Our First Day in Cusco

On our first day in Cusco, we're moving pretty slow. It's another 3500 feet higher than the Inca Sacred Valley. We checked into a fantastic hotel, the J.W. Marriott.  More about that in subsequent posts.

We set out Friday morning to explore Cusco. We spent most of our time in the main square, Plaza de Armas. 

As you can see this square is huge. These pictures show you various aspects of it. The last one was a small balcony where we all had lunch.  It is so nice that they don't allow cars in the square during the day. The rest of the streets are pretty narrow and so are the sidewalks. 

We walked about half a mile up hill to the San Blas square, shopping all the way. 

This picture is of an existing Inca wall we saw along the walk. There aren't Inca ruins in Cusco because the Spaniards built their houses on top of the Inca walls. Look how tightly these stones fit together.