San Francisco Church (Iglesia de San Francisco) Quito

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    A Tired Tour of Quito

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    For the flight from Schipol to Bon Aire I started off by watching Yogi Bear but then spent the rest of the time trying to sleep. During this leg of the journey we got a light snack, dinner (chicken and rice!), and breakfast.

    We arrived in Bon Aire at about 3am local time in an airport that didn't seem big enough for a plane as big as the …

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    'Spanish or altitude headache..?'

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    We arrived into Quito, after not even planning to travel to Ecuador, w edecided to take a week, see some of the sights before selecting and settling in at a Spanish school. We figured it was about time to learn some of the language and Quito had a reputation of being an easy, cheap place to take classes. Quito is also 2800masl, and this was our …

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    Saying goodbye in Quito

    ... but overcrowded Ecovia from Mariscal into the centre, and wandered along to the Plaza de la Independencia, and from there to the San Francisco church on pretty plaza of the same name. The church was built in 1553 and is dedicated to the patron saint of ...

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    Fui a la Mitad Del Mundo

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    ... we had explored every inch of the Basilica, and messed with anything in our paths, we headed to the Cathedral and to San Francisco Church - both of which were closed, so we just admired them from the outside.  Jacky went into another church, which ...

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    The Old Town

    ... an hour later the rain had stopped so we headed north to Plaza 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 wander then headed back south to see Plaza San Fernando, another ...

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    In the dangerous city we have too many cocktails

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    ... Of the countless religious buildings, perhaps the most interesting is the city's largest colonial structure, the monastery of San Fransisco. The church has been substantially rebuilt after earthquake damage but is actually the oldest in the city and ...

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    One night stand

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    ... Galapagos) might be tough but it's definitely worth it. Things I learned THE LEGEND OF CANTUÑA & THE DEVIL (San Francisco church, Quito) Cantuña, an indigenous man of hard work, was responsible for completing the construction of the San ...

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    Standing at the middle of the earth

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    ... of us it was more informative and thorough and covered parts we had not yet seen for ourselves. We visited the San Francisco church which is the largest in South America. The interesting thing is that under the church there are underground tunnels which ...

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    00°15'S, 78°35'W - The Beginning

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    ... on Ecovia electric bus Stroll around Centro Historico Intoxicated by hot chocolate at Tianguez, in catacombs of San Francisco Church Day 3   More stories of theft and petty crime in the morning El Panicello Hill Upgraded to 4* Hotel ...

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    I'm here...in the rain..but here!

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    ... Square. A very typical old Spanish colonial layout for the city- big square with official buildings and churches. We tour San Francisco Church and convent as well as the La Compania Church. Then on to Centro Cultural, art center and library that was ...

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    Lesson´s over!

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    ... different their cemetary to ours. We then headed back through old quito, 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 some of the monks who lived by the church and saw an ...

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    Seeing Quito

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    ... where most the nightlife, tourists, shops, are hostels) which was nice. We looked around a bit and went in the gold church, called the San Francisco Church which was amazing. After we sat in the square, with the Santa Maria in view, had a coffee and felt ...