Boleto Turístico
by VZ-Pam
If you stay in Cusco for 3 days or more, you should get this Boleto Turístico ""tourist ticket" to visit around Cusco. It is the best deal in town to go around.
They also offer student discount, just bring a valid student ID .
Valid for 3 days or 10 days , depends which one you need.
The ticket will give you access to :
•La Catedral
•Museo de Arte Religioso
•Iglesia de San Blas
•Monasterio y Museo de Arte de Santa Catalina
•Municipal Palace Museum (in the Palacio Municipal, Santa Teresa s/n; tel. 084/223-511)
•Museo Arqueológico del Qoricancha
•Museo Histórico Regional
•The Inca ruins of Sacsayhuamán, Q'enko, Puca Pucara, Tambomachay, Pisac,
Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, Pikillacta, and Tipón Buy at the office on 79-A Av. Sol
Packing for the Inca Trail
by annie_c
Good backpack with waist strap for the hike. Bring a fleece, hat and mittens on the Inca Trail because it gets very cold at night. Bring enough toilet paper, you won't find any on the trail. Lots of memory and batteries because you won't want to run out of either on the last day when you get to Machu Picchu. Snacks to eat on the trail. You might get hungry during the day.
San Blas Square
by andal13
After climbing the steep street of San Blas, if you are still alive, you will met San Blas Square, a peaceful and cute place, from where you will enjoy an awesome sight of the city.
Luego de trepar la empinada Cuesta de San Blas, si aún estás con vida, te encontrarás con la Plaza de San Blas, un tranquilo y precioso lugar, desde donde disfrutarás una impactante vista de la ciudad.
Leaving Cusco
by andal13
I felt in love with Cusco, but unfortunately I had to leave it. So I took a train from Cusco to Juliaca (near Titicaca Lake). It was a first- class train, clean and nice; the railway went through deep Peru: little villages with adobe houses, cholas (local women) washing clothes in a creek, worked fields, sheeps... and the beautiful mountains behind.
But the trip lasted almost 10 hours, and it was a torture... Ten hours jumping!!! It was like breaking a wild horse!!!
Me enamoré de Cusco, pero lamentablemente me tuve que ir. Entonces tomé un tren desde Cusco a Juliaca (cerca del lago Titicaca). Era un tren de primera clase, limpio y lindo; la vía llevaba a través del Perú profundo: aldeas con casitas de adobe, cholas lavando ropa en los arroyos, campos cultivados, ovejas... y las hermosas montañas detrás.
Pero el viaje duró por lo menos 10 horas, y fue una tortura... Diez horas slatando!!!! ¡¡¡Fue como domar un caballo salvaje!!!
Balcony over Plaza de Armas
by Amareyui about Tunupa
Go early at around 6:00 p.m. so that you can get a seat in the narrow balcony to enjoy the sunset over the main square. The buffet seems to be most people's choice. The food is okay, but there isnt a whole lot of varieties.
Charges US$15 per.
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Reception at the airport
Cruce de Maras, in the middle of nothing
