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This tour of the South Valley in Cusco takes place in the morning every day from 9:00 AM to 13:00 approximately. This is an alternative tour, where we can observe landscapes of great natural beauty and ancient architecture. We will visit the archaeological complex of Tipon, of Inca architecture, the citadel of Pikillacta of pre-Inca Wari architecture, and Andahuaylillas beautiful chapel of Colonial architecture, known as the “Sistine Chapel of America”; without forgetting the tasty cuisine along the way.

We start our pick up from your hotels between 08:30 a.m. to 09:00 a.m. Then we head to the southwest of the city of Cusco, where we will visit TIPON an archaeological center corresponding to the Inca period, where you can see an exceptional irrigation system with vertical and horizontal irrigation channels on terraces staggered, water flows from underground to a source that is distributed through the channels mentioned. It was an important agricultural production center.

Then we will go to PIKILLACTA is known today as one of the most famous and best preserved cities of the pre-Inca period in Peru and has an area of approximately 50 hectares. The word PIKILLACTA comes from two Quechua words PIKI (flea or small) LLACTA (town) and its translation could be Town of Fleas or Small Town. In Pikillacta we can appreciate stone walls of pre-Inca origin and one of the most important cities of the Wari culture.

Finally we will visit ANDAHUAYLILLAS which is part of the Colonial Art Route of America due to its beautiful woodwork, beautiful paintings and colonial decorations. We return to the city of Cusco where our tour ends at 13:00hrs. Approximately, culminating this tour to the South Valley of Cusco.