El Panecillo Quito

... 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 Souls Day ...

... 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 ...

... , 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 crown ...

Monday 24 November - Quito, Ecuador The start of our South American Trip. We flew into Quito at 10:00 at night in the middle of a storm. We were met by a courier from the hotel who seemed so pleased to see us (not half as pleased as we were to ...

... 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 ...

Noch mehr Fotos von Quito :-) Wir haben uns sogar auf den ach so gefaehrlichen Huegel El Panecillo gewagt...:-) Von dem billigen Essen sind wir immer noch ueberwaeltigt. Wir dachten eigentlich, Vietnam sei preisbezogen nicht zu uebertreffen, aber Equador ...

... that night. The next day we had organized a private tour that brought us to Basílica del Voto National, most of Quito Old Town, El Panecillo where a huge statue of La Virgen de Quito stood before heading to telefériQo. TelefériQo is a sky tram that brought ...

... painted primarily in pastel yellow is the norm. All of the churches are lit up at night, and La Virgen de Quito looms ominously on El Panecillo, "The Little Bread Loaf", or the small hill overlooking the city. Old Town is quite dangerous at night, so ...

... storm must have cleared the air. We decided to re-visit the Old Town, our first stop being ´The Virgin of Quito´ on top of the El Panecillo Hill, in the idyllic setting, overlooking the entire city. Afterwards, we took a tour of an old nunnery that has only ...

... thought it was cool so we asked them to take a picture with us. Outside the cathedral we had panoramic views of the city and El Panecillo which is a mountain south of the city with a 40 meter high statue of The Virgin of Quito.  We went inside the ...

... visited a church and hung myself from the top; there is no health and safety here. I also took a taxi to a placed called El Panecillo where there is a huge statue of the Virgin of Quito which over looks the city. I even saw a service for Easter Sunday ...

... ringing the bell! Up another ladder and we were right at the very top of the church, with amazing views over Quito in every direction, including of El Panecillo to the west ("little bread loaf", a hill to the west on top of which stands a statue of the ...

... tourists wandered the walks between the Plazas Grand and San Francisco all under the watchful eyes of La Virgin de Quito (el Panecillo) who stands eternal maternal 160m higher to the Southsouthwest. After a purchase of some locally crafted, pre-columbian ...

... con el nacimiento de su primer niño, Noah). Así que nos hemos ido a comer juntos a un restaurante en lo alto de El Panecillo, el cerro más famoso de Quito con su estatua de la vírgen alada. Ha sido toda una alegría poder verles, conocer al peque, que es de lo ...

... a tray full of dozens of day old chicks. We could see the big statue of 'The Virgen de Quito' on the top of a (very) steep hill called 'El Panecillo' or Breadloaf but apart from the coronary inducing steps up the hill, we had been warned to stay clear ...

... of about 9,895 feet (3,016 m) above sea level. The monument to Virgin Mary located on top of El Panecillo is visible from most of the city of Quito. This monument is based on a sculpture made by Bernardo de Legarda in the Spanish Colony time known as 'La ...

... within loterally 20 minutes of my last blog as I headed for a stroll up to the statue of an angel, El Panecillo, which overlooks Quito Old Town. No doubt, my dearly departed Lonely Planet guide book (I have already forgotten all the bad times - closed ...

... of the city that no tourist would ever see or experience. Our first day in Quito was great, we walked up to this hill called El Panecillo which gave us a great panoramic view of the city. By the way, this city is simply beautiful, it reminds me of a ...

... Looking up the narrow streets you can see the beautiful green mountains that surround this city and the giant statue of El Panecillo. Fisrt visit was to a magnificent grey stone church called La Busilica that had umbelievable lead light windows. Next ...

... and I was halfway asleep, I regrettably couldn't join them. Sunday: Up fairly early on Sunday for more sites in Quito. First stop...El Panecillo...or Little Break Loaf. This is a major Quito landmark and is topped by a huge statue on La Virgen de ...