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Numa Pompilio Llona
This historic street, named after the well-known guayaquileño poet (1832–1907), begins at the northern end of the malecón, to the right of the stairs that head up the hill called Cerro Santa Ana. This narrow, winding street has several unobtrusive plaques set into the walls of some
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Tsáchila & Chihuilpe
The Tsáchila people number about 3000. Their eight communities spread across a 10,500-hectare reserve around Santo Domingo. They offer a community tour that includes a demonstration of plants used for medicinal purposes, an explanation of customs and traditions, and even dancing. T
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Plaza Santo Domingo
Make a beeline a block south of Parque Central for this plaza, mainly notable fot the Church of Santo Domingo , adorned with religious paintings.
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Parque Histórico Guayaquil
Colonial history meets the zoo at this large sight across the Puente Rafael Mendoza Aviles Bridge, east of Río Daule. The park is divided into three ‘zones’: the Endangered Wildlife Zone, which has 45 species of bird, animal and reptile in a seminatural habitat; the Urban Architect
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Villamil Lagoon
Behind and to the west of the village is this lagoon, known for its marine iguanas and migrant birds, especially waders – more than 20 species have been reported here. A trail a little over 1km long begins just past the Iguana Crossing Hotel. The wooden boardwalk takes you over the
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El Museo Francisco
To the right of the Iglesia de San Francisco’s main entrance, and within the Convent of St Francis, this museum contains some of the church’s finest artwork including paintings, sculpture and 16th-century furniture, some of which is fantastically wrought and inlaid with thousands o
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Museo de la Cultura Solar
A few steps east of La Mitad del Mundo complex, is the one-room Museo de la Cultura Solar . Here, visitors can learn about the real site of the equator, which happens to be on a hill called Catequilla visible across the highway. Zero degrees latitude lies on an old indigenous site
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Charles Darwin Research Station
Just northeast of town is this iconic national park site, where more than 200 scientists and volunteers are involved with research and conservation efforts, the most well-known of which involves a captive breeding program for giant tortoises. Paths leading through arid-zone vegetat
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Parque Nacional Cotopaxi
The centerpiece of Ecuadors most popular national park is the snowcapped and downright picture-perfect Volcán Cotopaxi. At 5897m (19,347ft), its Ecuadors second-highest peak. Around the volcano, youll find outstanding hiking opportunities and wildlife such as the Andean condor, whi
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Parque La Carolina
North of the Mariscal lies the giant Parque La Carolina which fills with families on weekends who come out for paddleboats, soccer and volleyball games, and exercise along the bike paths. The most popular attraction is the Jardín Botánico with native habitats covering páramo (high-
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Podocarpus National Park
This national park fills in much of the triangle between Loja, Zamora and Vilcabamba as well as a huge swath to the southeast. Because altitude ranges so greatly within the park borders – from around 900m in the lowland sector to over 3600m in the highland sector – Podocarpus has s
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Cathedral
On the east side of Parque 12 de Mayo.
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Post Office Bay
There are three visitor sites on the north coast of Floreana. Most groups spend several perfunctory minutes at Post Office Bay, where there are a few gone-to-seed barrels surrounded by scraps of wood covered in graffiti. Although a functioning mailbox for American and British whale
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El Panecillo
Topped by a huge statue of La Virgen de Quito (Virgin of Quito; construction lasted from 1955 to 1975), with a crown of stars, angelic wings and a chained dragon atop the world, the hill to the south of Old Town called El Panecillo (the Little Bread Loaf) is a major Quito landmark
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Charles Darwin Research Institute
This research station contains a national park information center, an informative museum, a baby tortoise house with incubators where you can see hatchlings and young tortoises, and a walk-in adult tortoise enclosure where you can meet the Galápagos giants face-to-face. The tiny to
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Plaza de Ponchos
Vendors hock an astounding array of wares at the crafts market on Plaza de Ponchos each and every day, but Saturday is the principal market day. Roads are jammed with visitors perusing its staple of woolen goods such as tapestries, blankets, ponchos, sweaters, scarves and hats, as
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Parque Omaere
Less than 1km north of the city center, this ethno-botanical park offers one- to two-hour guided tours (free with admission) of rainforest plants and indigenous dwellings, by mostly indigenous guides. The park is run by Shuar plant expert Teresa Shiki and her biologist husband, Chr
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Plaza Lagos
One of Guayaquils most charming settings for a bite or a drink is Plaza Lagos, a handsomely designed complex of upscale restaurants, wine bars and outdoor cafes set amid palm trees, gurgling fountains, walkways and an artificial lake. With its colonial-inspired architecture and tro
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La Quinta Atocha de Juan León Mera
Several famous ambateños (people from Ambato) had quintas that survived the earthquake. They were probably once considered countryside homes, but today they are right on the edge of this growing city. La Quinta de Juan León Mera – set on the banks of the Río Ambato in the suburb of
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Laguna de Cuicocha
Head 18km west from Cotacachi and you’ll come upon this eerily still, dark lagoon cradled in a collapsed volcanic crater at 3100m. Some 3km wide and 200m deep, the lagoon features two mounded islands that shot up in later eruptions. The islands look like the backs of two guinea pig
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