Tambos
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In any Inca way, the traveler can have the safety from which to a prudential distance he will find a tambo (in Quechuan: tampu, "inn"). They were constructed according to the rest and supplying of the walkers. Different types of tambos existed: those who were serving to lodge the Inca and his accompanists, which were destined for the state and, officials finally, those who were sheltering the chasquis. Tambos were located along the Incan roads and served as a relay station for messengers.
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