Cuzco & the Sacred Valley - Peru - page 500

Pisac

Sights

1 Horno Colonial San Francisco B1

2 Jardin Botanico B1

Sleeping

3 Hospedaje Beho B1

4 Hospedaje Kinsa Ccocha B2

5 Hotel Pisac Inca B2

6 Pisac Inn B1

Eating

7 Mullu B1

8 Prasada B2

Restaurante Cuchara de Palo (see 6)

9 Restaurante Valle Sagrado A3

10 Restaurante Yoly B3

11 Ulrike's Café A2

Transport

12 Buses B3

13 Buses to Cuzco A3

14 Taxis to Ruins B2

Pisac Ruins
(admission with boleto turístico; dawn-dusk) This hilltop Inca citadel lies high above
the village on a triangular plateau with a plunging gorge on either side. Though it's a truly
awesome site, it gets relatively few tourists, except midmorning on Sunday, Tuesday and
Thursday, when tour groups flood in.
The most impressive feature is the agricultural terracing , which sweeps around the
south and east flanks of the mountain in huge and graceful curves, almost entirely un-
broken by steps (which require greater maintenance and promote erosion). Instead, the
terracing is joined by diagonal flights of stairs made of flagstones set into the terrace
walls. Above the terraces are cliff-hugging footpaths, watched over by caracara falcons

RUINS