Places of interest

* THE PISONAY TREE, OVER 400 YEARS OLD, LOCATED ON THE CONSTITUTION SQUARE

* THE BOTANICAL GARDEN “FELIPE MARÍN MORENO”, WITH MORE THAN 500 NATIVE PLANTS FROM PERU, LOCATED ON GRAU STREET

*THE CORN MUSEUM “SARA WASI” WHERE YOU CAN APPRECIATE A GREAT VARIETY OF CORN TYPES FROM THE CUSCO REGION, LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF  STREETS ESPINAR AND VIGIL

* THREE LAKES OF VIACHA, PARU PARU Y AMARU NEARBY PISAC

ANCIENT PAINTINGS OF CHAHUAYTIRE, LOCATED ON THE ROAD BETWEEN PISAC – PAUCARTAMBO

* THE “PARK OF THE POPATO”, COMPOSED OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES OF CUYO GRANDE, SACACA, PAMPALLACTA AND CHAHUAYTIRE, WHICH HOLDS OVER 1500 VARIETIES OF POTATOS

* AROUND TOWN A VISTOR CAN APPRECIATE PICTURESC SCENERY OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS, SUCH AS CHIHUANCO AND LA RINCONADA.

PISAC ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE 

THIS SITE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3400 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL, AT THE BEGGINING OF THE TURISTIC CIRCUIT OF THE SACRED VALLEY. THERE ARE 16 POINTS OF INTERESTS THAT AMAZE THE VISITORS BOTH LOCAL AND FOREIGN. THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES ARE: THE CEMENTERY “T’ANTANA MARKA” WITH OVER 1500 INKA TUMBS; THE “INTIHUATANA” OR SOLAR CLOCK, LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SITE; AND THE TERRACES LOCATED ALL AROUND THE SITE.

TO REACH THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE YOU CAN EAITHER WALK 3KM USING THE STAIRS UP OR TAKE A CAR FOR A 8 TO 10KM RIDE AND THAN WALK FOR ABOUT 1,5KM TO THE CENTRAL “INTIHUATANA” SECTOR.

TYPICAL CRAFTS MARKET

THE TYPICAL PISAC MARKET ORIGINATES FROM THE 1580s WHERE THE LOCALS FROM DIFFERENT AYLLUS (HIGH MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES) BRINGING PRODUCTS SUCH AS POTATOS, QUINUA, TARWI, CHUÑO POTATOS ETC TO EXCHANGE THEM FOR PRODUCTS AVAILABLE IN THE VALLEY, SUCH AS FRUITS, COCA LEAVES, SALT, CORN AND ALCOHOL ETC.

IN 1965 THE FIRST MANUAL CRAFTS CENTRE IS ESTABLISHED, IN WHICH MANY LOCALS WERE TRAINED TO LATER ON PRODUCE VARIETY OF CRAFTS THAT WERE SOLD AT THE LOCAL MARKET,WHICH IN TURN BECOME ‘THE FIRST PERUVIAN CRAFTS MARKET’.

TODAY THE MARKET IS OPEN DAILY, WITH THE MAIN DAYS BEING TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY.

THE COLONIAL TEMPLE

BOTH THE ´´SAN PEDRO APOSTOL” TEMPLE AND THE “VIRGEN DOLOROSA” CHAPPEL WERE BUILD IN THE COLONIAL AGE, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XVII CENTURY.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF SPREADING THE EVANGELISM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH REQUIRED BUILDING A CHURCH FOR MAIN TOWNS, A CHAPPEL FOR SMALL VILLAGES AND A CROSS FOR THE FARMHOUSES.

THE COMMUNITARY MUSEUM

THE MUSEUM IS THE TRUBUTE TO THE LIFESTYLE, LIVING CULTURE, HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF THE QUECHUA COMMUNITIES FROM THE PISAC AREA; IT STIMULATES THE LOCALS TO VALUE THEIR CULTURE, THEIR TRADITIONS AND CULTURAL IDENTITY.

THE COLONIAL OVEN

THE OLD COLONIAL OVEN DATES BACK TO 1930, LOCATED ON THE MARISCAL CASTILLA STREET, A FEW METERS FROM THE MAIN SQUARE. IT HAD BEEN USED FOR DECADES TO BAKE DELICIOUS AND NUTITIONAL WHEAT BREAD. NOWADAYS IT IS THE ONLY OVER THAN PRESERVES ITS COLONIAL STRUCTURE AND WHERE YOU CAN VISIT THE MUSEUM AND HAVE ONE OF THEIR TASTY AND FAMOUS STAFFED PASTRY.