On this morning, after a quiet slumber, the tour van collects me at ten to 9 a.m. for a Sacred Valley tour. Eduard Herrara, guide to our Cuzco City tour, bright and chipper this a.m., tells us we will visit the Inca sites (and corresponding towns) of Pisac, Ollaytantambo, and Chincero. The Sacred Valley is northeast of Cuzco, 25 km, over a pass. Pisac village, with the ruin high above, is 30 km north into the Sacred Valley. It is typically the first stop on a one-day Sacred Valley tour, and the site calls for half a day for any interested in exploring on 500 year old trails to 500 year old adobe and cut stone finished stone works. On the way to Pisac we stop in a village where there's a large open air market.
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