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QUITO, AN ANDEAN GATE TOTOURISM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD

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Location: SA - EC - Andes mountain rangeAltitude: 2,850 m / 9,350 ft.

Province: PichinchaCurrency: United States Dollar

Language: Spanish

• “QUITO” the closest capital city to Equator line

TRIVIA

PRE – COLUMBIAN PERIOD

• Founded on Incan ruins• Quitu tribe

• Integrated - Incan Empire • 1534 - Spanish conquest

COLONIAL PERIOD

• Foundation - 6 December 1534• Spanish - Sebastián de Benalcázar

• Conversion • Indigenous population to Christianity

Churches mixed style

• Baroque • Spanish• Flemish• Moorish• Pre - Columbian

REPUBLICAN PERIOD

• Battle of Pichincha - May 24, 1822• Independence of Quito

• Freedom Top

• Colonial city • Andean city

• Offers cosmopolitan travelling

EXCELLENT

• Restaurants• Theaters• Five-star hotels• Amazing parks• Museums• Convention centers• Beautiful mountains• Handycraft markets• Folkloric ballet shows

WHY QUITO?

QUITO SURROUNDINGS• Mountains - volcanic peaks• Valleys – Cumbayá / Chillos• Cloud forest – Bellavista / Mindo

• Rucu Pichincha• Cayambe• Pasochoa• Pululahua • Cotopaxi

QUITO SURROUNDINGS

• Quito Zoo • Teleferico

• The New International Airport Mariscal Sucre

(IATA code: UIO) Town – Tababela

40 km away

• Length: 1,600 hectares• Runway: 4,100 - 2,400 feet long

• Category: B• Passenger handling capacity:

6 million per year

QUITO SURROUNDINGS

FESTIVITIES • Carnival: Feb • Holy Week: Mar - Apr• All Souls Day: Nov• Festivities of Quito: Dic• New Year´s Eve: Dic

ACTIVITIES• Sports• Adventure• Hiking• Theater• Music• Art• Gastronomy • Cultural events

TYPICAL FOOD & TRADITIONS • Canelazo: cinnamon drink with alcohol • Hornado: baked pork • Empanadas de viento: big cheese pasty• Humitas: corn baked mash • Locro: potatoe soup with avocado• Chinchulines: fried cow belly• Bizcochos: sponge cakes with cheese• Fanesca: creamy legume grain soup• Colada morada: dark purple juice w/ corn

• Festivals • Parades - dowtown• “40” card game• Queen election• Chivas

WEATHER

• Mountain dry season • Rainy season• Average temperature :

16.2 ° Celsius degrees 61.16 ° Fahrenheit degrees

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sundaymar-19 mar-20 mar-21 mar-22 mar-23 mar-24

Hi: 13°C Hi: 15°C Hi: 14°C Hi: 16°C Hi: 14°C Hi: 15°CLo: 10°C Lo: 10°C Lo: 10°C Lo: 9°C Lo: 10°C Lo: 11°C

• Spring-like weather• Unpredictable weather• Warm jacket + umbrella • Temperature sudden change

TRANSPORTATION • Metrobus Q• Trole• Ecovía• Blue Bus• Taxi cabs• Quito Tour Bus• Bici Q

RailSouthern part

Chimbacalle Station

HISTORIC CENTER • Largest

• Least altered• Best preserved

• First World Cultural Heritage Sites UNESCO 1978

MAIN ATTRACTIONS

• Basilica church• El Panecillo Virgin

• Santo Domingo square• Independace square• Government palace• Colonial House Quito• Garcia Moreno street• San Francisco square• San Francisco church• La Compania church• Santo Domingo monastery• Sucre National Theater • La Merced church • El Sagrario chapell• Cuenca street

• Cantuña monasteriy

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TOUR PROGRAM

• Mariscal Sucre Airport + guide + transfer• Historic Centrer • El Panecillo

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TOUR PROGRAM

• Alameda park + Basilica church

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TOUR PROGRAM

• Garcia Moreno Street – Seven Crosess

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TOUR PROGRAM

• Independacne Square + Residential Palace + Main Cathedral + La Compañia Church

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TOUR PROGRAM

• San Francisco Church + San Francisco Plaza

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TOUR PROGRAM• Monument at the Middle of the World +

Etnographic or Intiñan museums

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TOUR PROGRAM• Modern Quito + La Mariscal

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MODERN QUITO • Modern museums

• Museo de Arte Contemporaneo• Casa del Alabado• Museo de la Ciudad• La Capilla del Hombre

• National Museum of Medicine• Museo Casa de Sucre

• Museo Nacional del Banco Central• Alberto Mena Caamaño• Casa de la Cultura

• Jacinto JijonCaamaño• Convento de San Francisco• Eloy Alfaro Museum• Convento de San Diego • Casa de Benalcázar

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CONTEMPORANY ARCHITECTURE

• Cosmopolitan city• Heritage of mankind