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Sight Chinchero, Sacred Valley

Chinchero

A sight in Chinchero, Sacred Valley, moderately priced ($$) and worth about 1.5 hours.

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Chinchero in Chinchero, Sacred Valley
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Why go

Village with Inca terraces, a colonial church and weaving cooperatives.

It is one of 10 curated places we feature in Sacred Valley, alongside 4 sights, 3 places to eat and 1 place for a drink. The closest of our other picks is Huacatay, 12 km away as the crow flies.

Type
Sight · Culture
Neighborhood
Chinchero
Price
$$
Time needed
1.5 hr

Nearby

Our closest curated picks, including 4 beyond Sacred Valley. Distances are straight-line, not walking or driving.

  1. 1
    Huacatay

    Garden restaurant in Urubamba serving Novoandina cooking.

    Food · 12 km straight-line
  2. 2
    Salineras de Maras

    Thousands of terraced salt pans fed by a salty spring, worked since pre-Inca times.

    Sight · 15 km straight-line
  3. 3
    Sacsayhuamán

    Inca fortress of massive fitted stones above the city; covered by the tourist ticket.

    Sight · Cusco · 15 km straight-line
  4. 4
    Chicha por Gastón Acurio

    Gastón Acurio's Cusco restaurant for regional Andean dishes in a colonial building.

    Food · Cusco · 16 km straight-line
  5. 5
    Cusco Cathedral

    16th-century cathedral with Cusco School paintings, including a Last Supper with guinea pig.

    Sight · Cusco · 16 km straight-line
  6. 6
    Plaza de Armas

    Main square framed by the Cathedral and La Compañía church, built over the Inca plaza.

    Sight · Cusco · 16 km straight-line

On these curated routes

Chinchero is a stop on our Cusco & Machu Picchu route. Open it to see the full day-by-day plan.

More sights to see in Sacred Valley

3 more curated sights in Sacred Valley. See the full Sacred Valley guide.

When to go

Average daily highs in Sacred Valley run from 17°C in April to 18°C in November; December is usually the wettest month.

Modelled monthly averages for Sacred Valley from NASA POWER, not a forecast. Full Sacred Valley weather by month.

Getting there

Map links open a live search for Chinchero, so hours and directions come straight from the map app.

Address
Museo de Sitio de Chinchero, Ruta Santisimo Downhill 2, 08651, Peru
Coordinates
-13.38979, -72.04720
Destination
Sacred Valley, Peru

Chinchero: quick answers

How much time do you need at Chinchero?

Plan on about 1.5 hours at Chinchero. That is our curated estimate for a typical visit; groups that linger will want more.

Where is Chinchero?

Chinchero is at Museo de Sitio de Chinchero, Ruta Santisimo Downhill 2, 08651, Peru. The Google Maps and Apple Maps links on this page open it for directions.

Which TripsCircle routes include Chinchero?

Chinchero appears on Cusco & Machu Picchu, a curated route you can open on TripsCircle and plan with your group.

Add Chinchero to your crew's plan

Save it to a shared TripsCircle itinerary, settle the timing with a quick poll, and split the costs with everyone going to Sacred Valley.

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