THE FRENCH PATH IN CUENCA
By: Fundación Municipal Turismo para Cuenca
To witness the encounter between the city of Cuenca and France implies a walk down the path of time, collecting stories and anecdotes and reviving beautiful memories...
PLAZA LAGOS, GUAYAQUIL´S “HOT SPOT”
By Adelaida Jaramillo
Years ago, while driving by the building site of the Plaza Lagos Town Center, I wondered what exactly was being built, whether a mall, an office park or a condominium. It turned to be all...
GUAYAQUIL´S MUNICIPAL PALACE
History and art in a magnificent building
By Mercedes Núñez Pazmiño
The architecture of the Municipal Palace is more independent than traditional. It´s certainly worth a visit not only for its historical cont...
GUÁPULO, MYSTICAL AND BOHEMIAN
QUITO
Por: Lorena Ballesteros
If there is one road in Quito that is loaded with history, mystery and mysticism, it´s the Camino de Orellana, Orellana´s road, a narrow cobblestone street that flows into the Ca...
LAS RUINAS DE INGAPIRCA
BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE MOON
By: Belén Guerrero
Perhaps the most attractive feature of a trip to the ruins of Ingapirca is that you find in one place remnants of two distinct cultures. Ecuador´s top archeolog...
WALKING DOWN CALLE LARGA
Cuenca
By María Gracia Banderas
A unique tourist spot in the city of Cuenca. A renowned street, Calle Larga or “Long Street”, is in fact a long walk down history lane. First Cañari Indians, later Incas and, s...
CUENCA – ANTIQUE DEALERS AMONG PAVING STONES AND CLAY WALLS
Antique dealers among paving stones and clay walls
By: Andrés León
Angela Carter, a British journalist and writer, said that London is male and Paris female. Her view was that the best cities in the world have...
Guayaquil: The Cino Fabiani House Opens its Doors to Art
While walking along the Numa Pompilio Llona stree -the sole access way to the historical neighborhood of Las Peñas in Guayaquil- you are able to perceive that certain hint of bohemia and legend where time has ...
Cuenca: Ready to party
A saying goes among those who are well versed with tourism in the sense that in order to get to know a city well, you must tour it with a local person, more so if what brings us today to Cuenca is venturing int...
Plaza de la Independencia
INDEPENDENCE PLAZA
A huge sculpture was placed there in memory of those patriots. At the top of the statue is a majestic image of Liberty.
Independence Plaza, colloquially known as Big Plaza, in the heart of Qu...