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Sacred Valley Pisac and Ollantaytambo tour from Cusco Peru

editor — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 14:06:00 +0000

Just outside of Cusco is el Valle Sagrado, the Sacred Valley, and this place is home to a whole host of famous Incan sites. And today, we’re gonna check out Pisac and Ollantaytambo. On this tour, the Sacred Valley Tour, we are going to share a little bit about the culture and also about the magnificence of the Inca sites, and also we are going to spend some time at the market buying some handy crafts there. This beautiful, colorful, bustling market town is called Pisac, and this place is known for all of its different varieties of things you

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Visit Qorikancha the temple of the sun in Cusco Peru

editor — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 08:42:00 +0000

This is Qorikancha, The Sun Temple, and it was the most important temple for the Incan religion. And if you can imagine, it used to be completely covered in gold. It is absolutely incredible that they were able to put together these walls, because today in modern times, we would need like, diamond saw blades and all sorts of other gadgets to make it this perfect, and this was back in the 1200’s. These small openings in the wall here, they would use ’em to put in mummies and idols. This is, once again, was a religious temple and they’d

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