Day 11 - Lima

This will be a travel day. We will check out of our wonderful hotel and take a bus to the airport. Our guide, Ernesto, had time to take me on a quick tour of the hotel next to ours, the Palacio Nazarenas. . This hotel was a convent/orphanage also built on Inca Ruins. They did their best to preserve much of the ruins and placed clear windows on the walkways to view the ruins below. There are also Incan style aqueducts throughout the gardens. It also has the first in-ground pool in Cusco.

Inca ruins below the hotel.

First in-ground pool in Cusco

The street the hotel is on is called Siete Culebras, which means seven snakes. If you look closely at the original stone wall there are seven snakes carved into the stone.

Seven Snakes Street in Cusco.

We left Cuzco for a one-hour flight to Lima, where we stay overnight en route to Quito. Upon arrival in Lima, we check in at our hotel, the Wyndham Grand del Sol Lima Airport. The flight was delayed and we did not get into Lima until 5:00pm. The tour company did provide a tour of the downtown area, but we opted out. Sandy took advantage of the sauna and stream room and I got a massage. It was nice to have an evening to relax.