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You may have heard of the Incas, but nothing can prepare you
for the moment you step off the plane at Cusco's small airport.
Your bird's eye view was one thing, but up close the old stone foundations
of one of the world's greatest civilisations are something else.
Towering archways mix in with some of the finest colonial Spanish
architecture on the continent - an incredible architectural fusion.
At 3,000m high in the Andes mountains, the locals have long been
onto something with their warm woven textiles and soothing mate
de coca, all there now to be experienced by you, Spanish students
and trekkers alike.
Plus points
Ideal base to explore the Sacred Valley
Colourful indigenous presence
Lively social scene
Usually 1 student per host family
Courses available every week
Many international tourists are drawn to Cusco for its proximity
to the impressive ruins of Machu Picchu, the mysterious Lost City
of the Incas. With its spectacular setting 3,000 metres high in
the snow-capped Andean mountains, and with the beautiful Urubamba
river valley below, Cusco is a truly fascinating place to learn
Spanish. Due to its high elevation, it is typically cool at night,
and sunny but cool during the day - surely a great excuse to seek
out the many markets selling the beautiful wool sweaters and textiles
for which the country is renowned. For many, Cusco is also the ideal
place to begin their travels, before continuing across Peru's altiplano
to Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, and then
on to Bolivia.
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