One of the most extensive urban-renewal projects in South America, the waterfront is a gated, policed public space stretching 2.5km along the wide Rió Guayas with ponds, playgrounds, gardens, open-air restaurants, museums, a performance space, an IMAX movie theater and a shopping gallery. At the far northern end are good views of the colonial district of Las Peñas and Cerro Santa Ana and, far beyond, the Puente de la Unidad Nacional (National Union Bridge) soaring over the Rio Daule.
