A strenuous, puffing hike north from the city (or a pleasant horse ride, depending on your preference) lie four significant Inca sites that shed a lot of light on that fascinating culture. Tambo Machay was known as the “Inca Baths” and water still runs along the channels they constructed. Puka-Pukara is interesting, but Qenko is far more so, featuring an amphitheatre and cavern. But Sacsayhuaman (say it quickly!) – the head of Pachacutek’s famous puma – is spectacular. The site of an infamous battle between the Incas and conquistadors, it is now used for the famous Inti Raymi festival in June. Ramparts made up of giant boulders that fit together like jigsaw pieces, it is a place to marvel at the civilization that created it.

On the way to Pisaq, to the north of the city

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