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5d / 4n Knowing Quito and Its Best Flavors !!!
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Duration
5 days and 4 nights
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24 hours
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Idioma
Spanish
Min. passengers
1 passenger
5d / 4n Knowing Quito and Its Best Flavors !!!
4 nights, 5 days enjoying and exploring everything Quito has to offer!
- Visit the largest and best preserved Historic Center in South America. Meet a local market and its traditions. Enjoy Quito and its gastronomic experience.
Starting point
- Start in Quito, coordinate with the operator
- Once booked, provide flight information to the tour operator, so you can wait for it at the airport
- The start time depends on your arrival, however, the operator will be waiting for you.
Itinerary
Día 1
Arrival to Quito
- TRANSFER From the airport to the hotel.
- LODGING In the accommodation.
Día 2
Historic Quito + Half of the World
- BREAKFAST At the hotel. City Tour: Historic Quito + Half of the World
- HISTORICAL CENTER. We will visit the historic center, the largest and best preserved in South America, in one of our original Trolleys, which are a replica of the trams that circulated in Quito last century.
- VOTE OF THE NATIONAL. We will visit, the Church of the Basilica of the National Vote, where we will make a brief stop for an explanation of its facade, then move to the Mirador del Panecillo, an iconic place of the city, recognized for its beauty, and where a statue is located giant of the "Winged Virgin", from where you can admire a beautiful landscape of colonial and modern Quito. Later we will continue to the Plaza de San Francisco, one of the representative places of the city, and full of history, from where we will walk to the Plaza Grande, historical and political center of the city, surrounded by innumerable attractions among them: the Cathedral, the Government Palace, the Archbishop's Palace and the Church of the Company.
- ROUND. We continue our tour knowing the traditional neighborhood La Ronda, in whose romantic environment we can find workshops where our visitors will learn with a group of authentic craftsmen, how their works are made, and trades of yesteryear that keep alive the cultural traditions of this charming city. (Tickets to churches are not included).
- PINK AREA . We will make a stop in the pink area of the city, about an hour and a half to have free time for lunch (not included) and then continue with our excursion to the Middle of the World.
- HALF OF THE WORLD. We go to the "Middle City of the World", where you can see the monument that divides the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere of the planet. It was built in the 18th century where the French scientific expedition defined the exact position of the Ecuador line that divides the world and is an unmissable place for those who visit Quito. Includes entrance to the Middle of the World complex where you can live unique experiences that challenge the laws of physics and occur only in this place in the World. After visiting this privileged place and registering it in your passport, you will always see Ecuador and Half the World differently.
Día 3
Quito Market Tour & Chapel of Man
- BREAKFAST At the hotel.
- MODERN QUITO . Tour that begins in the center-north of the city, in the commercial and banking area of Modern Quito.
- TRADITIONAL CITY MARKET . We will move to one of the traditional markets of the city, where we can enjoy the colorful landscape that produce stalls full of fruits and vegetables from all regions of our country. Without a doubt, this is a place full of familiar flavors, and the best opportunity to know a variety of locally consumed products that mix with the offer of very striking items such as aromatic and healing herbs, world-renowned roses and nationally produced spirits , among others.
- GUAYASAMÍN . Later we will visit the Guayasamín House Museum also known as the Chapel of Man (entrance included), of the most important plastic artist of Ecuador in the modern era, and we will know the great value of the artistic heritage that this teacher left to the country.
- GASTRONOMY Gastronomy and street art of Quito
- GUAPPLE We will move to the traditional and historic neighborhood of Guápulo, where we will walk through its picturesque cobbled streets as did the founders of the city of Quito, and enjoy its incomparable viewpoint of the landscape of the valleys that surround the city and the church of Guapulo , former monastery of colonial construction.
- THE FLOWER. We will continue to La Floresta, considered among the most emblematic neighborhoods of the city, today turned into the bohemian and artistic place of Quito, where we can admire diversity of culture through its murals and graffiti.
- TREKKING We will visit in a walk, some independent artisan workshops, to know their informal exhibitions that give life to this neighborhood.
- NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD. Finally we will have the opportunity to know the neighborhood food, recognized by the inhabitants of the city, such as the cuisine offered in the streets and that is a trend of local consumption and unique flavors. At the same time we will learn the traditions that involve the preparation of delicious dishes.
Día 4
Breakfast at the hotel. Day off.
- BREAKFAST
- FREE Free day to visit what they want most
Día 5
EXCURSION TO CHOOSE (According to day of operation):
- BREAKFAST at the hotel. Transfer hotel / airport.
- EXCURSION TO CHOOSE. (According to day of operation):
- OPTION 1: Tour of the artisanal Quito beer (Wednesday) On this tour, we want to convey the passion for beer art that tells the history of Quito. Health!
We will go to the Plaza de San Blas gateway of the historic center of Quito, from where we will go on foot to the first Pub located in a traditional neighborhood in the area where we will have a tasting guided by a master brewer, using the 5 senses to Discover the flavors of craft beer. Then we will walk through the beautiful streets of the historic center until we reach our next stop, places that were formerly the craft breweries of the city, to continue enjoying the pleasures of beer and understand its elaboration process. - OPTION 2: Andean cooking classes (Saturday) A true adventure of local cuisine, unique to the Andean region because it is enriched by the diversity of climates, cultures and products that we have in Ecuador. Although little known in the World, Ecuadorian cuisine surprises our visitors. Learn to combine the variety of products that exist in the country and developing your creativity will have an exquisite culinary effect, and an experience you will never forget, always guided by a chef, who highly recommends having previously made our excursion “Quito Culture and Traditions” that It includes a visit to a typical market of the city to know the ingredients of the food in this region.
- OPTION 3: Legends of Quito in the evening with dinner (Wednesday to Saturday)
We start north of the city with a tourist tour along the most important commercial areas, where many of the hotels and nightlife of Quito are located. Then we go to the Historic Center to admire the spectacle of the illuminated churches and historic buildings and their main tourist attractions (It does not include tickets). The tour continues towards the Mirador del Panecillo, a place recognized for its beauty, where you can enjoy a beautiful view of colonial and modern Quito. During the tour, you can get to know the people who live in this city better, you can recognize them by their way of speaking, thinking, and touring our city, since our guide will tell recognized urban legends that are part of the history of Quito and that they are a tradition and cultural heritage of Quito.
- DINNER Finishing the tour, dinner included in one of our recommended restaurants (return to the hotel on behalf of the passenger)
Include
- With experience, local guide
- Round trip transfer between the airport and the hotel
- 4 nights accommodation
- daily breakfast
- Original 1914 Tour of the Chariot City of Quito and the North and Southern Hemisphere Experience, in the Middle of the World
- Quito Culture and Traditions tour
- Quito street food and art tour
- Choose between a traditional Andean cooking class, a tour of craft beer or an urban legends of Quito night tour
- Hotel taxes
Not included
- Perks
- city tax (different from hotel tax) of $ 2.75 per room, per night to be paid directly to the hotel
Activities
- Gastronomy (opcional)
- Guided visits (incluida)
Notes
- Service is provided in Shared Mode (with more passengers in the group).
- The tours and activities carried out by this Operator have a low level of risk and difficulty and provide the necessary security.
- Service is subject to variation without prior notice, due to weather conditions (rains, huaycos, overflows, etc.), strikes and / or demonstrations and any other event that does not allow the normal development of the itinerary.
- Any cancellation of the service for the reasons indicated, no refund applies.
- In this case, the Operator could carry out a contingency plan with an alternative tour and / or vary the itinerary at its discretion, always to guarantee the safety of the traveler and the best development of the service as a whole.
- If you decide to withdraw before the end of the service, no refund applies.
- If you do not attend the day of the service, it will be considered as "Done" with no place for Claims, Postponements or Returns.
- Seats in transfer mobility are not reserved, they are taken according to the order of arrival / pick-up.
Accommodation
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Cómodo hotelTransport
Transfer privado
- Transfer privado
Cancellations policy
FREE cancellation as long as the guest cancels at least 7 days before the tripSimilar tours
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