El Panecillo Quito

Today we drove to el Panecillo which is a large statue located on a hill overlooking Quito. It is a statue of the virgin and can be seen from many places in the city. The view from up there was spectacular! Afterwards, we drove downtown to see the museum of Mariscal Sucre, the man who liberated Ecuador. Before Ecuadorian currency was US dollars, …

My first full day in Quito! After almost 12 hours sleep I woke feeling knackered but was determined to make it to breakfast as after no dinner the night before I was starving! The buffet breakfast was surprisingly good...I ate everything going...then realised I'd missed the hot food options so went up to try that too....scrambled egg, eggy bread, …

Quito!

This was my first stop. I had planned on being her with a friend from Earlham, Melina, but her plans changed and I ended up being here solo. The hostel I stayed in was pretty chill, a good place to meet people and to take day trips from, but the floors were incredibly loud so I had a harder time than usual sleeping.

While …

Nach mehreren Schlafunterbrechungen aufgrund Latino-Musik, auscheckenden Gästen, etc. waren wir bereits um 06.00 Uhr wach. Wahrscheinlich machte sich auch bereits der Jet-Lag bemerkbar, schliesslich wäre in Schottland Mittag… Fränzi's schwere und vom Fliegen schmerzende Beine nötigten sie zu einem frühen Hostel-Rundgang, Gax drehte eine …

... of historical significance. I´m so glad I squeezed Ecuador into my trip. To the south of the Old Town is a small hill called El Panecillo and is topped by a huge statue of La Virgen de Quito. The view from the hill is breathtaking, but the view from ...

... flustered while Dan continues "no, plastico trainers, nike" and after a while they leave us alone again, its quite amusing! Visited El Panecillo the Quito Virgin, We went up to see her, cracking view of the entire city Today is a public holiday, All ...

... floodlit at night. This southern part of town is dominated by a huge winged statue of the Virgin of Quito, high atop a nearby hill affectionately known as El Panecillo (little bread loaf) - also a site to visit another day. Along Avenida Sucre we passed ...

... , sea turtles and other wildlife at a very reasonable price. My plans are to go to La Mitad del Mundo and El Panecillo y la Virgen de Quito. To Otavalo Saturday market and also hike the crater lake that is a few kilometers away from there. To Mindo to ...

... om het beeld dat we al elke dag vanuit een andere hoek gezien hadden, eens van dichtbij te bekijken: Virgin de El Panecillo of ‘de maagd van Quito’. Om onze muy grande toeristische dag af te sluiten, besloten we (5 blonde chicas) nog eens ...

... ltaking you near the top of the church. The old town looks very picturesque with an aptly named round little hill called El Panecillo (it means little bread loaf), which is visible from pretty much everywhere. I then walked into the old town proper, via ...

... ;  The next morning at breakfast I met with Bill a Canadian. We arranged to meet up a little later and take a trip to El panecillo, a hill that offers great views of the city and also a chance to see the giant sculpture of the Virgin ...

... and another student from Maine voyaged to the top of a hilltop in the the south of the old town.  it is called El Panecillo (the Little Breadloaf).  it is topped by a huge statue of La Virgen de Quito (Quito´s Winged Virgin), with a ...

... we decided to make the most of the day and wandered out into the Old Town. We caught a taxi up to the top of El Panecillo, the huge hill that overshadows the Old Town and features La Virgen De Quito, a huge religious statue that overlooks the city. The ...

... streets and plazas with churches. Bustling full of people really I enjoyed it. Ona hill just to the south of the Old Town is el Panecillo (Little Bread Loaf) that is topped with a huge statue of La Virgen de Quito.  I nwas going to climb it but ...