Map Of Cusco: Sights, Sacred Valley And Day Trips

Almost everything a first visit needs sits inside one square kilometre around the Plaza de Armas. Past that, the map opens in rings: the Inca sites on the hill above the city, the Sacred Valley to the north-west, and the long mountain days that start before dawn.

How Cusco Is Laid Out

The cathedral, the Jesuit church and the Inca Museum are each about 100 m from the Plaza de Armas. Qorikancha and San Pedro Market are 600 m away, San Blas 500 m. Sacsayhuaman and Qenqo sit about 1.1 to 1.2 km out, on the hill north of the square. Chinchero is 14 km away, Pisac and Tipon 22 km, Ollantaytambo 42 km, Machu Picchu 73 km and Rainbow Mountain 83 km, all as the crow flies. Real road time is longer, and the mountain roads add more.

Further down, the plots let you pick a type and the other pins fade instead of vanishing, so the shape of the region stays visible while you read one group at a time. Each place with its own guide links to it.

The Day-Trip Range, From Machu Picchu To Rainbow Mountain

Zoom out and the picture changes. The Sacsayhuaman ring is a few kilometres from the plaza, the Sacred Valley stretches along the Urubamba river, the Machu Picchu rail line follows it north-west, and Rainbow Mountain, Palccoyo and the Q'eswachaka bridge lie to the south-east. Each trip starts in Cusco, and the plot shows how far out each one reaches.