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Market
Plaza de los Ponchos
Otavalo's craft market square, with stalls of ponchos, rugs, wool blankets, embroidered items, hats and instruments, which spread through the downtown streets on Saturdays.
Imbabura · Ecuador
Otavalo
In the destination Otavalo and Imbabura.
In the photo: Plaza de los Ponchos
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from 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.
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The local experience
What to see in Otavalo
Lagoon
Laguna de Cuicocha
Lagoon inside the crater of a volcano, at about 3,000 meters, with two forested islands in the middle and a roughly 14 km trail along the rim, at the foot of Cotacachi.
Waterfall
Cascada de Peguche
A waterfall about 18 meters high in an eucalyptus grove near Otavalo, a sacred place for Kichwa communities, used for the ritual bath before Inti Raymi in June.
Town
Cotacachi
Town at the foot of the Cotacachi volcano, 15 km from Otavalo, known for the leather shops on rua 10 de Agosto selling bags, jackets, belts and boots, and for its quiet center with the iglesia matriz.