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Andean Territory Travel S. R. Lta. We are a professional group with many years of experience working in tourism. We decided to overcome all the standards of quality in tourism services, providing care at the highest level.

We know from experience what the points of interest and a need to feel safe and quiet outside his home. A show of architectural and natural wonders of our country want to teach our ancient culture, customs and full of mysteries.

We offer travel packages, which includes economic Machupicchu, Inka Trail to Machu Picchu, Choquequirao, Cusco tours maras moray City, Sacred Valley of the Incas and the various attractions of the Inca city and other tourist sites in Peru.

We have a professional team of bilingual guides, experts in adventure.

We have thought about the previous information you need for your trip. You will find not only a description of the major sites and attractions in the city of Cusco, but we say what we should bear in mind before, during and after leaving Peru.

TOURISM IN THE MOUNTAIN RANGES OF CUSCO

Cusco is a city in southeastern Perú, near the Urubamba Valley (Sacred Valley) of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cusco Province. The city has a population of 401,126 which is triple the figure of 20 years ago. Located on the eastern end of the Knot of Cusco, its altitude is around 3,300 m (10,800 ft). Cusco is the historic capital of the Inca Empire, and was famous for its "golden palace", Coricancha, possible contributing source to the El Dorado legend.

Cusco was the capital of the Inca Empire (1200s-1532). Many believe that the city was planned to be shaped like a puma. After Pachacuti, when an Inca died his title went to one son and his property was given to a corporation controlled by his other relatives (a process called split inheritance), so each title holder had to build a new house and add new lands to the empire, in order to own the land his family needed to maintain after his death.

According to Inca legend, the city was built by Sapa Inca Pachacuti, the man who transformed the Kingdom of Cusco from a sleepy city-state into the vast empire of Tahuantinsuyu. But archaeological evidence points to a slower, more organic growth of the city beginning before Pachacuti. There was however a city plan, and two rivers were channeled around the city. Archaeologists such as Larry Coben have suggested this city plan was replicated at other sites throughout the empire.

The city fell to the sphere of Huáscar in the division of the empire after the death of Huayna Capac in 1527. It was captured by the generals of Atahualpa in April 1532 in the Battle of Quipaipan, and nineteen months later by the Spaniards (see battle of Cuzco).

The original Inca city, said to have been founded in the 11th century, was sacked by Pizarro in 1535. There are still remains, however, of the palace of the Incas, the Temple of the Sun and the Temple of the Virgins of the Sun. There are still Inca building remains and foundations, which in some cases have proved to be stronger than the foundations built in present-day Peru. Among the most noteworthy buildings of the city is the cathedra of Santo Domingo.

The major nearby Inca sites are Pachacuti's presumed winter home, Machu Picchu, which can be reached on foot by a Inca trail or by train; the "fortress" at Ollantaytambo; and the "fortress" of Sacsayhuaman.

Other less-visited ruins include: Inca Wasi, the highest of all Inca sites at 3,980 m (13,134 ft); Old Vilcabamba the capital of the Inca after the capture of Cusco; the sculpture garden at Chulquipalta (aka Chuquipalta, Ñusta España, The White Rock, Yurak Rumi); as well as Huillca Raccay, Patallacta, Choquequirao, Moray and many others.

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