Peru - The Rough Guide to South America on a Budget - page 739

Visitors need to use their imagination
when they enter the courtyard inside the
site, although surviving sections of the
original Inca wall, made of tightly
interlocking blocks of polished andesite,
stand as firmly rooted as ever, completely
unshaken by the powerful earthquakes
that have devastated colonial buildings.

containing various relics such as pottery
shards, Inca weaponry, mummies and
a section on the practice of trepanning,
complete with medical instruments and
several examples of trepanned skulls from
the Paracas area. Guides are available for
a small fee.

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Iglesia y Convento de La Merced
Just southwest from the Plaza de Armas
along Calle Mantas is the Iglesia y
Convento de La Merced (Mon-Sat
8am-noon & 2-5pm; S6). Founded

Museo de Sitio del Q'orikancha
he underground Museo de Sitio del
Q'orikancha (daily 9am-6pm; entry with
Boleto Turístico) consists of five rooms,

EATING
La Bodega
El Café de Mamá Oli
ChiCha
Cicciolina's
Dragon's Palate
Granja Heidi
Greens
Jack's Cafe
Juanito's
Korma Sutra
Marcelo Batata
The Muse, Too
Pacha Papa
Los Perros
Sueño Azul

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The Coca
Museum

Casa de
Los Cerezos

BCP San Blas

DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE
7 Angelitos
Cross Keys Pub
Garabato
Indigo
Km 0
Le Nomade
Norton Rat's Tavern
Paddy Flaherty's
The Muse
Ukuku's Bar

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Museo de Arte Religioso

Aspiring
Adventures

Andina Travel

Museo y Monasterio
Santa Catalina

Santo
Domingo

Q'orikancha

Tourist Police

Site Museum
(Q'orikancha)

The Center for
Traditional Textiles

Wayki
Trek

Buses to
Pisac

DHL/LAN/
Star Peru

Cusco Sol Plaza
(Centro Comercial)

Cruz del Sur
buses

Huanchaq
Train Station

Combis to Urubamba
& Ollantaytambo

Centro
Artesanal
Cusco

Buses for Urubamba
& Ollantaytambo

C H A R I N A

0 100

metres

Terminal Terrestre (2km) & Airport (4km)