Pisac Ruins & Market and Ollantaytambo Luxury Tour

A 45-minute bus ride will take you to the Sacred Valley for a full day visit to the Pisac Ruins, its market and Ollantaytambo. On route, we will visit the Ccaccaccollo Community where we will have the opportunity to learn about the traditional and original weaving process.

From Ccaccaccollo, the road winds slowly uphill behind the village to reach the Pisac Ruins. The ruins are some of the finest and largest in the entire valley. Despite the excellent condition of many of the structures, little is conclusively known about the site’s actual purpose. It appears to have been part city, part ceremonial center, and part military complex. It might have been a royal estate of the Inca emperor (Pachacutec). From here we can return by road or if it time permits, we can hike down to the village on a well maintained trail that winds its way through extensive terracing reaching Modern Pisac, a picturesque Andean Village.

The village is best known for its market, some days of the week it is larger. In spite of its popularity the markets retains much of its local charm, at least in the part where villagers from miles around gather to barter and sell their produce, on Tuesdays and Sundays. From here we head west, along the Sacred Valley, having lunch on the way.

We will visit Ollantaytambo, an attractive little village located at the western end of the Sacred Valley has been built on top of original Inca foundations and is the best surviving example of Inca town planning. The town is divided in canchas (blocks), which are almost entirely intact.

Each cancha has only one entrance (usually a huge stone doorway), which leads into a central courtyard. We will visit the Inca ruins situated on a hilltop landscape with surrounding terracing and with cyclopean rock carvings. From the hilltop there is an extraordinary view of the village below and the surrounding countryside. Return to your Hotel in Cusco or the Sacred Valley.