Top Tours in Hotels 2 to 5 Stars
4D/3N Cusco Machupichu and
Sacred Valley
4D/3N Cusco Machupichu and Sacred Valley
5D/4N Lima Cusco Machupicchu
Sacred Valley 
5D/4N Lima Cusco Machupicchu
Sacred Valley 
6D/5N Lima Cusco Machupichu Valle
Titicaca 
7D/6N Lima Cusco Machupichu
Valle Titicaca 
7D/6N Lima Cusco Machupichu Valle
Nazca 
8D/7N Lima Cusco Machupichu
Sacred Valley 
Titicaca
8D/7N Lima Cusco Machupichu Sacred
Valley Titicaca
9D/8N Lima Cusco Machupichu Titicaca
Nazca Ballesta
10D/9N Lima Cusco Machupichu Titicaca
Nazca Ballesta
11D/10N Lima Cusco Machupichu Titicaca
Nazca Ballesta
11D/10N Lima Cusco Machupichu Puno Arequipa Cañon Colca
15D/14N Lima Nazca Arequipa Puno Cusco Machupicchu (15D)
15D/14N Lima Cusco Machupicchu Puno Arequipa
Iquitos (15D)
20 D/19N Lim Nazca Arequipa Puno Cusc Machupichu Maldonado
22D/21N Chiclayo Trujillo Lim Nazca Arequipa Puno Machupichu
Alternate top tours in peru
1D/0N Cusco Puno(Andahuaylillas,Raqchi,La Raya)
2D/1N Colca Cayon and Cruz del Condor
3D/2N Ecotourism Puerto Maldonado
3D/2N Amazon Adventure in Iquitos
4D/3N Arequipa Colca Canyon and Cruz del Condor
Tours in Peru and Bolivia
10D/9N Lima Cusco Machupicchu Titicaca Copacabana Tiahuanaco La Paz
14D/13N Lima Cusco Machupicchu Valle Puno Titicaca Copacabana Uyuni La Paz Lima (14D)
Traditional Tourism
Sacred Valley of the incas (full day)
Valley South (Tipon - Pikillacta-Andahuaylillas)
Tour to Salt terraces of Maras and Moray
Trekking
Machupicchu by Car (2 days / 1 night)
Inka Trail (4 days / 3 nights )
Salkantay trek (5 days / 4 nights )
Vilcabamba Machupicchu (5 days / 4 nights)
Choquequirao (5 days / 4 nights)
Choquequirao (4 days / 3 nights)
Choquequirao Machupicchu (8 days / 7 nights)
Ausangate Trek (8 days / 7 nights)
Torismo de Aventura
Ecological Tourism
Hotels in Cusco
2 Stars Hotels in Cusco
US$ 49.00 - Hotel Sol Plaza Inn
US$ 48.00 - Hotel Tambo
US$ 45.00 - Hostal Loreto
US$ 45.00 - Hotel El Portal
US$ 40.00 - Hotel La Posada del Abuelo
US$ 40.00 - Hostal La Pascana
US$ 40.00 - Hotel Wiracocha
US$ 40.00 - Hotel Carlos V
US$ 35.00 - Hotel Koyllur
US$ 30.00 - Hotel Colonial Palace
US$ 30.00 - Hotel Inka Andina
3 Stars Hotels in Cusco
US$ 160.00 - Hotel Casa Andina San Blas
US$ 150.00 - Hotel Ruinas
US$ 135.00 - Hotel Los Apus
US$ 120.00 - Hotel San Agustin Plaza
US$ 120.00 - Hotel Casa Andina Koricancha
US$ 109.00 - Hotel Casa Andina Plaza
US$ 110.00 - Hotel Terrandina
US$ 109.00 - Hotel Casa Andina Catedral
US$ 100.00 - Hotel San Agustin Internacional
US$ 100.00 - Hotel Best Western los Andes de América
US$ 95.00 - Hotel Royal Inka I
US$ 95.00 - Hotel Royal Inka II
US$ 89.00 - Hotel Sonesta Posada del Inca
US$ 85.00 - Hotel Rumipunku
US$ 85.00 - Hotel Munaywasi Inn
US$ 84.00 - Hotel Vilandre
US$ 80.00 - Hotel Samay
US$ 80.00 - Hotel el Puma
US$ 75.00 - Hotel Sueños del Inka
US$ 65.00 - Hotel Midori
US$ 65.00 - Hotel Taypi Kala
US$ 65.00 - Hotel Mama Sara
US$ 60.00 - Hotel Prisma
US$ 56.00 - Hotel Hatun Wasi
US$ 55.00 - Hotel De la Villa Hermosa
US$ 50.00 - Hotel Cahuide
US$ 45.00 - Rey Antares Mistic Hotel
US$ 43.00 - Hotel Raymi
US$ 40.00 - Hotel Koyllur
4 Stars Hotels in Cusco
US$ 189.00 - Hotel Casa Andina Private Collection
US$ 170.00 - Hotel Picoaga
US$ 160.00 - Hotel Novotel
US$ 140.00 - José Antonio
US$ 120.00 - Hotel Eco Inn
US$ 90.00 - Hotel San Agustin El Dorado
5 Stars Hotels in Cusco
US$ 564.00 - Hotel Monasterio
US$ 375.00 - Hotel Libertador
Hotels in MachuPicchu Aguas Calientes
2 Star Hotels inMachupicchu
US$ 40.00 - Hotel Terrazas del Inca
US$ 75.00 - Hotel Plaza Andina
US$ 55.00 - Hotel Continental
US$ 45.00 - Hostal plaza
US$ 40.00 - Hostal Machupicchu
3 Star Hotels inMachupicchu
US$ 125.00 - Hotel Inti Inn
US$ 110.00 - Hotel Andina Luxury
US$ 100.00 - Hotel La Cabaña
US$ 85.00 - Hotel Hanaqpacha Inn
US$ 95.00 - Hotel Inti Punku
US$ 65.00 - Hotel Presidente
4 Star Hotels inMachupicchu
US$ 270.00 - Hotel Hatuchay Tower
US$ 200.00 - Hotel Machu-picchu Pueblo
5 Star Hotels inMachupicchu
US$ 840.00 - Hotel Santuary Lodge
US$ 509.00 - Hotel Sumaq
Hotels in Lima
2 Star Hotels in Lima
US$ 65.00 - Hotel el Faro Inn
US$ 40.00 - Hostal Porta
US$ 40.00 - Hotel Inka
3 Star Hotels in Lima
US$ 85.00 - Faraona Grand Hotel
US$ 85.00 - Hotel San Agustin Riviera
US$ 74.60 - Casa Andina Miraflores
US$ 82.00 - Sonesta Posada del Inca El Olivar
US$ 75.00 - El Ducado Miraflores
US$ 98.00 - Hotel San Agustín Colonial
US$ 55.00 - Hotel Kamana
4 Star Hotels in Lima
US$ 200.00 - Hotel Sonesta Posada del Inca
US$ 134.00 - Hotel San Agustin Exclusive
US$ 160.00 - La Hacienda Hotel Casino
US$ 130.00 - Hotel Antara
US$ 130.00 - GardenHotel
US$ 80.00 - El Doral Apart Hotel
5 Star Hotels in Lima
US$ 445.00 - Miraflores Park Hotel
US$ 420.00 - Los Delfines Hotel Casino
US$ 175.00 - Hotel Libertador San Isidro
US$ 154.00 - Double Tree el Pardo Hotel
US$ 330.00 - Sheraton Lima Hotel Casino
US$ 260.00 - Hotel Suites Las Americas
US$ 250.00 - Apart Hotel Las Americas
US$ 200.00 - Sol de Oro Suites Apart Hotel
US$ 180.00 - Suites Las Americas
US$ 440.00 - Los Tallanes Hotel Suites
US$ 320.00 - Hotel Melia
US$ 150.00 - El Condado Miraflores
US$ 230.00 - El Polo Apart Hotel Suites
US$ 80.00 - Hotel Radisson Suite
US$ - -. -- - Hotel Country Club
Hotels in Puno
Lake Titi Caca
5 Star Hotels in Puno
US$ 230.00 - Hotel Libertador Lago Titicaca Puno
3 Star Hotels in Puno
US$ 80.00 - Sol Plaza Puno
US$ 70.00 - Hotel Balsa Inn
Cusco
LOCATION AND SURFAC
The city of Cusco is located at the central and south-eastern zone of Peru, exactly at the western part of the valley of the Watanay River. The department has an area of 76,225 Km2, and the area of the Province of Cusco amounts to 523 km2. Compared to the Peruvian territory (1'285,215 Km2), Cusco represents the 5,9% of the territory.
Cusco comprises three large territory units that can be read following the North-West-South-East orientation of the department. These great territory sections encompass High-Andean zones, jungle areas within the department, and its borders are only fixed by an interpretation of general physiologic and climatic variables, which are useful to understand the great diversity of the Cusco space.
BORDERS
To the North, it is bounded by the jungle areas of Junín and Ucayali; to the South, it is bounded by the Southern area of Arequipa and Puno; to the East, it borders on the large Amazonian plain of Madre de Dios; and to the West, it is bounded by the mountains of Apurímac and Ayacucho's jungle. Recently, with the regionalization process carried out in 1988, it constitutes, together with the departments of Madre de Dios and a part of Apurímac, the Inca Region.
HEIGHT
Cusco is located at approximately over 3,350 m.a.s.l., and it is considered as one of the highest cities in the world.
LATITUDE AND LENGHT
The city is located at South latitude 13° 30' 45" and at West latitude 71° 58' 33" as of the Greenwich Meridian.
Hour: The Peruvian hour is set at 5 h after the GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and it is similar to the EST (Eastern Standard Time) of the United States.
CUSCO MAIN SQUARE
During the time of the Incas it was called Huacaypata or Square of the Warrior. It was the setting of various crucial events throughout the 
history of Cusco. Every year, people celebrated in this place the Inti Raymi or Sun Festivity; and this was also the place in where Francisco Pizarro proclaimed the conquest of Cusco. With the Spaniards arrival, the square was surrounded by stone arches that even today embellish it. (Centre of the city).
Cradle of legendary feats, the Main Square of Cusco was called "HuacaYpata" or "Square of the Warrior" during the time of the Incas. It reminds us of times when it was a significant ceremonial place where, every year, they carried out the spectacular celebration of Inti Raymi or "Sun Festivity". It was the place where Francisco Pizarro, together with his Spanish entourage, proclaimed the conquest of Cusco, or the setting in where the Indigenous caudillo Tupac Amaru was executed.
The square was transformed with the Spaniards arrival. The stone arches, as well as the constructions that even today surround the square, were built during that period. It is surrounded by a beautiful arcade that was constructed during the conquest. In this place are also located the churches of the Cathedral and the Society of Jesus, which make up a real tourist temptation.
SACSAYHUAMAN
Sacsayhuamán is one of the most amazing Incan constructions for tourists. Its Quechua name means "satisfied falcon", it was the falcon 
that guarded the capital of the empire, since it was possible to overlook Cusco from the hill in where it was erected. If, as it is known, Cusco was designed with the shape of a lying puma, Sacsayhuamán would be its head, and the Coricancha would correspond to the feline's genitalia.
It is said that the work was started by Pachacútec and continued by Túpac Yupanqui, even though some chroniclers state that it was Huayna Cápac who gave it the final touch. Inca Garcilaso de la Vega says that Apu Huallpa Rimachi was the main architect, and that Inca Maricanhi, Acahuana Inca and Calla Cunchuy successively took control of the works.
Its construction took over seven decades and required the work of 20,000 men approximately, both for the foundations and hewn stone works, the transportation of materials, carving and stones setting. Hewn stones could have been located at Muina, Huacoto and Rumicolca, 20 kilometers away from Cusco, and at closer places such as Sallu, Rumi, Chita, Curovilca and Viracocha. Some of its external walls exceed the 9 meters of height and 350 tons of weight.
Spectacular fortress built with huge carved rocks jointed with absolute accuracy, this astounding sample of the Incan military architecture is, undoubtedly, the greatest architectonic work of the Tahuantinsuyo. But, in addition, it proves the undeniable firmness of the great administrative capacity of the empire and its powerful logistic system capable of mobilizing and organizing such a work.
It is located 2 km away from the city of Cusco, that is, 10 minutes by car. As of the Spaniards arrival its aspect has changed a lot, since this fortress was used as a hewn stone to build the colonial Cusco.
Location
The architectonic complex occupies the edge of the northern slope of the city of Cusco. The southern side of the building was enclosed by a polished wall of almost 400 meters long. The eastern and western borders of the temple were delimited by other walls and cultivation terraces. The main front of the building faces the north and is protected by a formidable system of three cultivation terraces. They are supported by zigzagging walls constituted by large stones that amazed their first visitors and which even now surprise us. According to Inca Garcilaso, these walls were constructed to demonstrate the Incan power.
From Sacsayhuamán, it is possible to obtain a spectacular view of the Sacred City and its surroundings. Besides, you will be able to distinguish summits such as those from the Ausangate, the Pachatusán and the Cinca, places that are believed to be inhabited by apus or powerful spirits that govern the mountains.
Description
Sacsayhuamán is usually described as a fortress because it is practically enclosed by three slopes. However, the fact that the Incas 
constructed a fortress in that place is unusual, since at the moment of its construction they did not face major threats. Its shape and location would have responded to other principles, such as the harmony between architecture and landscape. Current investigations suggest that it must have been a temple devoted to the worship of the Sun, for which both the construction and the surrounding landscape were important.
The main wall is formed by stones that reach the 5 meters of height and 2.5 meters of width and that can weight between 90 and 125 metric tons. Moving these stones was a real feat, as well as the perfect adjustment among them and the attention given to the bosses' curvature.
The doors
There were several doors communicating the different levels through staircases. Garcilaso had left the names of three of them. The Tiupunco door (tiu means door) was placed at the wall with the largest stones, the second door was called Acahuana Puncu and the third one was Huiracocha Puncu (in honor of god Huiracocha). Juan Pizarro (brother of the conqueror Francisco Pizarro) died in one of these doors from a blow with a stone when the Spaniards attacked the rebel forces of Manco Inca at the enclosure of Cusco.
The towers
The main precinct is constituted by three large terraces, whose plots were leveled and flattened. Several buildings and three big towers were erected on these terraces. To the east side was located Paucar Marca (Precious Precinct), in the middle was Sallac Marca (Precinct with Water) and to the west we could find Muyu Marca (Round Precinct). The first two had rectangular floors. Today there are only a few slight vestiges of the first tower, and only the foundations of the second tower could survive. These remains indicate that it was a rectangular-floor construction. This tower ended up in a triangular ceiling with great slant.
Muyu Marca Tower - The tower of Cahuide
It is a cylindrical tower that, thanks to the excavations carried out and the information comprised in the chronicles, can be imagined. It 
would have been a building with 4 superposed floors. The first body would have had a square floor; the second would have been cylindrical; the third would have had also a cylindrical shape. The successive would have formed circular cultivation terraces with decreasing width, being the widest of 3.6 m and the narrowest of 3 m. The tower would have ended up in a conic ceiling. Muyu Marca must have reached a total height of 20 meters. It was as amazing work that generated the admiration of several chroniclers. The Spaniards destroyed it, in spite of the protests both from Cieza and Inca Garcilaso.
Not only was Muyu Marca a building with an exceptional design, but it also had a great historic value. It was the place in where took place the strongest indigenous resistance against the Spanish conquerors during the rebellion of Manco Inca. Titu Cusi Huallpa (also called Cahuide) jumped from its highest part in order to avoid being captured by his enemies.
The terraces
Currently there are only a few remains of the ancient constructions erected on the terraces of the complex. Between the Muyu Marca and Sallac Marca towers there was an enlarged square from where, nowadays, there is a magnificent view of the city. On the highest terrace of the set there are a circular well that could have been a reservoir, and a one-door rectangular building. On the southeast end of the complex it is possible to see curve cultivation terraces and two alignments of colcas. In general, in the entire complex there are traces of an excellent system of water supply for its inhabitants, as well as a drainage system for rain water.
Royal House of the Sun
There are abundant descriptions of the richness of the inner decorations, as well as of the high quality and the large amount of objects that were kept in the ancient stockrooms of Sacsayhuamán. This would confirm that it was a temple devoted to the sun worship or, as Cieza de León called it, a "Royal House of the Sun".
How to get there
You can go to the archaeological park both on foot and by car. If you want to get there on foot, journeys last 30 minutes approximately, whereas it will take you 10 minutes if you go by car. There are several routes. As of the Main Square it is possible to go up through Cuesta del Almirante, Plateros or through Suecia. All these streets end in the circumvallation that leads to Sacasyhuamán. Through it you will get directly to the entrance control booth of the archaeological park.
The route on foot
Through Cuesta del Almirante
If you go up through it, it is necessary to continue through Córdoba Street until the Small Square of Nazarenas, in this place you will take Nazarenas Street and then Pumacurco up to the end. Another possibility is to go through Cuesta del Almirante until Ataud Street and continue through this street and then all the way through Huaynapata. This route takes about 30 minutes.
Through Suecia
Another pedestrian route starts in Suecia Street, turns in Huaynapata and follows through Resbalosa until reaching Circunvalación.
Through Plateros
If you walk through it you must continue through Saphi and then take the steep Amargura slope that leads to Circunvalación.
By car
If you rather go by car, you can take Suecia Street up to Salesiano School, turn to the right and continue through Circunvalación.
You can also start in Plateros, continue through Saphi Street and finish in the circumvallation.
A taxi to Sacsayhuamán, without including the tour, might cost 5 soles. If you prefer, you can take the buses of Puputi Street that go to the Sacred Valley, the ticket costs 3 soles.
Location, Geographic Aspect
Sacsayhuamán is an archaeological complex located to the north of Cusco's main square, 1 km away from the colonial parish church of San Cristóbal.
From time immemorial, the Valley of Cusco or Watanay, as it is also called due to the river with the same name that crosses the area, was not constituted by the fertile lands that would characterize it afterwards, instead, it presented three lakes successively distributed along 30 km.
For that reason, it has been determined that the geologic formation of Yunkaypata (where Sacsayhuamán is located) has 80 million years approximately and has a sea origin, since it has fossilized remains of sea urchins and other organisms of that habitat. The erosion and environment wore away the large masses of stone lime of the place. Precisely here there is a sort of granite slide called "Rodadero" ("Shaped to Roll"); whose polishing is a result from the seismic action of the fault in which it is located.
Rock types such as the andesite, which can be found in the constructions of Sacsayhuamán, does not belong to that place, but they were probably transported from Waqoto and Rumicolca, located at more than 38 km from there. Nonetheless, just as the Peruvian archaeologist César García Rossell states, it will always be an enigma to determine the place or places from which the huge stone blocks were taken to the top of the hill, and the technical means or the dragging equipments, cords, ropes and hundreds of arms used in this task.
