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AT CASA ALONSO

* Visit Casa Alonso´s website by clicking on the logo   The restaurant inside Mansión Alcázar Boutique Hotel in Cuenca is Casa Alonso. Its excellent reputation has been earned year by year. It´s a perf...
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COME TO ECUADOR

CHRONICLES OF A TRAVELER By: Steve León My wife and kids are so humbled to have had the opportunity to spend two weeks in the Pachamama. Come and explore the cities, the land, the amazing food, and the beauti...
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EL ACANTILADO Y TONGORACHÍ

* Visita la página web de El Acantilado haciendo clic en el logo   LUGARES MÁGICOS EN ESMERALDAS Fotos: Manuel Pallares El Acantilado, ubicado en todo lo alto de un peñón, es uno de esos lugares que ...
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EL PANECILLO HILL AND THE VIRGIN THAT PROTECTS QUITO

By: Lorena Ballesteros Quito´s most privileged view is from the overlook at the base of the statue of the Virgin on El Panecillo hill. Visitors enjoy a magnificent sight of central and southern Quito. Looking ...
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PUMAPUNGO ANCESTRAL MUSEUM AND PARK

Memories of the Inca Empire in Cuenca By: Esteban Herrera The ancient city of Tumipampa was founded in the 15th century by Túpac Yupanqui, the tenth ruler of the Inca Empire which, in its heyday, extended fro...

THE CRYSTAL PALACE

Guayaquil´s hidden treasures reveal themselves to attentive viewers as they cross a street or turn a corner. Each of them stores memories of times past, when Guayaquil was being built into the proud and bustlin...
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JATUNYACU RIVER

A HIKE IN THE AMAZON BASIN The Jatunyacu river is esteemed one of the best for rafting in Ecuador. It´s in Napo province, inside the Llanganates national park, and its quichua name means “big river”. Quichua i...

THE FRENCH PATH IN CUENCA

By: Fundación Municipal Turismo para Cuenca To witness the encounter between the city of Cuenca and France implies a walk down the path of time, collecting stories and anecdotes and reviving beautiful memories...
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ROYAL PALM GALAPAGOS

THE SANTA CRUZ HIGHLANDS. A HIDDEN TREASURE Por: María Gracia Banderas The Galápagos islands are to Ecuador what the pyramids are to Egypt or Machu Picchu is to Peru. This marvel of nature has been the leadin...
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MANABÍ, A GIFT THE SHORES OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN

By Ana María Buitrón Along some 217 miles (350 kilometers) of beaches, the coastline of Manabí province is marked by cliffs and stone slabs, river mouths and estuaries, islands and islets which compose the bes...