Pisac

On Sunday we were up and out before 7:30am, Cusco is so pretty with its narrow streets and colonial architecture we were keen to take some photo's in good light - unfortunately even at 7:30am we were too late as the sun was already too high in the sky.
As our travelling stocks of Marmite and Earl Grey are running low we decided to breakfast at the Real McCoy, a gringo hangout which serves both of our favourite breakfast staples - it was dreadful, which I guess we could have predicted (it was a big step away from our normal selection method for restaurants - typically determined by their ranking on Trip Advisor).
A little after 8am we caught the local bus to Pisac which is in the Sacred Valley about an hour from Cusco. When we arrived we took a taxi up to the ruins, the agricultural terracing and Q'allaqasa (citadel) are really quite impressive. 

Citadel at Pisac

The ruins were busy, full of big tour groups travelling by bus with many people trying to 'bag' the sacred valley in one day, with time on our hands we took the long walk back down the hill - no one else walked down which is a shame for them, it was a lovely walk that finishes on the edge of Pisac market.

Taking a breather

Fruit & Veg market

We spent the rest of the day at the market before catching the bus back to Cusco at 4pm - it was a great day that ended with a very nice meal of Cauliflower soup and vegetable tempura and of course a Pisco Sour, after all we are now on the hunt for the best one in Peru - happy days.

Raine x