SACRED VALLEY of The INKAS
(Half
Day Programs)
SV1- Chinchero Inka Town ( Archaeology and Market )
Only on Sundays and Thursdays available. (
Private tour)
Pick up time : 09.oo am .(19 miles) away
northwest from Qosqo. It was one of the most important Inkan towns in the
region, where even today it is possible to see vestiges of its great past.
On its western side there is a wall
containing big trapezoidal niches that can easily let a person stand up inside;
That wall with niches has a genuine carved andesite cornice.
In Chinchero, every Sunday morning there
is a nice native market, which is one of the most typical and commendable ones
in the region. Over here it is still possible to observe bartering of goods, and
almost always people exchange tropical goods such as fruits, coca leaves or salt
for some other regional goods such as potatoes, broad beans, ollucos, etc. Also
over here, there is an Artesanal market with diverse handicrafts with very well
made weavings standing out. Unlike some other markets where merchants are
foreigners, over here merchants are native regional people.
Includes : Transportation ,Guide,
admissions.
SV2- Pisac Market (Half day )
Sunday Tuesday and Thursday available. (
Private Tour)
Pick up time : 09.00 am Tour to one of the
most important colonial town named P'isaq In the lower part of the valley to the
northwest of Qosqo City ..This small town was made in the Andean way, with
narrow and cobbled streets; it is in the town's Main Plaza where every Sunday is
the famous "Indian Market" that attracts hundreds of peasants from the
surrounding communities who descend from the mountains in order to perform their
commercial transactions. a vast sector of it displays handicrafts or "souvenirs"
Therefore, nowadays it is possible to find two markets in the same spot: the
"Indian" one and the Artesanal . In general, this is a good place to shop for
pottery that is made locally and somewhat old weavings (15 or 20 years). On the
other hand, on Sunday mornings, by 11:00 am. there is a Catholic Mass in the
church for the local populace as well as for the "Varayoq" (whom has a "vara",
that is, a staff of office) or mayors of peasant communities of the region.
It is a nice experience of Ethnography.
Includes : Transportation, Guide,
Admissions
SV3- Pisac Ruinas (Half day )
Daily excursion ( 9 am or 2 pm available ) Private tour.
Today P'isaq constitutes one of the most
important Archaeological Parks in the region
The Inkan City is on the upper side of the
mountain, over the well preserved terracing. It was classical among the Inkas
that the most fertile zones must have been reserved for agriculture without
being wasted for building towns or cities
. All over the complex there are farming
terraces built even as far as the edge of precipices that still keep their
straight sometimes vertical aqueducts (water does not flow any more) and their
projecting ladders made with stones that are fit into the retaining walls
allowing one to pass from one terrace to the other. From this sector, there is a
trail toward the South in order to go down as far as the P'isaq colonial town;
it offers a very interesting panorama. Otherwise
Today it is still possible to observe the
surrounding wall that protected the most important zone of the city. More over,
inside the protected area are the vast farming terraces that supplied enough
food for its inhabitants in case of sieges or prolonged wars; and there are also
aqueducts that supplied water for agricultural development. It seems that water
for consumption of the inhabitants was harnessed on the mountain's upper side
and transported through underground channels.
Includes : Transportation, Guide, Admissions
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