From Arequipa I inform you on a trip for Cuzco: too expensive! At this point, I opt for the bus. Guaranteed savings and, in spite of what I believed, convenience of travel. In fact, the company Cruz del Sur, offers luxury coaches at affordable prices to the benefit of comfort and entertainment. The ten hours of travel needed to reach the ancient capital Peru spend in peace and I find myself at your destination without a hitch.
Unfortunately I expect rain and cold. These days, Cuzco is crossed by numerous surveys squalls that, exceptionally, result in hail. I take a taxi and reach a hostel adjacent to the central Plaza de Armas. The 'Hostal Suecia "It's small, cheap and decent. What I was looking for. I rest and again ready for another tour. The first destination is the sanctuary of Coricancha dedicated to the god of the sun (Inti in Quechua). The special feature is the base of the Inca shrine was erected on which the convent of San Domenico, in the Renaissance style. The second half is the cathedral Cuzco was built in 1539 with a Renaissance facade and baroque interior. A beauty!
Third and final destination of the day tour is the fortress of Sacsayhuaman built between 1438 and 1500, under the rule of Pachacutec (considered the founder of the Inca Empire) and built up a dominant position on the hill Carmencita. For each summer solstice is celebrated there Inti Raimi, the festival of Inti, the god of the sun On this occasion are still outstanding ritual dating back to Inca times. Sacsayhumàn is a building so unique because of the size of some stones. The stones were embedded with a precision almost unimaginable. Is almost inexplicable for us to understand how the Incas were able to cut the stones with such mastery, that between one and the other does not pass the blade of a knife. It 'important to know that the name "Fortress" was given by the English and Sacsayhuaman seems instead the "Casa del Sole", dedicated to the worship of the sun god
Even this tour ends at dusk of evening and return to do' hostel "Suecia". I take a mate de coca to prevent sequelae from altitude sickness and go straight to bed to close my eyes and dream I'll see what the next day: the Sacred Valley of the Incas!
Unfortunately I expect rain and cold. These days, Cuzco is crossed by numerous surveys squalls that, exceptionally, result in hail. I take a taxi and reach a hostel adjacent to the central Plaza de Armas. The 'Hostal Suecia "It's small, cheap and decent. What I was looking for. I rest and again ready for another tour. The first destination is the sanctuary of Coricancha dedicated to the god of the sun (Inti in Quechua). The special feature is the base of the Inca shrine was erected on which the convent of San Domenico, in the Renaissance style. The second half is the cathedral Cuzco was built in 1539 with a Renaissance facade and baroque interior. A beauty!
Third and final destination of the day tour is the fortress of Sacsayhuaman built between 1438 and 1500, under the rule of Pachacutec (considered the founder of the Inca Empire) and built up a dominant position on the hill Carmencita. For each summer solstice is celebrated there Inti Raimi, the festival of Inti, the god of the sun On this occasion are still outstanding ritual dating back to Inca times. Sacsayhumàn is a building so unique because of the size of some stones. The stones were embedded with a precision almost unimaginable. Is almost inexplicable for us to understand how the Incas were able to cut the stones with such mastery, that between one and the other does not pass the blade of a knife. It 'important to know that the name "Fortress" was given by the English and Sacsayhuaman seems instead the "Casa del Sole", dedicated to the worship of the sun god
Even this tour ends at dusk of evening and return to do' hostel "Suecia". I take a mate de coca to prevent sequelae from altitude sickness and go straight to bed to close my eyes and dream I'll see what the next day: the Sacred Valley of the Incas!
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