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Chimborazo · Ecuador Capital
In the destination Riobamba and Chimborazo.
In the photo: Maldonado Park and historic downtown buildings of Riobamba.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Capital of Chimborazo province, at about 2,750 meters, in the central Andean valley. It was rebuilt on the Tapi plateau after the 1797 earthquake, and the grid-patterned downtown preserves the cathedral with stones from the old city, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Loma de Quito, with views of the surrounding volcanoes. It is the base for Chimborazo, about 45 km away, and for Laguna de Colta and the Church of Balbanera, about 20 km away.
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The local experience
The highest peak in Ecuador, over 6,200 meters, and the point on Earth’s surface farthest from the planet’s center. Vicuñas live in the páramo around it, and a dirt road leads to mountain refuges.
The Cathedral of San Pedro, facing Maldonado Park, with a carved white stone façade; some of the stones were brought from the old Riobamba, destroyed by the 1797 earthquake.
Neoclassical church with a pink dome facing La Libertad Park, built between 1883 and 1915 with donations and labor from the townspeople.
A hill in central Riobamba with the church of San Antonio and 21 de Abril Park, which commemorates the 1822 combat. On clear days the viewpoint shows Chimborazo and other volcanoes around the valley.
Small stone church beside Laguna de Colta, founded in 1534 and considered the country’s first Catholic temple. On the façade, a colonial portal; at the altar, the Virgin of Balbanera.
Lagoon at about 3,300 meters, with shores covered in totora, water birds and llamas and sheep grazing on the grasslands; the Church of Balbanera is beside it.
