Salkantay Mountain is the tallest mountain near Cusco. Machu Pichu is really just on a shoulder of Salkantay Mountain. This is a big, important spirit surrounded by beauty. It’s also relatively accessible, so you can… Read More »Review: The one-night Salkantay Pass Trek
There are so many incredible archeological sites around Cusco, Peru, that tourists rarely make it to them all. Did you know there’s a Temple of the Moon up on the hill behind San Blas? It… Read More »What is Qenqo in Cusco?
If you’re visiting Cusco and you’re doing some hiking, there’s a high probability you’ll hear about this place called Machu Pichu and you may want to take a trip there. You can hop on the… Read More »Review: 4 day Inka Trail to Machu Pichu w Evolution Treks
Limbus Restobar initially didn’t register on my radar because I’d been to a couple places in Cusco with high ratings on Google, and they tended to be touristy places with not-so-great food. I gave Limbus… Read More »Menu at Limbus, Cusco
As I mentioned in the dispatch on chicha morada, there was a restaurant in Cusco I’d eat at after every hike in the Andes. And I ate there a bunch of other times, too. That… Read More »Menu at LOCAL, Cusco
In the San Blas neighborhood of Cusco, there are several restaurants that have balcony seating with expansive views over the historical center of the city and the entire valley. View House is a casual bar… Read More »Menu at View House, Cusco