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The best time to visit Cusco<\/strong> | Cusco is the Mecca of Cultural Tourism in South America, it has an ancient history as Cusco city and Cuzco region, Cusco is the place where defining historical events happened and changed the Horizon of Latin America, such as the Tupac Amaru II<\/a> rebellion in 1781 or the birth of Clorinda Matto de Turner<\/a>, the first female novelist in Peru.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Cusco you will find the best attractions for cultural tourism and eco-tourism, for example the historic center<\/a>, the Plaza de Armas, Saqsaywaman, the Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo, Choquequirao, Humantay lake, the Rainbow Mountain, and the most important attraction Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this city you will also find the most popular celebrations from Peru<\/strong>, such as the Inti Raymi<\/strong>, Corpus Cristi<\/strong> and Santurantikuy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Useful Data of Cusco<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Cusco has been for thousands of years, the cradle of the Andean civilization<\/strong>, during the Inca Empire it was the capital city<\/strong>, the Rome of South America<\/strong>, when the Spaniards arrived at Cusco city in the 15th century the population was 20 thousand inhabitants living in this city. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. En 1534, llegan los espa\u00f1oles y cambian el dise\u00f1o urban\u00edstico de la ciudad, y tambi\u00e9n se destruye el 80% de la ciudad Inca. La ciudad que visitar\u00e1s es en un 60% colonial, 30% republ\u00edcano y un 10% Inca.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. In the colonial or Spanish period, Cusco was still very influential from the religious point of view, note that the first Art School<\/strong> of South America was founded is in Cusco known as “La Escuela Cusque\u00f1a<\/a>“. In this School of Art, about 20 thousand of oil canvases were painted, and you see them nowadays in the main colonial churches of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The Original Indigenous name of this city is “Qosqo<\/strong>“, but due to a phonetic matter of the first Conquerors, the Spaniards changed to Cusco; Qosqo in the Quechua language means the “Center of the Universe<\/strong>“.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. The city of Cusco is located in the southern part of the Andes of Peru<\/a>, at 3400 masl, it has a population of about half a million inhabitants.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. We use the term Cusco to address both the city and the region, however the region of Cusco has a population of 1.5 million inhabitants.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. You can write it Cusco <\/a>or Cuzco, both are grammatically correct.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. UNESCO <\/a>declared the historic center of Cusco World Heritage Site in 1983<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. The tourist infrastructure of Cusco is very good; you will find hotels, hostels, restaurants, bars, discos, recreation areas, etc. However, Cusco doesn\u00b4t have its own International Airport, so if you want to travel to Cusco<\/strong> you will have to stop in Lima.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    2. What is the weather like to travel to Cusco?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n