Pisac: 

Pisac is located 33 kilometers from the city of Cusco at 2972 m. Archaeological site is one of the most important of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. It is located east of the Cordillera Vilcabamba. As was customary in Inca architecture, cities were built based on figurative strokes animals. Pisac, was shaped like a partridge, as its name. 

This population is one part Incan and Colonial. Its main square is a fun place full of various craft items for sale. This town is known for its astronomical observatory. Also, you can see how the Incas Agricultural solved the problem of planting on the slopes of the hills. 

CRAFT MARKET: 

Every Sunday there is the festival on Sunday, led by "Varayoc" or community leaders wearing their traditional costumes, folk dances and mass in Quechua. Every Sunday is also performed the "Catú" which is the Indian fair exchange of agricultural products where barter remains, custom live distinctly Indian. Every Thursday and Sunday takes place in the main square Handicrafts Fair with outstanding beautiful ceramic pieces, textiles that are sweaters, ponchos, bags, etc. 

ATTRACTIONS: 

PRE COLUMBIAN CEMETERY. 

Located at the head of the archaeological complex, only separated by the creek Removes mayu. It's an impressive place, situated on a slope of nearly one hundred meters high and several kilometers long, belonging to the mountain Linliy. This cemetery is known as Tankanamarka (tankay = to push, marka = place; can be translated as "launch site") and should have contained about 10,000 graves. The Incas believed in reincarnation, so they kept their mummies with all its properties and nutrients necessary for their new life. When the Spanish learned of this custom, did not hesitate to desecrating graves and loot the jewelry, precious metals and stones. Small holes can be seen today, the product of the desecration. 

Pisac. 

To the southeast lies another set of rectangular buildings whose distribution is shaped arch. Its walls are considered the most perfect Tahuantinsuyo. Near this place, is a building similar to a viewpoint. From here you can get an excellent view of the valley and the current town of Pisac. 

QALLACASA. 

This is a rustic and irregular line of buildings located at the top of the mountain. It is difficult to access because we have to overcome some dangerous cliffs. 

INTIHUATANA. 

This is one of the most important ceremonial monuments in Pisac. Its location from the top of the mountain, dominates much of the Valley. Its walls are of type "Sedimentary" (link polished stone has a rectangular outer surface.) Its sides are carved in the shape of hands that are enclosed in a semicircle, so it is regarded as the Sun Temple of Pisac. 

Terraces. 

The town's main economic activity was agriculture Pisac. Therefore, there are 16 agricultural sectors that contain complex and advanced platforms, five are separated by walls. Pisac is the site with greater stylistic variety of platforms. It has at least 14 different forms of platforms constructed from 2.995 up to 3.450 meters. 

CIUDAD DE LAS TORRES. 

Pisac is also known as the "City of Towers, as it has more than twenty towers built in the leading edges of the mountain. They are a perfect finish, very similar to the constructions of Sacsayhuaman. It is unclear what his exact role, only that some have been associated with hydraulic works in the place. 

Ollantaytambo 

It is located in the district of Ollantaytambo, northeast of the city of Cusco at 2,792 masl 

 access routes are by rail, the station of Ollantaytambo is at 68 km, by road Chinchero-Urubamba, the distance is 75 km, by road which passes through Pisac distance is 93 km's archaeological site of Ollantaytambo is another monumental work of Inca architecture. It was built on two mountains in a strategic location from this point overlooking the entire valley. Formed a military complex, religious, administrative and agricultural. 

The entrance is via a door-Punku Punku name, made of rock and imperial double jamb. It is the entrance to a city with a legend on the prestigious Drama Ollantay. It begins a walk through a well-planned and carefully steps above are the masterpiece of architects Incas. 

Ollantaytambo is the only Inca town which is preserved almost intact and their houses still serve as homes where their descendants dwell. The design of the city, its axles, its urban structure, the beauty of the volumes and their play of light and shade attract visitors. 

In Ollantaytambo we also find the "Tunupa" that figuratively represents an Elder. 

Ollantaytambo Terraces 

West of the Plaza is a series of terraces that had two purposes: the culture, and to stop corrosion of the most important temples in the area. 

Clockwise platforms are located facing the side of the Plaza. The upper of these, noted for its finely carved rocks and excellent assembly. The last platform contains the compound with ten niches, also called the Temple of the ten windows, and also find the home Monumental. 

ATTRACTIONS. 

CEREMONIAL SECTOR. 

This sector was especially devoted to the cult of "Unu" or "Yaku" (Water Deities). Therefore, those who were very important so there were a number of sources that were used for this purpose, such as Bathroom Ñusta an impressive fountain carved from a single piece of granite. It is

one of the best known and water still flows inside. 

This site consists of a short plateau that leads to a large hill whose sides are located several archaeological monuments. The main one is located at the top and is known as La Fortaleza or Casa Real del Sol 

The Temple of the Sun: 

It is an area on top that was never completed and was interrupted by the entrance of the Spanish and builders because of the place gathered stones for new buildings. 

Ollantaytambo Intihuatana: 

It is located just above the Temple of the Sun, near the edge of the precipice, and was used Observatory, it is an axis around which the sun sets their positions during the course of the year, so proceed with its agriculture. Thus we can see that in Inca architecture there was nothing to chance, every line, point, line, corresponds to an accuracy of observation science and concentrated. 

The rock Cachicata: three groups of quarry, near the town of Ollantaytambo, where huge rocks were collected for the construction of this City. 

Tunupa: 

In front of the Citadel of Ollantaytambo, we found a large sculpture of a human head carved into the rock, which is observed in the middle of the hill, and is called the Tunupa. 

This carving represents the god Viracocha Tunupa or, if the visit is approximately 4pm. The sun with his shadow will better brand her features. The sides of the head, you can see buildings with difficult access. 

Pinkuylluna Deposits: This place has the most extensive collection of agricultural deposits of the Sacred Valley. 

Chinchero 

It is located 28 km northwest of Cusco, over 3,762 meters an intermediate between the highlands and the warm valley, surrounded by snow-capped Salkantay, Veronica and Soray. It also is strategically located at the junction of three roads connecting Cusco and Pumamarca Yucay, this town was a necessary step to Machu Picchu at the time of the Inca empire. This route started from the neighborhood Carmenca (now Santa Ana neighborhood in Cusco), followed by the foot of the hill Cenca, passed near the lake Piuray, and along with Chinchero, continued to Maras. 

Chinchero Today is a district of the province of Urubamba, which has a population of over 15 000 inhabitants. It consists of twelve indigenous communities moderately maintain the system of social organization of the ayllu, although not within the organizational system in place before the Spanish conquest. These communities, along with the organization system Tahuantinsuyo, appointed directly to the highest authority: the Varayoc. 

It is a town that also preserves the style of the time. Well this is where lies the tourist area, where people offer items for sale such as clothing, accessories and more. Where you can buy something and take home. 

Chinchero is one of the only places where it maintains the traditional form of trade in markets known as barter. The main economic activity is agriculture Chinchero. 55% of farmers dedicated to the cultivation of potatoes, 15% for cereals, another 15% smaller tubers, 10% to pulses and between 2 and 3% for other crops. Today as before, Chinchero is considered the breadbasket of Cusco. 

THE CHURCH. 

The Church is composed of Inca stone structures, which were used as foundations for the construction and shaped colonial design. His entrance door facing the Plaza de Armas and is located in one of the side walls. The interior walls and ceiling are covered with mural paintings of filigree and religious motives. 

In the side wall there is a huge painting of the Virgin of Monserrate toward the center, with an interesting overview of the people. The canvas was painted in 1693 by Francisco Chihuantito. The church only open on Sundays for morning mass. 

"The silhouette of the Catholic Church is a parallel to the inca niches of the square and the whole emerges as a staggering amounts gradually and in a total in the range of horizon. We do not know the historical origins of the decision to place there and not anywhere else Chinchero church. But whatever it was, was, quite obviously the best aesthetic and technological solution, the only possible to create, without destroying the beauty and Preformed by Inca terracing. " 

THE HORNACIONAS. 

In the area where now stands the church can be formidable walls of perfectly assembled polyhedra forming retaining walls that shape the platforms. In the town square you can see an Inca wall that contains twelve niches. The niches have modern lithic eaves that covers and protects the top. Structures built on these terraces have largely disappeared, but a large portion of the Inca walls still part of the broad church.