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Chimborazo · Ecuador
In the destination Riobamba and Chimborazo.
In the photo: Alausí lies between the slopes of the Andean valley.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
A small town in southern Chimborazo, near 2,300 meters, on a slope of the Chanchán River valley. Cobblestone streets, houses with wooden balconies and the main church surround the station, the departure point for the rail trip to Sibambe that passes the Devil’s Nose. At the top of Loma de Lluglli, the Monument to San Pedro, the town’s patron saint, dominates the view.
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The local experience
The best-known section of the old railway between Guayaquil and Quito: the train leaves from Alausí, drops about 500 meters in altitude on a zigzag alignment along a rock face to Sibambe station, and returns the same way.
A 21-meter statue of Alausí’s patron, covered in ceramic mosaics, atop Loma de Lluglli; the viewpoint looks over the town roofs and the valley.
