Cuzco and the Sacred Valley, more to see, and getting so close to Machu Picchu!
June 1st 2007 Cuzco was another city for which we had had so many different opinions, so again, best to enter with a smile and see how you go. The cab driver didn´t help, conveniently changing the 3 offer from Soles to Dollars by the time we´d jumped in. Whatdayado....
But yes, it is the sort of tourist town where around the central plaza you get haggled for anything from batteries to free/cheap drinks, alp
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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more 
