Description Tour to Machupicchu by train

With the Machupicchu Tour by train or “Sacred Valley Tour & Machupicchu Vistadome”, you will enjoy the most appreciated valley by the Incas due to its special geographic and climatic qualities. It was one of the main production points due to the richness of its lands and the place where the best corn grain in Peru is produced. It is composed of numerous rivers that descend through ravines and small valleys and has numerous archaeological monuments and indigenous peoples.

In our tour we will visit PISAQ, or P’isaqa, which means partridge (a type of hen very abundant in this area). It is known that the architecture of this Inca compound combines mystical Inca constructions and the natural wealth of the Urubamba Valley. For the Incas, the cities were built on the basis of figurative traces of animals.

THE PISAQ MARKET OR PISAQ CRAFTS FAIR, is one of the most famous of the continent, is open every day in the main square of Pisaq. You can get all kinds of textiles, ceramics, goldsmiths, agricultural and medicinal plants as sourvenirs. URUBAMBA, after a morning full of emotions here we will enjoy a buffet lunch in one of the restaurants that offers the best presentations of typical dishes of the Cusco region.

OLLANTAYTAMBO, in Inca times, it was a Tambo or lodging town, it was a key point to reach the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu through the Inca Trail. Today it is one of the most monumental architectural complexes of our ancestors, has been built on two mountains in a strategic place that dominates the entire valley. It was a military, religious, administrative and agricultural complex. The entrance is through a gate called Punku-punku, made of stone and double imperial jamb. It is the entrance to a city with a legend of prestige. It is necessary to begin to climb some stairs rigorously well traced and at the top is the masterpiece of the architects and Inca stonecutters.

Ollantaytambo is the only living Inca city, which is preserved almost intact and their houses still serve as homes where their descendants dwell. The design of the city, its axes, its urban structure, the beauty of the volumes and its play of light and shadow attract everyone. The main temple has a façade with six pink granite monoliths brought from another place and perfectly assembled in the stone.

The tour of the Sacred Valley is one of the most popular activities when visiting the city of Cusco, also in the Sacred Valley is the town of Ollantaytambo, Ollantaytambo is an Inca town and is where the train station that takes us to Machu Picchu, everyone who comes to Cusco and the Sacred Valley does it in order to make the tour to Machu Picchu.

THE VISTADOME TRAIN TOUR to Machu Picchu offers a different way to travel to the citadel. The cars have panoramic windows located on the walls and ceilings of the wagons, which allow you to have a connection with the outside. The Vistadome train will bring us closer to the landscapes of the route to Machu Picchu in a unique way, making you feel part of the surrounding nature. While we enjoy the beauty of Machu Picchu, the background music will envelop us to make the trip pleasant and sensory. Additionally, an explanatory audio will describe the most relevant places of the route to the citadel.

On the return route from Machu Picchu to Cusco we will experience the Andean culture up close through music and a beautiful dance of the region, as well as a fashion show on board that will show you an exclusive collection of baby alpaca garments with the latest trends which we will be able to purchase if we wish. On the way to or from Machu Picchu, the trip includes a snack based on Andean ingredients to live the Andean experience from the gastronomy, also, we can enjoy the sale service on board that offers other products.

MACHUPICCHU, ancient Andean Inca settlement, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, in the Andes mountain range at 2,430 meters above sea level, is located in the Cusco region, province of Urubamba, district of Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu would have been one of the resting places of Pachacutec, ninth Inca of the Tahuantinsuyo between 1438 and 1470.

It is considered, at the same time, a masterpiece of architecture and engineering. Its peculiar architectural and landscape characteristics and the veil of mystery that has been woven around it in much of the literature published about the site, have made it one of the most popular tourist destinations on the planet, as well as one of the 7th wonders of the modern world.

Enjoy the Machupicchu Tour by train.

TRIP SUMMARY:

DAY 01: Cusco – Pisaq – Urubamba – Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes.
DAY 02: Aguas Calientes – Machupicchu – Cusco.

MAIN POINTS OF VISIT

Pisaq (3,762 masl)
Pisaq Handicrafts Market (2,950 masl / 2,950 fasl)
Urubamba (2,860 masl / 9,860 fasl)
Ollantaytambo (2,792 masl)
Aguas Calientes (2,040 masl)
Machupicchu (2,430 masl)

Day 1: Cusco – Pisaq – Handicraft Market – Urubamba – Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes.

08.00 hrs Pick up at your hotel to start the Sacred Valley of the Incas tour, the first place to visit is the archaeological group of Pisaq and the handicraft market.
Then we will go by bus to Urubamba for lunch buffet at the Tunupa Restaurant.
After lunch, we will move on to the living town of Ollantaytambo, a town that still maintains its splendor from when the Incas left it. The visit of the archaeological group of Ollantaytambo will give us an idea of what this religious, military and cultural center was like.
At the top of the archaeological complex of OLLANTAYTAMBO, there are six monoliths of enormous size, assembled with incredible precision, which are engraved with mysterious motifs of Inca iconography. The current town of Ollantaytambo, has many houses built on the foundations of the ancient Inca town, where natives live with deep-rooted ancestral customs. Ollantaytambo is located 97 km. from Cusco, 2,846 meters above sea level. There is one of the train stations to Machu Picchu.
18.30 hrs After this beautiful tour, we will walk from this archaeological complex to the train station in Ollantaytambo, which is located at 5 min. We must be there 30 min. before to be able to board the train on time.
19.04 hrs We will board the Vistadome Train that will take us for 1h 40 min. to the town of Aguas Calientes.
20.45 hrs Arrival to the town of Aguas Calientes, hotel staff will be waiting for us at the station. We check in and wait for the guide who will visit us to coordinate the tour to Machupicchu the next day.
Machupicchu town, also called Aguas Calientes (2,040 masl), is the main access road to the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu. Its climate is temperate with a high percentage of humidity, the average temperature is 16 ° C can walk around the small town as it has restaurants and stores varied and return early to the hotel to rest well.

Hotel: HUMANTAY

BREAKFAST – HOTEL / LUNCH – AGENCY / DINNER – PASSENGER

Day 2: Aguas Calientes – Machupicchu – Cusco.

At the indicated time we will go to the bus station to reach the citadel of Machupicchu (35 min.).
07.00 hrs Our guide will be waiting for us at the door of the Sanctuary of Machupicchu.
07.10 hrs We present the income of Machupicchu and we will enter to start the guided tour of 2h 30 min. Booking this tour to Machupicchu we will be able to know the most important archaeological center of South America and all its different tourist attractions.
At the end of the tour, we can continue visiting alone the beautiful citadel of Machupicchu, then we will board once again the buses that will return us to the town of Aguas Calientes.
12.00 hrs We will go to the Apuinti or Mapi Restaurant to enjoy a delicious buffet lunch. Free time to visit the Handicraft Market of Machupicchu or relax in the Hot Springs of Aguas Calientes (AT PASSENGER’S EXPENSE). Do not forget to be 30 min. before at the train station.
17.23 hrs We will board the Vistadome Tourist Train at any of the schedules, according to availability with arrival in Cusco (4h 30 min) Depending on availability. REMEMBER, that in high tourist season train schedules may vary.
21.52 hrs We arrive at the train station in San Pedro, Cusco, our transfer will be attentive to the arrival to transfer us to the hotel in Cusco. Travel time 4h 40 min.
22.15 hrs Arrival to the hotel in Cusco.

BREAKFAST – HOTEL / LUNCH – AGENCY / DINNER – PASSENGER

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