Forget about Machu Picchu. Go on this one-day Cusco Archeological Tour, a cheaper and better version of the ‘Incan trail’

Saqsaywaman,Qenqo,Pukapukara, andTambomachay – oh my.

Cusco, Peru is best known as the gateway to Machu Picchu, that seemingly exotic and horrendously overpriced destination I’ll probably never visit. This is One Weird Globe, however, which means I’m here to give you a less-touristy alternative that’s at least as awesome.

That alternative has no clear name, so let’smake an obvious one up:the one-day Cusco Archeological Tour.It’s a trip that will take a few hours at minimum and a full day at...