INTI RAYMI IN CUSCO


The Inti Raymi (Quechua for "sun festival")is a religious ceremony of the Inca Empire in honor of the god Inti (Quechua for "sun"), one of the most venerated deities in Inca religion. It was the celebration of the winter solstice - the shortest day of the year in terms of the time between sunrise and sunset and the Inca New Year. In territories south of the equator the gregorian months of June and July are winter months. It is held on June 24.



This tour starts at 8:00 in the morning, with the transfer from your hotel to the Koricancha. The ceremony of INTI RAYMI has three different scenes in three different places, it starts in the temple Koricancha Inca on Avenida El Sol, then, we headed to the main square (Plaza de Armas of Cusco), where is the second scene and ultimately ends with the extraordinary and largest scene held in Sacsayhuamán (3 km from Cusco) where we will travel by bus.
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