Cusco Gastronomy and Cultural Tour

Arrive in Cusco. In the evening, enjoy dinner at a restaurant that offers typical Peruvian food from Cusco in a traditional and rustic atmosphere in the legendary San Blas neighborhood.

Overnight at the selected hotel in Cusco on bed and breakfast basis. Dinner included.

Join a gastronomic tour that includes a visit to the Chocomuseo and the Pisco Museum; two ideal places in which to learn about the production process of each of these staples, from raw ingredient to end product. To make things even more enticing, in each one of them you will get to enjoy a taste! At the end of the tour, return to your hotel.

Overnight at the selected hotel in Cusco on bed and breakfast basis

Optional activity: Visit to the planetarium.

Depart after breakfast at the hotel, heading along the Sacred Valley towards the archaeological site of Maras, where the salt ponds create a dazzling scene. The thousands of small ponds give work to and help feed many local families. During Inca times, the salt deposits were an important economic centre and of great value to the imperial economy.

Continue to Moray, approximately an hour and a half away. As with many Inca ruins, its exact function remains a mystery though the design of ever-wider concentric circular terraces means each level had a different microclimate. After the tour, enjoy lunch in a restaurant in the Sacred Valley and relax at your hotel.

Overnight at the selected hotel in the Sacred Valley on bed and breakfast basis. Lunch included.

Your journey will begin towards the market of Pisac, which consists of dozens of stalls that display and sell products worked by the inhabitants of the area. You can find textiles, carvings and replicas of old Inca pieces. 

The town of Ollantaytambo is a typical example of urban planning of the Incas still inhabited as in the past. Pachacútec (1438 – 1471) conquered the town of Ollantaytambo Town, destroyed it and built a new one by absorbing it as part of its empire considered today as one of the most remarkable archaeological complexes of the Incanate.

Today’s lunch is a thousand-year-old ritual of the Andes: Pachamanca. It consists of preparing elements such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, meat, vegetables and more under the earth, cooking them with hot stones. Finally, witness the unearthing of the Pachamanca and enjoy the food. At the end of your tour you will be transferred to the Sacred Valley.

Overnight at the selected hotel in the Sacred Valley on bed and breakfast basis. Lunch included.

A transportation service will pick you up and transfer you to the Ollantaytambo Station to board the train to Aguas Calientes, the nearest town to Machu Picchu. Take the train to Aguas Calientes, travel observing the Andean landscapes during a journey of an hour and a half. Our guide will be waiting for you and will accompany you until the departure point of the bus. Afterwards, take a bus for the 25-minute journey up to Machu Picchu.

Along with the guided tour, you will have the opportunity to learn about the origins of this impressive city and explore its most outstanding monuments. After completing the tour, you will take the bus to Aguas Calientes, where you will enjoy lunch at your selected restaurant.

After lunch, you can explore the charming village of Aguas Calientes and, when you’re ready, board the train back. The trip by train will take an hour and a half and it will take you back to Ollantaytambo, where our transportation will accompany you back to your hotel in Cusco.

Overnight at the selected hotel in Cusco on bed and breakfast basis. Lunch included.

You will be transferred to the Cusco airport to take your departure flight. 

Breakfast included.