Visitor Information in Cusco & Machu Picchu

Visitor Information

Cusco has three official tourist-information offices. All provide information not just about the city, but also the surrounding Cusco department. The staff at the Dirección Regional de Industria y Turismo (Dircetur) is especially helpful and seems most geared to providing information on the city and surrounding area to visitors walking in off the street. A branch at the airport is open daily for all incoming flights. iPerú has helpful information on Cusco and the region and can provide assistance if you feel you've received inadequate service from a tourist establishment. An airport branch is open daily for all incoming flights. The Oficina Ejecutiva del Comité Boleto Turístico (OFEC) sells the 10-day boleto turístico, valid for admission to 16 museums and archaeological sites in the region. A private office of note is South American Explorers, a membership organization. Its US$50 annual dues get you a quarterly magazine subscription and access to a wealth of information at its clubhouse here in Cusco, as well as in Lima and in Quito, Ecuador, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The ubiquitous tourist information signs you see around town are storefront travel agencies anxious to sell you tours rather than provide unbiased, official sources of information.

Tourist Information

Dirección Regional de Industria y Turismo (Mantas 117. 084/222-032. Weekdays 8-7, Sat. 8-2). iPerú (Av. El Sol 103. 084/252-974. Daily 8:30-7:30). Oficina Ejecutiva del Comité Boleto Turístico (OFEC, Av. El Sol 103. 084/227-037.) South American Explorers (Choquechaca 188, Bell 4. 084/245-484. www.saexplorers.org. May-Sept., weekdays 9:30-5 and Sun. 9:30-1; Oct.-Apr., weekdays 9:30-5).