Best Chinchero Day Trips & Things to Do

Cobblestone streets, Spanish Colonial architecture, Incan ruins and a weekly marketplace are some of the highlights of this Peruvian town in the Andes Mountains. Chinchero is said to be the birth place of the rainbow, according to Incan mythology. It dates back to more than 2,000 years ago and the site was chosen by Inca Tupac Yupanqui to build his home. Town points of interest are Chinchero Site Museum, Plaza de Armas, Colonial Church, Sunday Market and Coricancha Archaeological Museum.