Cuzco is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley (Sacred Valley) of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cusco Province.
The city has a population of about 300,000, triple the population it contained just 20 years ago. The altitude of the city, located on the eastern end of the Knot of Cuzco, is around 3,500 m (11,500 feet).
Now the city of Cusco proudly carries the title of the archeological capital of America with proud, because there is no other place in the whole continent where you easily can reach ruins of a amazing culture, which are still in a good condition.
Actually Cusco represents one of the most important cities for the tourism cultural because in Cusco is the called older Inca Citadel Machupicchu or Machu Picchu, besides the famous Sacred Valley of the Incas from the Cusco represented by Urubamba, Yucay, Traces, Pisaq, Lamay, Ollantaytambo, Maras crossed by the Vilcanota river where are practiced adventure sports or rafting.
