About Cusco

Placed in the southeast of Peru, close to the Sacred Valley of the Andes, Cusco is the Inca Empire's historic capital. Today, centuries after, the city has maintained the surprising cultural charm.
Incas made of Cusco a saint-like city, and one of his vast empire's bases. When Spanishes invaded the city, they knocked down the Inca constructions in an attempt to minimize his influence and power the majority of. The result of today is a cross between cultures, with history's many capes, and many places to visit, understanding and discovering . Cusco is an one of mixed racial ancestry belonging to the most radiant expressions of the Amerind and, an aborigines's mixture and the Spanishes. The city counts on the local traditions, rituals, beliefs, parties, monuments and natural landscapes whose beauty only can be perceived there.

Position

Cusco finds himself placed at the heartland and Oriental south of the Peru, exactly in the occidental part of the valley of the river Watanay. The apartment has 76.225 Km's extension, 5,9 % of the Peruvian territory ( 1'285,215 Km ). The CuSco's Provincia has 523 Km's extension.

Geography and the Cusco's wheter

• More important rivers: Urubamba, Vilcanota and Apurímac.
• Mountain ranges: Mountain range of Urubamba, Mountain Range of Vilcabamba and Mountain Range of Vilcanota
• Snowed: Ausangate ( 6.384 msnm ), Salcantay ( 6.271 msnm ), Callangate ( 6.110 msnm), Chumpe ( 6.106 msnm ), Alcamarinayoc ( 6.102 msnm ), Verónica ( 5.682 msnm )
• Leaves: Chimboya ( 5.150 msnm ) in Canchis; Hualla Hualla ( 4.280 msnm ) in Quispicanchi; Huaylla Apacheta ( 4.700 msnm ) in Chumbivilca and The Line ( 4.313 msnm ) in Canas.
• Pongos ( narrow and dangerous Steps of rivers, of the Quechua punku than signifca door ): Mainique and Timpia ( 500 msnm ) in The Convention.
• Lagoons: Sibinacocha, Pomacanchi and Languilayo.

Climate:

Cusco enjoys a climate tempered with temperatures that they fluctuate between 14 and 16 C with affectionate days and cold nights. The season of rains in Cusco belongs to Marzo December.
Machu Picchu is of semi-tropical climate, affectionate and humid days and cold nights, he is better to be ready.

Them season with bigger humidity belongs to April January, when roads are off very often because of slides or flouts.

The best months to visit are Machu Picchu of April to October