A gorgeous luxury hotel and spa set in the mountains above Baños, Luna Runtun offers breathtaking views of Tungurahua Volcano, Llanganates National Park and Baños below. Swiss-owned and managed, the service is consistently good and friendly. In 2007 Luna Runtun added a network of outdoor pools...
The Otavaleños have been long renowned for their weaving skills, and over the last couple of decades have become the most successful indigenous group on the continent, thanks to the popularity of their weekly craft market. Although most still live up in the hills around the town, and wear...
El Centro Interamericano de Artesanías y Artes Populares, or Museum of Popular Arts, is a small but interesting museum dedicated to the popular crafts of the Americas. The upper floors where the administration is located display mainly textiles, while the lower floors are the museum proper. The...
The Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno, west of the center of Cuenca, on the Plaza San Sebastián, has a permanent collection of contemporary paintings and sculptures. The art work is displayed in separate rooms and within the gardens, spread around two delightful courtyards. The buildings were...
This museum contains an extensive collection of archaeological pieces, including 10,000-year-old weapons and tools from the region around Loja, and other objects pertaining to the most well-known cultures of Ecuador, such as Valdivia, Machalilla and Chorrera. There is also an ethnographic section...