Pottery and Textile Workshoop - Full Day.
Code: TT-CW/08
Duration: 8 hours
Location: Sacred Valley visit Chinchero Town, textile demonstration and Willoc
Description: Cultural contact. Andean landscapes
Departures: Every day. Year round
Itinerary
After we have picked you up from your Hotel, we will drive about 40 minutes on a paved road to the north of Cusco to get Chincheros town, which is a village located at 28 km from Cusco, that is very famous because their organization and their Textiles, Once we arrive this Town, we will meet the women responsible of the textiles who are dedicated to make and remind the Inca’s techniques, also we will see people who are making handicrafts and pottery using the ancient pre-Columbian Style, then we will be able to appreciate the procedure to weave get the natural colors watching the techniques to obtain colors, then we will have time to enjoy the final products and shopping (1 1/2 hours).
Driving 30 more minutes we go toward the center of the Sacred valley of the Inkas, Urubamba, where we will have the chance to meet a family dedicated to manufacture Ceramics, then you will have a real experience with Pottery when the family will teach you some Inca’s techniques to produce this famous Pottery that is a good chance to participate and to share unforgettable time with these people
Buffet Lunch in a nice restaurant
After lunch we will drive one more hour to the Village of Willoq, located at 3675 meters above sea level where the most skilled weavers of the region live that are producing the highest quality textiles in the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
Come back to Cusco approx. 5.00 pm
Private Services: Upon Request
INCLUDED: A Bilingual Guide, Private transportation and picnic lunch.
With table, chairs, dinning tent in rainy season (vegetarian option).
NOT INCLUDED: BTC Tourist ticket (Entrance fee),
