Getting the Sacred Valley

Getting the Sacred Valley

It mainly requires the Tourist Ticket. The cost of the Tourist Ticket by category
category             Price

Full Ticket          S. / 70
Partial Ticket      S. / 40
Students (*)        S. / 35

(*) Students that have the ISIC card and are under 25 years.
- All tickets are valid for 5 to 10 days.

The tourist ticket allows admission to 16 locations in the city and surroundings as well as :, Municipal Palace Museum, Qoricancha Site Museum, Santa Catalina, Regional Historical Museum, Sacsayhuaman, Kenko, Tambomachay, Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, Tipon , Pikillaqta, Pachakutec Monument, El Qosqo Native Art Center, Pukapukara and Folk Art Museums. These sites should be visited within the deadline.

TRANSPORTATION:

The transportation is very important to visit different sites in the Sacred Valley, Travel agencies offer two types of transport:

• collective system (pull): Which part of the city of 8-9 o'clock in the morning visiting the following places:
- Pisaq (markets) a period of approximately 45 minutes. - Urubamba where lunch (approximate time of 45 minutes). - Ollantaytambo (ruins) approximate time of 45 minutes.
This service is offered on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays
• Private System: This system is more personal but much more expensive than the pull system and depart any day of the week.
• It is necessary to consider that day suggested to visit are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays since they are in fair all the places to visit.

Note: If you want to make visits on your own sacred valley, you can take buses and taxis Av Grau you go every day the average cost of tickets are between S /.. 3.50 and S / .4.00 and cars in the S / .5.00 and S / .8.00 in Pull service.

The way

If one chooses to go by car, as a reference to know that coming down the street Saphi find the Gryphon San Carlos, where you can stock up on petrol and check the status of your car comfortably.

Following the route and arrive in San Cristobal, if you have a little time, you can take a break in the church and visit one of the most popular patron saints of Cusco. The road to the Sacred Valley is the same to go to Sacsayhuaman, so if you want and time permits may visit the ruins of this complex: Quenco, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay.
The impressive thing is the way that the output involves ascending the hills overlooking Cusco, allowing enjoy breathtaking views of the city, especially at dusk or at night. If time and light are favorable, you can take beautiful photos. From these points it is possible to observe closely the structure of the city. When the days are clear, the contrast between the red roofs and blue sky is spectacular.

Recommended

If you have enough time must be taken two days to tour the Sacred Valley. If the idea is to travel with ease, the best way is to rent a car (path is in perfect condition and well signposted) or use the online collective coin will all peoples frequently. At bedtime, Urubamba has very nice hotels near the river but the best option is Ollantaytambo, a new three star hostel in front of the ruins, a magical place. The hotels are bookable in Cuzco at any travel agency.

Starting point: Pisac Ruins

Sunday is the ideal base for exploring the valley of the Urubamba or Vilcanota river day. It is advisable to leave early in the morning and start the tour at the ruins of Pisac, an ancient Inca fortress, 32 kilometers from Cuzco. After going up and down mountains. The best option is to go back to town and the market as a delicious corn is eaten with cheese (US $ 0.30). There you can buy from hastasuéteres rings silver, tapestries and all kinds of vegetables. Do not forget that these payments haggling is law. And if the pocket is empty you can just sit and watch people's faces, customs and colors that surround the place.

Lunch in Urubamba

At noon, the best option is Urubamba lunch and eat a menu in one of the hostels near the route. After a nap in the sun, it must continue to the fortress of Ollantaytambo, 97 kilometers from Cuzco and it worked once as a is a huge terraced fortress which originally was only a village but in 1460 was transformed into a fortress to protect the road to Cuzco.

Chinchero when the sun goes down

When you start the evening and the return must be undertaken, it is inevitable to stop at Chinchero, a village 28 kilometers from Cuzco surrounded by snow-capped Chicon. The market square is priceless because it is one of the few places where barter is still performed.