A picturesque town with waterfalls. The falls are a few kilometers from town but a fairly easy walk. There is also a farm with a lake and gardens nearby.
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Baños del Inca
Natural hot springs. Take a microbus (written Baños on the side) from the start of Avenida Atahulpa for S/2 (as of 2024). Entrance S/6 (swimming S/6). Swimming pool closed on Friday.
A pre-inca necropolis. Touristic infrastructure, entrance fee (S/5 in February 2017), info plates in English. This is easy to get to by microbus just look for any bus that has Otuzco written on the side, you'll find them easily by the market. The trip is S/1 each way. Allow around 2 to 3 hours for this trip, a little longer if you want to check out the river nearby. You can walk from here to banos del inca (1½ hours).
Iglesia y Convento de La Recoleta
Museo San Francisco
The museum of the church of San Francisco.
Museo Arqueológico y Etnográfico del Conjunto Monumental Belén
Archaeological and ethnographic museum in the historical building of Belén.
Cuarto de Rescate
The only building left from the Inca empire in the city is this room, where the Inca Atahualpa was held captive by the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.