Description

It is located in the south eastern part of Peru. It includes greater mountainous territory, this territory is in the first civilizations of the Wari culture, also place where one of the largest civilizations of South America developed the “the Capital of the Inca Empire” where it is, under the influence of Macro-climates, where are one of the seven wonders of the modern world “Machu Picchu” is one of the most important attractions in the world, which is the main tourist destination in Peru where thousands of national and foreign tourists visit it, has more of 13 provinces (Anta, Acomayo, Calca, Urubamba, la Convencion, Canchis, Quispicanchis, Canas, Chunvibilcas, Espinar, Cusco, Paucartambo, Paruro). The climates are varied according to the place, warm, semi-warm, dry, cold, temperate.

Tourism

Today the main activity in Cusco is tourism, because it has the wonder of the world “Machu Picchu” which was built by the Inca Pachacutec where they contain (the Sun Temple, The Temple of the Three Windows, The Intihuatana, Agricultural Terraces and others Religious Centers) one of the most mysterious and perfect constructions of engineering and other tourist attractions such as Choquequirao, Sacred Valley of the Incas, and more archaeological centers, hence the name Cusco the archaeological capital of America as the following:

Pisac, Paca Pucara, Piquillacta, Qenqo, Sacsayhuaman, Choquequirao, Tambomachay, Qorikancha, Moray and the Salineras de Maras, Paucartambo and the “Tres Cruces” Viewpoint, Chinchero, “Aguas Calientes”, Pisac Market.

Gastronomy

The cuisine in the capital of the Incas which does not lose the habit of continuing to taste the prepared meals based on organic products of the place. The appetizers include corn with Andean cheese, salad chochos (tarwi), pork rinds with mote or long cooked corn and fried pork, field (toasted corn), “humitas” (corn ground and wrapped in its own leaves to cook), “Papa a la Huancaína” (pieces of boiled potatoes with yellow pepper and cream cheese) also the timp or “puchero” (it means cooked or boiled sweet potato, potato, meat, corn, moraya, and others are eaten at the time of carnival) another of the most important dishes is the “Chiri Uchu” means the cold food is eaten at the party of Corpus Chriti. It contains (guinea pig, chicken meat, tamales sea food, carrot, paprika, “rocoto”, corn tortilla and others). There are also other typical dishes in Cusco such as; “capchi de habas”, pepian of guinea pig, “olluquito” with meat, “Sara Lawa” (corn soup).