Cusco, Peru 🇵🇪

Saturday morning airport run is quicker as we check in for our flight with LCPeru to Lima with time to spare. Flight went smoothly and despite being ripped off for a taxi, we arrive safely at our hotel. The hotel is beautifully decorated and is my favourite hotel yet. It is up a hill but a short walk from the Plaza de Armas. We eat a fabulous healthy lunch at Organika before taking a tour of the town.

Cusco was the centre of the Inka empire and whilst the Spanish destroyed their significant structures, they replaced them to create a pretty colonial town. In one street Inka stone foundations still exist, showing off their precision building. One section would have been part of the 'house of the chosen virgins' groomed for sacrifice and the wall miraculously has a 12 sided brick crafted to ensure a perfect fit.

We walk to San Blas and through the narrow streets to a ice cream parlour for a stop. Continuing on we take a peek in the central market that is full of groceries, juice stands and souvenir stalls. We continue through a couple of other plazas before trudging back up the cobbled streets to our hotel for a siesta. Dinner back down the hill is tasty lomo Alpaca for me before a early night.