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...
MINDO, BE A BIRD LOVER
Por: Belén Guerrero
A common habit is to rush through life without stopping to pay close attention to our surroundings. This weakness is compounded when you visit a place like Mindo, one hour´s drive from Quit...
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...
SELVA
The Amazon jungle, the bridge and the howling monkey
By: Belén Guerrero
A five hour trip downriver on the Napo was the perfect introduction to my jungle adventure. It took three hours to arrive in Coca, a reg...
MONTAÑITA
MONTAÑITA´S MAGIC
By : Karla Morales
Why go to Montañita (the little mountain)?
That was the first question I asked Lucia, who I met on the road. She was hitchhiking, one thumb up, while I was driving my pick...
GALÁPAGOS
DISCOVERING A NEW WORLD
By: María Gracia Banderas
In the Pacific Ocean, 560 miles off the coast of Ecuador, divided by the equator, is a paradise whose landscapes and species are unique in the world: the Galáp...
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...