Traditional SHORT Programs 2006

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Cusco & Machu Picchu (7D/6N)
COD: TRACO6

Classification: Traditional
Start: Cusco

ITINERARY

1st day: Lima.
Arrive Lima. Assistance and transfer to selected hotel.

2nd day: Lima/Cusco.
Transfer to the airport to fly to Cusco. Meeting on arrival and transfer to selected hotel. In the afternoon A guided sightseeing tour to visit: the Main Square, Cathedral, Santo Domingo Monastery, and the nearby ruins through the Inca valley: Qenqo, Puka Pukara, Tambomachay and Sacsayhuaman Fortress, built of gigantic rocks upon each others, which nobody knows how the Incas moved to that place.
Meals included: Breakfast.

3rd day: Cusco/Sacred Valley
Excursion will take you to the "Sacred Valley of the Incas", passing Pisac, with its typical market, and picturesque cultivated terraces in the mountain slopes, also famous for its Sunday Fairs, the indigenous majors come to mass in their typical costumes carrying the "Vayaroc", a silver covered staff as the symbol of their authority. Transfer to Posada del Inca Hotel located in the Sacred Valley, where you will enjoy modern services and a beautiful view of the farming terraces and the Vilcanota River that flows near the hotel. Continue up the Urubamba Valley, to the highlight of this day, a visit to the Fortress of Ollantaytambo. Dinner in a typical restaurant. Overnight at the Selected Hotel.
Meals included : Breakfast and Buffet Lunch.

4th day: Sacred Valley/Machu Picchu
Train ride to Machu Picchu for 3 hours, at the arrival to the station of Machu Picchu, transfer by bus to the Ruins, where we will initiate our guided visit to the lost city of the Incas: Machu Picchu.
Overnight at selected hotel in Aguas Calientes (little town on the foot of the hill).
Meals included: Breakfast and Buffet Lunch.

5th day: Machu Picchu/Cusco
Checkout of the Machu Picchu hotel. Free morning to visit the Machu Picchu ruins or climb the Huayna Picchu, the big mountain behind the ruins. Return to Cusco and transfer to the selected hotel. At night, you are free to visit any discotheque or pub near the Main Square, with lots of friendly people that will join you through unforgettable moments of fun and joy.
Meals included: Breakfast.

6th day: Cusco/Lima
Transfer to Cusco airport to fly to Lima. Meeting on arrival and transfer to selected hotel. Lunch at the hotel. In the afternoon a guided sightseeing tour visiting the colonial zone of the city: the Plaza de Armas, the Lima Cathedral, the Government Palace, the Municipal Hall, the "Desamparados" train station and the old streets with their viceroyal mansions and moorish style balconies. We will visit as well as the Church of San Francisco with its convent, museum of colonial art, cloisters and catacombs.
The tour will continue to the most traditional residential and commercial area of San Isidro and Miraflores with its Central Park. We will finish the tour with a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean and the beaches of Miraflores.
Meals included: Breakfast.

7th day: Lima/...
Transfer to the airport for your international departure flight.
Meals included: Breakfast.