welcome to cuzco! this city sits over 11,000 feet above sea level and is at the heart of the andes. it is filled with amazing archaeological attractions let's go check it out
City Tours, just got to cusco. this is my hotel, it's really cool. i got some coca tea to help with altitude i am 10,000 feet high. bp what did you get? spinach soup, i got sopa andina, this is bread from the andes.
this is our suite in cusco. it was built in 1534 used to be a monastery and then converted to a hotel and it's absolutely beautiful bathtub, vintage rooms, built by the spanish. cusco! this is the city of cuzco, i'm at coricancha right now. look at these beautiful gardens. cusco is surrounded by hills, we drove to the top to visit the ancient incan sites of
tambomachay, qenqo, and sacsayhuaman. tambomachay, means resting place. hola amigos! the place i'm at right now is called sacsayhuaman. sacsayhuaman, that's right. famous incan temple! sacsayhuaman is an extraordinary incan fortress made up of three gigantic terraces and enormous walls of rock some of which are 300 meters in length. built around the plaza de armas, eight churches. yes. where was the quarry located for building eight churches? do you know what i mean? where is 70% of this place? down there today in cusco city. churches, commons, monasteries...
temples, palaces, neo-colonial buildings. down there in cusco. as with many sites and latin america, when the spanish arrived they took the stones from the ancient temples and used it to build churches in the city down below. to move the block, cut it, shape it, fit it! for hundreds of times. fitting the stone here was easy for them, because they have the ground here. but what about that one? the heaviest stones are in the corners, and the rocks at the top were held together by pressure. and there's an incline, you can see it slope down to the corner.
this is the inca highlands and down here are alpacas. after visiting the local archaeological sites it was time to head back to the city centre at plaza de armas to see some local festivities plaza de armas, unesco world heritage site let's go so there's all this really historic stuff here and then there's mcdonalds! the rainbow flag is the symbol of cusco!
this is my hotel - it doesn't even look real. it was built in the 1500 by the spanish. this is a soccer celebration! they are playing a game tomorrow i am at a restaurant called tunupa, about to try alpaca meat. what museum are we at mike? we are at the pre-colombian art museum in the city of cusco. this is the sea shells room. look at these sea shells, look at how they lit them up.
so beautiful. this is the silver room everything is black except for the pieces which are lit up. good morning from cusco this is outside my hotel room the central historical district of cusco unesco world heritage site. cusco was the capital and birthplace of the incan empire. the buildings in cusco have
been around for over nine centuries dating back to the days of the incan empire the intricate incan stonework can be seen throughout the city streets the spanish conquistadors conquered cusco in 1533, grafting a new colonial architecture onto the sturdy foundations of the city. this is peruvian chinese food.
guinea pig! cuy! we hope that you enjoyed this tour of cusco and get a chance to visit very soon. if you liked this video hit the like button and subscribe for more travel videos!
welcome to cuzco! this city sits over 11,000 feet above sea level and is at the heart of the andes. it is filled with amazing archaeological attractions let's go check it out
City Tours, just got to cusco. this is my hotel, it's really cool. i got some coca tea to help with altitude i am 10,000 feet high. bp what did you get? spinach soup, i got sopa andina, this is bread from the andes.
this is our suite in cusco. it was built in 1534 used to be a monastery and then converted to a hotel and it's absolutely beautiful bathtub, vintage rooms, built by the spanish. cusco! this is the city of cuzco, i'm at coricancha right now. look at these beautiful gardens. cusco is surrounded by hills, we drove to the top to visit the ancient incan sites of
tambomachay, qenqo, and sacsayhuaman. tambomachay, means resting place. hola amigos! the place i'm at right now is called sacsayhuaman. sacsayhuaman, that's right. famous incan temple! sacsayhuaman is an extraordinary incan fortress made up of three gigantic terraces and enormous walls of rock some of which are 300 meters in length. built around the plaza de armas, eight churches. yes. where was the quarry located for building eight churches? do you know what i mean? where is 70% of this place? down there today in cusco city. churches, commons, monasteries...
temples, palaces, neo-colonial buildings. down there in cusco. as with many sites and latin america, when the spanish arrived they took the stones from the ancient temples and used it to build churches in the city down below. to move the block, cut it, shape it, fit it! for hundreds of times. fitting the stone here was easy for them, because they have the ground here. but what about that one? the heaviest stones are in the corners, and the rocks at the top were held together by pressure. and there's an incline, you can see it slope down to the corner.
this is the inca highlands and down here are alpacas. after visiting the local archaeological sites it was time to head back to the city centre at plaza de armas to see some local festivities plaza de armas, unesco world heritage site let's go so there's all this really historic stuff here and then there's mcdonalds! the rainbow flag is the symbol of cusco!
this is my hotel - it doesn't even look real. it was built in the 1500 by the spanish. this is a soccer celebration! they are playing a game tomorrow i am at a restaurant called tunupa, about to try alpaca meat. what museum are we at mike? we are at the pre-colombian art museum in the city of cusco. this is the sea shells room. look at these sea shells, look at how they lit them up.
so beautiful. this is the silver room everything is black except for the pieces which are lit up. good morning from cusco this is outside my hotel room the central historical district of cusco unesco world heritage site. cusco was the capital and birthplace of the incan empire. the buildings in cusco have
been around for over nine centuries dating back to the days of the incan empire the intricate incan stonework can be seen throughout the city streets the spanish conquistadors conquered cusco in 1533, grafting a new colonial architecture onto the sturdy foundations of the city. this is peruvian chinese food.
guinea pig! cuy! we hope that you enjoyed this tour of cusco and get a chance to visit very soon. if you liked this video hit the like button and subscribe for more travel videos!