7-Day Peru Vacation Package: Lima – Cusco – Sacred Valley – Machu Picchu

Welcome to lovely Lima!

You're going to arrive at the airport today and we're going to move you to your hotel for the evening.

In the afternoon we'll go on a tour of the streets and plazas in Lima. Starting from the Love Park in Miraflores, with a stunning view of the Pacific Ocean, and then going to the Huaca Pucllana, the Lima culture ceremonial centre. We'll go later to San Isidro, the city's financial centre.

After that, we continue to Main Square, where the Palace of Government and the Town Hall are situated. We will visit the cathedral and explore the monastery of Santo Domingo, in which the halls of San Martin de Porras and San Rosa de Lima used to travel in the 17th century, and where their remains are now resting.

Today, you're going to have a day off to enjoy the city and go shopping in malls and craft markets.

We will visit the magnificent Larco Museum in the afternoon which is considered one of Lima's key attractions. Then we'll take a break to enjoy a drink made from Pisco, our flagship liquor, in a traditional tavern in Pueblo Libre and then head to the Reserve Park to enter the Magic Water Tour, the city's newest entertainment icon, consisting of 13 water fountains that provide a mixture of colour, illusion and fantasy.

We can move to the airport today, and fly to Cusco (airfare not included).

We'll move you to your hotel upon arrival.

We'll continue our exclusive city tour in the afternoon with a visit to the San Cristobal Plaza to enjoy its panoramic view of the city. Then, we'll visit San Pedro Market to soak in its local flavors and learn more about the products that are produced in the region that supply the entire city.

After this, we will be welcomed by the Korikancha temple in all its magnificence; this temple, whose name Quechua means "Gold Enclosure" still blinds us with the thought of its gold-covered walls. It is then the turn to attend the Church of Santo Domingo. We're going to walk from San Blas, the neighborhood of the artisans, to Hatun Rumiyoc Lane, stopping at the Inca Roca Palace, now home to the Archbishop's Palace and the famous Twelve Angle Stone, too.

We will continue our walk to Main Square to visit the Cathedral and its precious and magnificent masterpieces of colonial heritage.

Today we are going to fly into the Inca's Holy Valley.

We'll visit Awanacancha, a tourist complex where we'll see and feed the Andean camelids such as the llamas and alpacas, and where the locals will teach us their traditional textile weaving and dyeing techniques.

Then we will move towards Inca and Colonial Pisac. Discover one of the most spectacular archeological sites on the top of the mountain in the Holy Valley where you can see the colonial town of Pisac. We're going to take a walking tour here and then have some spare time to go shopping at the craft store.

Instead we'll go to the majestic Inkariy Museum. We will enjoy a nice lunch here. We'll take a museum guided tour to learn more about the various rooms in which cultural depictions of ancient Peru's pre-Hispanic civilizations are displayed. Sacred Valley overnight.

Our journey of adventure now brings us to less known wonders of the Incas' Holy Valley.

First stop: Moray, a location with breathtaking views thanks to the massive compact terraces that resemble a coliseum. What was it they were used for? The terraces recreated 20 different types of microclimates, and were studied in order to ensure the empire's agricultural growth.

We will begin our journey to the millennia-old colonial salt mines, Maras. The contrast between the white pools and the green valley is so stunning, that it looks like a postcard.

In the afternoon we head towards the Ollantaytambo archeological complex, where you can see the technique with which the Incas are working the stone. At Ollantaytambo station now is the time to catch the train.

We will arrive in Aguas Calientes where our qualified staff will welcome us and help us settle in one of the hotels in Aguas Calientes (now the town of Machu Picchu).

Today we are going to get to visit Machu Picchu's great citadel.

We can board the bus to go up the winding path to Machu Picchu, in the midst of a stunning view of the River Urubamba and the canyon. Machu Picchu, the Abandoned City of the Incas, will amaze us with its terraces, ritual shrines, steps and urban areas. Energy is round around us.

After a guided tour, we'll have lunch at one of the area's restaurants.

We will return to Cusco at the agreed time and will be moved to the hotel.

Today we'll transfer you to the airport for your departing flight.