Cusco and the Sacred Valley sit in the Peruvian Andes and combine history, culture, and landscape in a way few regions match. Cusco, the Inca capital, has layered architecture of Inca walls, Spanish colonial facades, and modern layers above them. The Sacred Valley starts just outside town.
Cusco’s cobbled streets lead to the Plaza de Armas and Qorikancha. Each block reveals Inca stonework beneath colonial surfaces. The city sits above 3,300 m, so sunrise and sunset light the ridges in a way lower cities don’t.
The Sacred Valley stretches from Cusco toward Machu Picchu. The Urubamba cuts through fertile land, with Pisac and Ollantaytambo as the main stops: a market town and ruins at one end, a working Inca grid at the other. Villages between them sustain the agricultural practices the Inca refined.
Peruways handles the logistics side of Cusco and Sacred Valley trips. Visit Peruways to book.
