Things to See and Do in Quito

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  • Jul 15, 2005: ... " or equator line is about 20km further north out of Quito, the Teleferico ride up to 4200 meters to enjoy the view of Quito ...
  • Jan 22, 2007: ... good idea for OC transpo). We are hoping to go to the new teleferico. Google it so you can check it out. I better go. I ...
  • Mar 4, 2009: ... in the old town, and yesterday we went on the infamous 'Teleferico', which is a 6 person bubble car that soars up out of the ...
  • Oct 20, 2007: ... ´s so much I haven´t seen.  This morning, I rode the teleferico (cable car) up to the top of the volcano that overlooks ...
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  • Sep 6, 2007: ... of the city below.  My hostel is located near the Plaza San Blas on the edge of the Old Town. A lot of tourists ...
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  • May 3, 2007: ... and in my opinion was the finest one. A few cities have Central Bank museums and I think the name is more to do with it's ...
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  • Jun 21, 2004: ... winged statue of the Virgin of Quito, high atop a nearby hill affectionately known as El Panecillo (little bread loaf) - ...
  • Nov 2, 2006: ... a while they leave us alone again, its quite amusing! Visited El Panecillo the Quito Virgin, We went up to see her, cracking ...
  • Apr 20, 2009: ... in the the south of the old town.  it is called El Panecillo (the Little Breadloaf).  it is topped by a huge ...
  • Nov 24, 2008: Monday 24 November - Quito, Ecuador The start of our South American Trip. We flew into Quito at 10:00 at night in ...
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  • Sep 9, 2007: ... to GPS the site of the actual line. There is a big equatorial monument which is actually 240m off the real line according to ...
  • Oct 19, 2008: ... of the world) i.e. the site of the equator. The official equatorial monument is about 1.5 hours by bus from the centre of ...
  • Jan 3, 2007: ... obligatory, cuz who visits Ecuador without visiting the Equator? It is called Equatorial Monument because the quadrangular ...
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  • Aug 30, 2007: ... time), Sarah and I went out to a discoteca that´s called ´la bunga´. it was an awesome experience. The night started out ...
  • Sep 6, 2007: ... this country. Wednesday night we went out to a bar/club called "La Bunga" with the host borther and sister of a girl in ...
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  • Dec 20, 2005: ... Mariscal into the centre, and wandered along to the Plaza de la Independencia, and from there to the San Francisco church on ...
  • Jun 21, 2004: ... on for some more people-watching in the main square, Plaza de la Independencia. The last stop of the day was to prove ...
  • Aug 2, 2005: ... highest (2850 meters/9300 feet above sea level at the Plaza de la Independencia) capital city in the world after La Paz, ...
  • May 8, 2007: ... around the square we walked down the road to the Plaza de la Independencia - this square was first laid in 1534 and contains ...
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  • Jun 7, 2007: ... US. So, we decided to go to the Guayasamin museum and La Capilla del Hombre (Chapel of Man.) The museum was okay, but I ...
  • May 8, 2009: a few blocks away stands Guayasamin´s Capilla del Hombre (Chapel of Man).  it is a tribute to humankind, to the suffering ...
  • Apr 2, 2008: ... Ayer visitamos la Fundación Guayasamín y la Capilla del Hombre, ¡espectacular la verdad! Nos da mucha penita despedirnos ...
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  • Jun 21, 2004: ... come back another time in the evening to see the Santo Domingo Church, dating from 1581, whose tower and dome are floodlit at ...
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  • Jul 13, 2006: ... people. I just walked around the area near the hostel (Old Town Quito) and made a couple of friends in a small restaurant a ...
  • Jul 15, 2005: ... Teleferico ride up to 4200 meters to enjoy the view of Quito and the Old Town and view from "Panecillo" of the old town. I ...
  • Jul 14, 2006: I spent my first full day in Quito walking around the Old Town part of the city and going to the Basilica here. We learned ...
  • Oct 2, 2005: ... In my opinion a pleasant city, with a really nice colonial Old Town. Yes, it's another UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. ...
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  • Oct 20, 2007: ... was pretty amazing. The main plaza has the cathedral of Quito, the old archbishop´s palace, a beautifully landscaped square ...
  • May 18, 2009: ... to a city above 9,000 feet) to see the Gothic Cathedral of Basilica de Voto Nacional.   Outside the cathedral we ...
  • Sep 28, 2008: ... sights I couldn´t have imagined.  I started at the Cathedral of Quito.  360 degree views from the highest tower of ...
  • Apr 3, 2008: ... 1892). He chose the gothic style, inspired in the Cathedral of Bourges of Paris, and because of receiving financing from the ...
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  • Dec 20, 2005: ... the Plaza de la Independencia, and from there to the San Francisco church on pretty plaza of the same name. The church was ...
  • Jul 3, 2009: ... San Francisco. This is a big open square in front of San Francisco church, with a view to the west of El Panecillo. We had a ...
  • Jun 6, 2006: ... Things I learned THE LEGEND OF CANTUÑA & THE DEVIL (San Francisco church, Quito) Cantuña, an indigenous man of hard work, ...
  • Nov 1, 2006: ... as the cemetary was on the edge of old quito. We went inside San Francisco church and saw more graves in there, we also saw ...
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  • May 30, 2007: ... anyway. We bought a couple of things, and then we to El Museo de la Ciudad. It was nice. It had a couple of really pretty ...
  • May 4, 2008: ... eg Centro Cultural Metropolitano, San Francisco Museum and Museo de la Ciudad.  The most spectacular place is La ...
  • Apr 3, 2008: ... pieces that time, inside Fray Pedro Gosseal museum. Museo de la Ciudad (Museum from the City) It is ...
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  • Oct 16, 2006: ... up for it though on Thursday night, when a huge group of Amazonas teachers and students celebrated Anabel's birthday at a ...
  • Sep 30, 2006: ... I had an 11 am meeting with Gustavo, the head of Amazonas Spanish School, and had wanted to drop by Papaya Net (a popular ...
  • Oct 2, 2006: ... The good news is that I am very happy with Amazonas Spanish school thus far. I had a great teacher this week, have met some ...
  • Oct 9, 2006: ... with whom I feel comfortable. That night, Silivio (an Amazonas student from Switzerland) was celebrating his birthday, so ...