Places to Explore In Cusco and the Sacred Valley

Discover the best places to explore in Cusco and the Sacred Valley with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Chinchero

Indigenous lore says that Chinchero, one of the valley's major Inca cities, was the birthplace of the rainbow, and frequent sightings during...

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  • 0 Hotels
  • 3 Things To Do

Cusco

Cusco is a fascinating blend of old and new. It was once the capital of the Inca Empire, and colonial buildings now top Inca foundations flanked...

  • 24 Restaurants
  • 15 Hotels
  • 45 Things To Do

Huaran

On your way from Pisac to Urubamba, and before you get to Huayllabamba, you will pass through Huaran. Even if you're not staying at the...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Huayllabamba

On your way from Pisac to Yucay/Urubamba, you will arrive at this small town. There’s not much reason to stop unless you happen to be staying...

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  • 2 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Moray and Salineras

Head to Salineras for a look at an ingenious way to harvest salt without mines or the ocean and to Moray for early, inventive farming and irrigation...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Ollantaytambo

Poll visitors for their favorite Sacred Valley community, and the answer will likely be Ollantaytambo—endearingly nicknamed Olly or Ollanta...

  • 9 Restaurants
  • 3 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Pisac

The colorful colonial town of Pisac, replete with Quechua-language Masses in a simple stone church, a well-known market, and fortress ruins...

  • 6 Restaurants
  • 3 Hotels
  • 7 Things To Do

Puka Pukara

A stop on the Cusco City Tour, this pink-stone Inca site offers great views of the valley below. ...

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  • 0 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Qenko

A stop on the Cusco City Tour, this ceremonial site predicted the season’s harvest. ...

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  • 0 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Rainbow Mountain

About a three-hour drive from Cusco, plus a 6-mile hike, this Instagram-famous mountain, also known as Vinicunca, is most comfortably experienced on a full-day trip...

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  • 1 Things To Do

Sacsayhuaman

This is the second-most important Inca site in the Cusco area after Qorikancha, and a primary reason for going on the standard Cusco City Tour...

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  • 1 Things To Do

Tambomachay

Inca-built fountains tap the natural spring at this site on the Cusco City Tour. ...

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  • 0 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Taray

The road from Cusco leads directly to the town of Taray. The Pisac Market beckons a few kilometers down the road, but Taray makes a worthwhile...

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  • 0 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Urubamba

Spanish naturalist Antonio de León Pinedo rhapsodized that Urubamba must have been the biblical Garden of Eden, but you'll be forgiven if your...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 5 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Valle del Sur

The Río Urubamba runs northwest and southeast from Cusco. The northwest sector of the river basin is the romantically named Sacred Valley of...

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  • 0 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Yucay

Just a bit outside the much larger Urubamba, Yucay proper is only a few streets wide, with a collection of attractive colonial-era adobe-and...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

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Nightlife 5

Performing Arts 2

Restaurants 44

Hotels 32
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