Most visits can be booked on the spot. A few sell out days ahead. Here they are, stop by stop, with what you can do without booking underneath. Keep the rest of your time free.
3 activities to book · about €140 per person
No booking needed: Plaza de Armas · San Blas, the artisans' quarter on the hill · San Pedro market
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No booking needed: Aguas Calientes, the village below the ruins
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€140 per person if you do them all, across 3 bookings. The most expensive is "Machu Picchu entry with a guide" at €70, the cheapest "Cusco and Sacsayhuamán, guided" at €30. Prices checked when written: confirm them when you book.
4 visits on this itinerary need no ticket or time slot, starting with Plaza de Armas, San Blas, the artisans' quarter on the hill, San Pedro market, Aguas Calientes, the village below the ruins. They make up most of your days: booking ahead only concerns a handful of sites with limited places.
Cusco, with 1 activity to book, against 1 at the quietest stop. That is where slots go first.
From Half day for the shortest to Full day for the longest. Fit them into your days before filling the rest: a guided visit often takes half a day.