Estamos en Tilcara

June 28, 2018June 5, 2018 C C 0 Comments

Our next stop was Tilcara – another town in the Quebrada de Humahuaca 🙂

Tilcara was bigger than Purmamarca, and it felt like we wandered down a labyrinth of uphill streets to reach our accommodation, which was located on top of a hill on the edge of town – convenient for going down into town… less convenient on the way home!!! 🙂

We’ve spotted a sign to our accommodation – That means we’re going the right way – YAY!!!

We’re on our way to town… the only way is down…

The town of Tilcara didn’t have a lot of sights – but there was a big ‘Welcome to Tilcara’ sign on the hill 🙂 and a nice church…

A sign on the hill welcomes visitors to Tilcara.

The main site in Tilcara is the Pucará de Tilcara (a pre-Inca fort) – it’s located on a hill just on the edge of town, and we strolled over to check it out.

The walk to the fort was a very scenic stroll, with cactus and rolling hills all around us 🙂

A cute street that we passed on the way to the fort.

We’re in the Quebrada! Check out the big hills 🙂

The pucará didn’t disappoint either 🙂 Not only was it located on an awesome hillside that was covered in cactuses, BUT there was a botanic garden at the entrance that was also full of cactuses… did I tell you that PB and I love cactuses?!? What’s more, as it was Monday it was free to get in… what a bonus… 🙂 🙂

I like freebies, as it makes our budget look better… when we spend more than we should (we have a daily limit!) we get a red number on our spreadsheet AND red numbers DON’T look good on the spreadsheet… often an entrance fee = a red number… NOT this time 🙂 🙂

Here are some of our pictures… it was very photogenic… (yes, this is the disclaimer for the number of pics that are about to follow!!!)