Few places in Cusco illustrate the cultural clash/exchange between the Incas and the Spanish better than Coricancha. You'll be impressed by the amazing stonework of the Incan architects and will be left wondering how grandiose it must have been before the Spanish arrived and plundered it. Likewise, the church and convent of Santo Domingo is impressive in its own right,... More

Coricancha is a nice site worth the visit! You can go there individually (not having to buy the whole acheological site ticket). It's nice to wonder around and see the building but not much of expeditions to see.. The garden of the site is really fantastic to have a break! More

Set up on a hill in downtown Cusco is the site of the Temple of the Sun or Golden Temple, now the Church of Santo Domingo. The church is built upon the old Inca foundations with sections of original wall remaining visible.Previously a walled Inca temple complex, several buidlings with impecable stone work remain inside the courtyard of the church.... More

The natural beauty of this place is heart-warming. Please include in your itinerary More

Fanscinating clash of cultures to be witnessed here- Qorikancha (ancient Inka) and Santo Domingo (Spanish Catholicism) come together to form the perfect illustration of the clash of Andean culture with the Western Europe. More

Beautiful! Learning how the incas built their temples to withstand earthquakes, capture the sun movements to calendarize the year. Wealth of knowledge and history. More

The Spanish conquistadores typically built a monastery over the most important Inca temple in Cusco, but much of the original masonry has survived in excellent condition, showing just how skilled the indigenous builders were -it looks as if it were built last week. There´s also the monastery with lots of big religious oil paintings in ostentatious gold frames, as if... More

As a solo traveler, the Temple of the Sun was an ok place to visit. I suggest bringing a travel book and reading the history of the temple prior to going there. More

A beautiful place to visit on a tour of colonial Cusco More