Audio Walking ToursA series of audio tours of Cusco city streets and their histories narrated by Jose Uriel Garcia, an important Cusco writer in the 1930s, accompanied by text messages explaining local histories.
Jose Uriel Garcia, a key Cusco writer in the 1930s who wrote the important book "El Nuevo Indio" (The New Indian), leads us on tours through Cusco city streets, revealing unknown local histories. You can download audio versions and listen to Uriel Garcia's poetic and insightful texts on MP3 players and headphones as you walk through Cusco, or you can download his texts to be read on your screen, mobile or fixed. For those of you who can't be in Cusco for this experience yet, we have provided a set of photos, from the past and present, to guide you through each point in the tours of the city visually. As you move from point to point in the city, you can also access a glossary of terms – meanings of quechua words, brief bios of famous people – to help you navigate the city through Uriel Garcia's eyes.
There are three different walks with Uriel Garcia through the city. The map of Cusco outlines each walk and provides access to the audio, text and visual materials you access to undertake each walk. If you are in Cusco, the walks vary in difficulty of physical requirement, including climbing and length of walk. If you not in Cusco, please view the slideshow that accompanies each Uriel Garcia text.
Walk 1 centres on the Plaza de Armas, and involves visiting 7 different points around the Plaza, listening to 7 different texts by Uriel Garcia. In between points where his texts are heard, you can download the glossary of relevant terms. Walk 1 lasts approximately 50 minutes and involves steps but no difficult climbing.
Walk 2 centres on San Blas, and involves visiting 5 different points in San Blas, listening to 5 different texts by Uriel Garcia. In between points where his texts are heard, you can download the glossary of relevant terms. Walk 2 lasts approximately 60 minutes and involves steps and some climbing up and down cobbled roads.
Walk 3 centres on San Cristobal, and involves visiting 5 different points in San Cristobal, listening to 5 different texts by Uriel Garcia. In between points where his texts are heard, you can download the glossary of relevant terms. Walk 3 lasts approximately 60 minutes and involves many steps and substantial climbing up and down cobbled roads.