. The archaeological site of Ollantaytambo has large groups of terraces, fortresses, squares, canals, and the Sun Royal House, a megalithic temple of great mystical value.

Overnight in the Sacred Valley of the Incas.

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Breakfast at the hotel. At the indicated time, transfer to the train station to start the excursion to the Sacred City of Machu Picchu, recognized as one of the wonders of the world and declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The train takes us to the town of Aguas Calientes, from where we will ascend by bus to the Archaeological Centre and start the guided tour that lasts approximately 2 hours. During the visit, you can see temples, squares, terraces, houses, barns, as well as the great biodiversity that exists in the surroundings. It is worth noting that the beauty of Machu Picchu is exalted by the extraordinary scenery in which it is located. Around the citadel has been formed a National Reserve that has an area of 32,500 hectares, and that includes a constellation of archaeological monuments, which, in our opinion, were built as part of the Machu Picchu complex and not in isolation. At the indicated time, we will return to the town of Aguas Calientes, where we will have lunch included.

Return by train to Cusco city.

Overnight in Cusco.

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Breakfast at the hotel. At the set time, you will be transferred to continue with your itinerary.

Meals: Breakfast