METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL OF GUAYAQUIL
Faith and history praised in the same place
By: María Mercedes Núñez
In the heart of Guayaquil, in front of the Seminario Park, this cathedral is an impressive Neo-gothic building. Worshippers pray devoutly, s...
PLAZA BELMONTE
Against all odds, Quito festivities maintain the most traditional aspect of its celebration: bullfights. The historic Plaza Belmonte, built in 1919, will welcome a huge audience this December. A new chapter of ...
REPUBLICA DEL CACAO
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How to transform a “cocoa country” into a “chocolate country”
Between 1880 and 1920, the cocoa boom years, Ecuador was able to produce bet...
PLAZA FOCH
The key spot for entertainment
By: Ana María Buitrón
Quito night life beckons will all types of offers, some festive, others intellectual, the rest culinary, but all of them entertaining and full of striking ...
A TRAVELLER BABY JESUS
By: Andrés León
Photos - courtesy of Fundación Municipal Turismo para Cuenca
André Breton, the French poet, once said that Latin Americans don´t need to invent surrealism because we live within it every day. ...
AT CASA ALONSO
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The restaurant inside Mansión Alcázar Boutique Hotel in Cuenca is Casa Alonso. Its excellent reputation has been earned year by year. It´s a perf...
COME TO ECUADOR
CHRONICLES OF A TRAVELER
By: Steve León
My wife and kids are so humbled to have had the opportunity to spend two weeks in the Pachamama. Come and explore the cities, the land, the amazing food, and the beauti...
EL PANECILLO HILL AND THE VIRGIN THAT PROTECTS QUITO
By: Lorena Ballesteros
Quito´s most privileged view is from the overlook at the base of the statue of the Virgin on El Panecillo hill. Visitors enjoy a magnificent sight of central and southern Quito. Looking ...
PUMAPUNGO ANCESTRAL MUSEUM AND PARK
Memories of the Inca Empire in Cuenca
By: Esteban Herrera
The ancient city of Tumipampa was founded in the 15th century by Túpac Yupanqui, the tenth ruler of the Inca Empire which, in its heyday, extended fro...
THE CRYSTAL PALACE
Guayaquil´s hidden treasures reveal themselves to attentive viewers as they cross a street or turn a corner. Each of them stores memories of times past, when Guayaquil was being built into the proud and bustlin...