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The 6 Best Budget-friendly Things to do in Chinchero, Cusco Region
Discover the best top things to do in Chinchero, Peru including Kantu, Sumaq LLank'ay, Complejo Arqueologico Chinchero, Centro Textil Acllas, Iglesia Colonial de Chinchero, Mercado de Artesanias.
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1. Kantu
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4.5 based on 71 reviews
is a family initiative that was born in early 2014 through the creation of a textile center in the district of Chinchero in Cusco, Peru. Our first objective was to have a space for the families in our community to exhibit the fine artistic beauty of Andean weavings, in this case the best of Chinchero, already known throughout Cusco and world-wide for their magnificent quality, as well as the opportunity to sell their goods on the market and generate some income for the people of these rural areas. A center where anyone can come to learn about the techniques, processes, materials, elaboration, the coloring and dyes, and final steps of this handmade art from the master weavers themselves. In addition, a cultural space that supports the recovery and preservation of ancestral traditions of Andean communities to be shared with the world.
2. Sumaq LLank'ay
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4.5 based on 47 reviews
Textile Interpretation center, was created to help to local people and show to the tourists our andean culture. Here the tourist will participate in a rich introduction and learning experience in the art of Andean textiles, becoming acquainted with the wisdom of Andean weavings as maintained since long before Inka times.
3. Complejo Arqueologico Chinchero
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4.5 based on 319 reviews
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Reviewed By AMsays - Thornhill, Canada
There is lots to see and do in this Andean village close to the Sacred Valley. At 12,500 feet, the snow-capped mountains are breathtaking. The Incas knew this town as the birthplace of the rainbow and you can see why. Then there is the historic area where you find interesting Inca ruins, the fabulous colonial church, and the museum. Weaving is big here so too, the vibrant Sunday market. You will need your Boleto Touristico to enter. Be warned that because of the altitude here you should acclimatize yourself first. Coca tea or altitude medication would help. You can do all this in a couple of hours. In town, there are many weaving shops to see at the mercado, all exhibiting colourful products. At the market, I had the local drink, Chicha – a little different, but still delicious Once you arrive at the main square, you proceed to the church, museum and the ruins. The ruins at Chinchero are another facet of the Inca experience, but here you need to go around to the vantage point on the other side to get the most breathtaking views. During Inca times, this was a fertile place so the terraces were used to grow everything except corn – just too cold. I was amazed at the level of construction and how uniform these terraces are. It would have been an impressive sight with all those different crops on these concentric terraces.
4. Centro Textil Acllas
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4.5 based on 76 reviews
Chinchero, the most typical population of the Sacred Valley of the Incas.lo that allows us to understand that it was a production center
Reviewed By 135robinp - Sydney, Australia
Centro Textil URPI is located on Av Garcilaso No. 160 just outside the town of Chinchero. En route to Machu Picchu, a stop at this lovely place with a pen of alpacas and one Llama (all vying for our attention), together with a number of Peruvian women in national dress who demonstrated their weaving. With excellent English one of the ladies described how the yarn is dyed and how they make the dyes. Refreshments were served and afterwards the ladies – their wares laid out side by side on tables - competed for our attention to sell the lovely garments they had made. There was also a slightly upmarket ‘shop’ with beautiful coats, jackets and shawls made of the very find baby alpaca wool, absolute terrific quality and worth the bit extra to pay. With Xmas then only a month or so away, everyone bought something. Great quality and I highly recommend a visit.
5. Iglesia Colonial de Chinchero
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4.5 based on 82 reviews
Reviewed By zeminh - Atlanta, United States
It was dark when we entered Chinchero. This Andean village is known as "the birthplace of the rainbow" since its high elevation of 3850 meters above sea level. We quickly climbed up cobblestone road to the colonial church in Chinchero which was built upon ancient Inca temple or worship place. It was dark, all visitors left, all sellers on square left also, we were the last visitors of the day. Photograph was forbidden during visit, somehow caretaker allowed us to take photos, he also took us to few mysterious places which were not open to public. Due to language barrier we did not understand exactly what he said, but guessing from few words and body language, the place might be used as holy burial place and it's also the place for ancient Inca sacrifice ceremony. The entire church looked very mysterious under dim light. To me the combination of the Inca culture and Christianity is very interesting.
6. Mercado de Artesanias
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4.0 based on 110 reviews
Reviewed By EdinKrnic - Tuzi, Montenegro
Chinchero is small town near Cuzco. On this market are all hand made products from native people. Cheap and very nice market
