Pilot project: Cusco’s main plaza a vehicle-free pedestrian zone
Starting Monday, April 6, the Plaza Mayor of the Imperial Inca city will be closed to vehicular traffic, Cusco Mayor Carlos Moscoso tells reporters. It's part…
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Book your Cusco trip featuring the Inti Raymi Festival
Fertur Peru Travel’s special 8-Day Cusco Inti Raymi Festival vacation package ushers travelers into the heart of one of South America’s most exciting celebrations.
Cusco vacations that coincide with great cultural festivals
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The virtual reality of Inca architecture: Sacsayhuaman
When you tour Cusco and stand before the ruins of Sacsayhuaman, take a long moment and look up at those terraced zig-zagging walls. Try to picture the fortress temple as it looked 500 years ago during the reign of the Inca. [Originally published November 2013]
UNESCO eyes Q’eswachaka Inca rope bridge for heritage list
Each year, villagers from four communities in a remote corner of Peru’s southern highlands come together to hand-weave a new 120-foot rope bridge, as they have done for the last six centuries.