Boleto Turistico · 2016. 4. 6. · Boleto Turistico • Boleto complete includes 16 sights...
Transcript of Boleto Turistico · 2016. 4. 6. · Boleto Turistico • Boleto complete includes 16 sights...
Boleto Turistico
• Boleto complete includes 16 sights (ruines, museums, cultural events)
• Price: s/130 adults, s/70 students
Salinas de Maras (Salt terraces)
• Artificial salt terraces from the Inkas which are still used by the inhabitants. The salt is sold in
other countries as a delicate for a lot of money
• Entrance s/10
• To go there: By bus to Urubamba (s/1,5) and then take a taxi from Urubamba (s/60 for both
ways)
Pisaq
• Entrance with the boleto (normally s/40)
• Ruines of an Inka center of ceremonials (temple), surrounded by terraces to cultivate plants and
one of the biggest Inka graveyard
• 2 possibilities
o Walk the whole way (quite steep)
o Go up by taxi (s/25) and walk around the ruins including the way down to the plaza de
armas (3-4 hrs)
Moray
• Huge Inka terraces , round, might have been used for experiments for agriculture
• Entrance with the boleto (otherwise s/10)
• Bus to Urubamba (s/ 1,5) then taxi (s/60 for 2 ways), makes sense to include Maras (which lies on
the way) and Chinchero
Ollantaymbo
• Huge fortress central in the city, one of the last places of the Inkas
• Entrance with the boleto (otherwise s/40)
• By bus to Urubamba (s/1,5) and then to Ollantaytambo (s/1,5)
Tambomachay
• Holy source of water
• Baño del Inka
• Entrance with the boleto (otherwise s/20)
• By bus to Cusco (s/5): tell the driver to stop at Tambomachay
Puka Pukara
• ‘’The red fortress’’
• Station where chasquis changed on their relays
• Entrance free (part of the boleto)
• After visiting Tambomachay cross the street and you can already see the ruins
Kenko
• Shrine of Pachamama
• ‘’Labyrinth’’
• In the centre is a huge rock which was used for sacrifices
• Entrance with the boleto (otherwise s/20)
• After visiting Tambomachay and Puka Pukara
o by bus or taxi
o by feet (3 km)
Pikillakta
• rests of a huge city of the Huari culture (pre-Inka)
• surrounded by a huge wall
• entrance with the boleto
• From Cusco: Bus to Urco (s/2) which goes along the Avd. Cultura and Larapa
Tipón
• Inka terraces and irrigation channels
• Entrance with the boleto
• From Cusco:
o Bus to Urco (s/2) which goes along the Avd. Cultura and Larapa
o Collectivo from Larapa (s/1,5)
o After visiting Pikillakta: Stop a bus at the street (s/1)
Sacsayhuaman
• ‘’House of the sun’’
• Huge fortress and place of ritual worship above Cusco
• Nice view over the city
• Entrance with the boleto (otherwise s/70)
• How to get there
o Taxi
o By feet through San Blas (from Plaza de Armas 30-60min)