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Tourist journeys linking cities and destinations. Each route has a map, legs, how many days and the best time to go.
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Ecuador travel guide: Your trip to Ecuador starts here.
Routes, destinations and cities in Ecuador, with things to do, when to go and how to get there.
3 destinations 4 provinces 5 cities
Across Cidade Turismo: 25 countries · 78 routes · 296 destinations · 901 cities
In the photo: Plaza de San Francisco, centro histórico de Quito — Quito
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The guide
Ecuador, city by city
Cidade Turismo is a travel guide built city by city, now also in Ecuador. For each place you'll find things to do, attractions with their own page, when to go and how to get there.
The guide has three ways in, so you can start wherever you like: routes, which link towns along one journey; destinations, which are the tourist regions; and the provinces, with the main cities in each one.
The texts are written from official tourism sources, such as national and regional tourism offices, national parks and city halls, and new cities and routes keep being added to the guide.
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Destinations
The tourist regions in Ecuador, each with its towns: things to do, when to go and how to get there.
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5 cities in 4 provinces
Provinces and cities
The guide by province: each one with its destinations, cities and routes, and each city with its attractions.
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The destinations in Ecuador
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Contornos: Natural Earth (domínio público). Adaptação do Cidade Turismo.
Where to start
Cities to discover today
Six cities from the guide, changing every day.
Cotopaxi · Baños and the Avenida dos Vulcões
Latacunga
Latacunga is the capital of Cotopaxi province, at about 2,800 meters, on the Avenue of the Volcanoes, 90 km south of Quito. The colonial center uses volcanic pumice stone, and the city is known for the Mama Negra festival and for chugchucara. It is the base for Cotopaxi National Park and for Laguna Quilotoa, the green-water crater in the western range.
Imbabura · Otavalo and Imbabura
Otavalo
Otavalo is an Andean town in Imbabura, about 2,550 meters high and 110 km north of Quito, between the Imbabura and Cotacachi volcanoes. It is the center of the kichwa Otavalo people, known for weaving and for the Plaza de los Ponchos craft market, which is larger on Saturdays. Around it are the Cascada de Peguche, the Laguna de Cuicocha and Cotacachi. Days are mild and nights cold.
Galápagos · Galápagos
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno is the capital of the Galápagos province, on the island of San Cristóbal, the easternmost of the inhabited islands. It is a small, quiet town, with the airport 1 km away and sea lions scattered along the waterfront and beaches. From there you can walk to the Centro de Interpretación, Cerro Tijeretas and La Lobería, and reach Kicker Rock by boat.
Galápagos · Galápagos
Puerto Ayora
Puerto Ayora is the largest town in the Galápagos, on the south of Santa Cruz island, in the center of the archipelago. It has hotels, restaurants, tour operators and the pier from which boats depart to other islands. On the edge of town are the Estación Científica Charles Darwin and the trail to Tortuga Bay; in the highlands, the giant tortoises of El Chato. Sea lions and pelicans share the pier with locals.
Tungurahua · Baños and the Avenida dos Vulcões
Baños de Agua Santa
Baños de Agua Santa is in the Pastaza River valley, at about 1,800 meters, at the foot of Tungurahua, where the Andes descend toward the Amazônia. It is a town of volcanic hot springs, pilgrimage to the Virgem do Agua Santa and adventure: the Ruta de las Cascadas can be followed by bicycle to the Pailón del Diablo, and high on the slope is the Casa del Árbol. The climate is mild and humid.
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About Cidade Turismo
What is Cidade Turismo?
A travel guide to Ecuador organized into routes, destinations, provinces and cities. Each city has things to do, attractions, when to go and how to get there.
What is the difference between a route, a destination and a city?
A route is a journey linking several towns. A destination is a tourist region with its towns. A city is the place itself, with its attractions.
Are the pictures in the guide real?
They are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it. Photos sent by travelers are shown separately, as travelers' photos.
How do I find a place in the guide?
Type the name in the search box: it can be a route, destination, province, city or attraction. Or start from Routes, Destinations or Provinces and cities in the menu.
Is the guide available in Spanish and English?
Yes. Destinations already translated are available in Spanish and English at cidadeturismo.com, and the rest are being added.
Is there an app?
Yes, for Android, on Google Play. With it you can save the destinations you want to visit and get the guide's news.