Hotels near Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport - CUZ, Cusco

We were very excited about the trip because of the chance to visit Machu Picchu. However, we were pleasantly surprised by the entire region. The food, honestly, is the best we’ve ever had while traveling. The people are incredibly friendly, and we found the city to be very safe. Additionally, exploring the Inca ruins and learning more about the history of this civilization turned out to be even more fascinating and special than we had anticipated.

If you want to have an idea of what the Inca culture was, you must go to Cusco. The sad Spanish colonial dominance that destroyed the Inca culture and looted their riches can also teach you a lesson or two about how humankind sometimes is so blind to what you can obtain through collaboration rather than imperial dominance. You can only guess what was lost and marvel at what the Inca accomplished just before the Spanish arrived.

Cusco is a city with a million things to do, tons to learn and see, where people are friendly, the food is amazing and the streets are safe and clean. A perfect travel destination for history and nature lovers.

Cusco is a very interesting place, has a lot of areas to discover and you can still find kind and genuine people who do not see you as a tourist to make money from. We stayed a 20 minute walk from the centre and it proved a good choice because we were away from the noise and the tourists. We walked around it and went to Sacsayhuamán, the ancient site which was very interesting but had quite an expensive ticket to enter. We also visited Pisac, by bus and we enjoyed the quiet atmosphere there. This was my second visit of Cusco It was developed a lot but it still is a city worth visiting

It’s a great city with tons of tourists and great food. We came during the rainy period and wish we had brought warmer clothes but what a great reason to buy sweaters from the local artisans. So much to do, hoping to make time to see the city vs just doing tours out of the city to neighboring tourist spots. Easy to walk Taxis are cheap Check out sanblas area for great food Don’t eat in touristy areas but step away and check out trendy places So many things to do. Shop around for good tours that offer the same experience at good rates.

I really liked Cusco, but I was happy that after flying in we went right to Ollantaytambo. It is lower in elevation than Cusco which is helpful for adjusting. Then after doing Machu Pichu/the sacred valley, it was nice to go to Cusco. We only spent a couple of days there and that was worth it. Spend a bit more if you want to do a few extra trips like rainbow mountain,