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Duration: 1 DAY.
This tour is a great experience, includes the visit to
especial towns and archaeological centres.
Andahuaylillas and Pikillacta.
Includes:
• Professional English speaking guides
• Transportation.
• All entrance fees. |
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Andahuaylillas is a
small village famous for its Sixtine chapel. We will see
beautiful murals of traditional Cusquenian art, amazing
embroideries, and carved altars. The weather in this town is
especially indicated for the health.
We will visit Pikillacta, a
well-preserved archaeological site from the Wari period, a
pre-Inca culture. This is a big city. Contains streets, houses,
palaces and parks.
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Pikillacta is a site that dates back to an age
preceding the Inca. It contains the most notable remains
left by the people of the Huari culture in this region. It
is a walled city that has high buildings and constructions
for civic use. It served as a stronghold and storage
facility. Surrounding this site are also constructions which
served as living quarters for the Huari. Very near
Pikillacta is found Huacarpay lake which, together with the
nearby Urcos lake, constitutes the last remainder of
millenial times, the bottom of the sea.
Oropesa
This is a picturesque town located to the south of Cusco.
Because the town is involved principally in the production
of bread, it has become known as the “city of bread”.
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Tipón In the southern zone of
Andahuaylillas we find the site, Tipón. In Quechua the name
means “sparkle” or “water flow”. Here there is a large water
temple built in the style of terraces, walls and steps that
harbor beautiful fountains of crystal water originating from
nearby snow-capped mountains. We will see irrigation canals
which the Incas constructed with such mastery that even today
they continue to be used. Water has flowed through this
sanctuary for more than five hundred years. It is said that
anyone who bathes in these waters will be purified.
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Itinerary
At 9:00 AM we leave for Andahuaylillas during 45 minutes of
journey, the first visit is Andahuaylillas, after we will visit
the arqueological city of Pikillacta. During the afternoon, we
will visit the wonder arqueological site of Tipón. During the
tour we will visit the other small towns: Oropesa, Urcos and the
little lake of Huacarpay.
We return to Cusco at about 5:00 PM. |
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Cusco office
address:
Jr. Ricardo Palma A-1. Urb. Santa Mónica Cusco - Perú.
www.cabildoviajes.com
E Mail: cabildotravel@hotmail.com
Fax: 051-84-245475
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