San Blas is the Cusco's most picturesque city district, known as the district of craftsmen, for there live the city's most famous artist. Its steep, narrow streets are lined with charming Colonial buildings that have been recently restored.

The San Blas church principal wealth, built in 1563, consists of its important collection of paintings, its splendid Baroque altar and, in particular, its famous Baroque pulpit, carved from a single piece of cedar and considered the finest example of Colonial carving in America. This major monument of the Cusco's School dates from the late 17th Century and is attributed to Juan Tomas Tuyru Tupac.

Best Tours including a San Blas Quarter visit:

• Total Peru - 21 days.
• Extreme Adrenalin in Peru - 19 days.
• From the Andes to the Rainforest - 16 days.
• Peru's Mystic Experience - 15 days.
• Royal Tour - 14 days.
• Machu Picchu & the Amazon - 12 days.
• Machu Picchu, Nasca & Titicaca - 12 days.
• Wonders of Peru & Bolivia - 12 days.
• Gastronomic Tour - 11 days.
• Inca Trail to Machu Picchu - 10 days.
• Machu Picchu & Titicaca Lake - 10 days.
• Machu Picchu & Rainforest - 10 days.
• Machu Picchu & Nasca Lines - 10 days.
• Peru for couples - 10 days.
• Cusco & Machu Picchu - 7 days.
• Honeymoon in Machu Picchu - 7 days.

More information:

• Cusco of Gold and Silver (newsletter article).
• ...And back to Cusco (newsletter article).