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Arrival to Quito. Transportation is provided at the hotel. Accommodations at the hotel. Welcome cocktail provided.
Breakfast. The visit begins through the residential zone and the Congress. The Congress main building has a stone carved mural representing the history of Ecuador. We will continue to the Colonial site where we will admire the colonial churches and buildings of this urban jewel declared by the UNESCO as Cultural Patrimony of Humankind. Visit the San Agustin monastery, its colonial patio, and the vast collection of paintings describing San Agustin’s life. The visit keeps through the Independence Plaza surrounded by the Cathedral, the Government Palace and the Archbishops. We will visit the San Francisco Church considered one of the most important religious monuments of the new world; its amazing façade and courtyard. The main altar gold panned holds the beautiful Winged virgin or better known as the virgin of Quito. Length of program approximately 3 hours. Acommodations at the hotel.
Breakfast. At only 25 km. northwest from Quito, the Equator line marks exactly, 0º latitud, where you can put one foot on each hemisphere. Visit the ethnographic museum where we can learn about the different ethnic groups dwelling in Ecuador. Next to the museum is located the Ciudad Mitad del Mundo, a replica of a colonial town with its main plaza, church, and bullring, you will find a couple of restaurants and many handicrafts shops. Length of program approximately 3 hours. Acommodations at the hotel.
Breakfast. Early morning we will go to Otavalo town. Otavalo is considered the most important indigenous market in South America. Over here the “Otavaleños” silently market, comparing with other noisy indigenous markets all around the world. An early departure from Quito will take us through dramatic Andean sceneries. You will have enough time to walk along the market and the small streets of the village full of locals with its blue ponchos, white trousers and a long braided hair. Afternoon return to Quito, Acommodations at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the airport to take the departure flight.
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