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Ecuador Sightseeing
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Your Recommendations | City/Town | Brief Description |
| Sights You Can't Miss | ||
| 1. Old Town and Plaza San Francisco | Quito, downtown | A restored jewel of colonial-era churches, convents, plazas and streets. explore on foot, with several intriguing museums and baroque churches decorated from tip to toe in gold leaf. Recommend by Samantha! |
| 2. La Mitad del Mundo | The "Middle of the World", about an hour outside Quito | Travelers come here to have their picture taken near where the equator was believed to have been in the 19th century. (See museum entry, below) Recommend by Samantha! |
| 3. Galapagos Islands | Looking for someone to add a new page about the Galapagos Islands! | |
| 4. Otavalo | A place that used to resemble an ancient aztec fleamarket is not very well known and is nice to go to to get all kinds of momentos made by local artisans. | |
| 5. Mercado artesanal | in fron of the Hilton Colon, Quito, daily | Another great market if you don't want ot head out of town to get your souveniers, paintings, eather bags, religious statues and home decorations. |
Museums & Zoos: | ||
| 1. Intiñan Solar Museum | next to La Mitad del Mundo (see above) | According to GPS, the actual equator lies within a park called Intiñan Solar Museum (right next door to La Mitad del Mundo). The entry fee costs$2. Inside the park are hands-on experiments that help to demonstrate the effects of gravity on both the North and South sides of the equator, as well as directly on it. Recommend by Samantha! |
| 2 Zoologico Guayllabamba | about 45 minutes outside of Quito | Big zoo. Fun for kids, they have pony rides etc... Lots of native species. |
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Family-friendly Activities: | ||
| 1. Telefériqo (Teleferico) Recommend by Samantha! | Quito (city at 9,000 feet above sea level) | One of the city's newest attractions, this aerial cable car ascends Pichincha Volcano all the way to the hill known as Cruz Loma, at 12,000 feet. |
| 2 Malls - El Jardin, El Bosque, El Quicentro | Quito | Shopping!! They have everything from local made crafts in artisan shops and locally made clothing to Escada or high end South American labels. |
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Spectator Sports: | ||
| 1 Bullfighting | Plaza de Toros, Quito | If it's in season. |
| 2 Futbol (Soccer) | Anywhere with some grass | You might just want to go to the local parks and see the locals play each other. You can also catch games at the stadiums. |
| 3 Tiro al blanco (shooting range, competitions) | in most suburbs | They really go all out setting up for these competitions. The competitive groups usually go on a circiut of competitions. different leagues have different circuits. Bring earplugs. |
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National Parks/Hiking Trails: | ||
| 1 Cotopaxi and Cayambe volcanoes | ||
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| Popular Outdoor Activities | ||
| 1 Futbol | ||
| 2 Swimming, surfing, if you're travelling to the coast | ||
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