{"id":82,"date":"2026-08-08T05:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/?touriza_city=cusco"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:19:38","slug":"cusco","status":"publish","type":"touriza_city","link":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/?touriza_city=cusco","title":{"rendered":"Cusco"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why go<\/h2>\n<p>Cusco&#39;s walls are Inca and its churches are Spanish, often stacked directly on top. It sits high enough that arriving travellers should plan two slow days, ideally spent lower in the Sacred Valley before returning.<\/p>\n<h2>Five things to do<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rule-list\">\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">01<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Qorikancha<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Inca stonework beneath a Dominican convent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">02<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>The twelve-angled stone<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">A masonry joint with no mortar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">03<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>A Sacred Valley day<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Pisac, Moray, Maras, Ollantaytambo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">04<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Chinchero weaving co-ops<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Natural dyes, demonstrated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">05<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Palccoyo instead of Rainbow Mountain<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Same geology, a fraction of the crowd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Neighbourhoods<\/h2>\n<div class=\"grid g2\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">San Blas<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Artisan workshops on steep lanes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Plaza de Armas<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Cathedral, arcades and old Inca kancha walls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">San Pedro market<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Juice stalls, chicharr\u00f3n and textiles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Sacsayhuam\u00e1n<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Megalithic terraces above the city.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Getting around<\/h2>\n<p>Buy the transport card on arrival \u2014 every city on this list has one, and it is cheaper than single fares within about four journeys. Walking covers more than the map suggests: most of the districts above are within thirty minutes of each other on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Taxis and ride apps are worth it late at night and when you are carrying luggage. Everything else is faster on the metro, the tram or the ferry, in that order.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to eat<\/h2>\n<p>The rule that holds in Cusco is the rule that holds everywhere: eat at the busy place, at the hour the locals eat, and order the thing the kitchen makes most of. Reserve for dinner in the districts above; lunch rarely needs it.<\/p>\n<h2>Two days here<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Morning: Qorikancha<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon: walk San Blas<\/li>\n<li>Evening: A Sacred Valley day<\/li>\n<li>Day two: Palccoyo instead of Rainbow Mountain<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Inca capital wearing a baroque overcoat at 3,400m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"touriza_continent":[5],"touriza_theme":[],"class_list":["post-82","touriza_city","type-touriza_city","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","touriza_continent-americas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/touriza_city"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/82\/revisions\/213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"touriza_continent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftouriza_continent&post=82"},{"taxonomy":"touriza_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftouriza_theme&post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}