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Quito

Quito's Centro Histórico at night
photo by Freddie Sumption
Quito's Centro Histórico at night photo by Freddie Sumption
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By Dawn Wohlfarth

 

Quito is a great place to start your trip with some of the best Spanish schools in South America, a great backpacking community, and plenty of places to escape the touristy crowd. It is easy to plan your whole trip from here - most of Quito hotels, travel agencies and tour operators are within a 5 block radius of each other in the Mariscal sector. Quiteños tend to be relaxed, friendly and eager to help or make friends.

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All Activities in Quito

Museo Nacional del Banco Central del Ecuador

If you only visit one museum in Ecuador, make it this one. Even if you're not an avid museum visitor, ...

Cotopaxi National Park

An hour and a half south of Quito, along the Avenue of the Volcanoes, lays the dominant image on the E...

Quito's Teleferiqo

Quito’s latest and greatest tourist attraction opened to the public July 2, 2005 and offers some o...

Top Rated Hotels

Casa Oriente

Casa Oriente is located between the Centro Histórico and La Mariscal about four blocks east of the southernmost...


98% - 6 ratings

Hotel Cayman

A good mid-range hotel in a small house in the heart of La Mariscal. Website: www.hotelcaymanquito.com...


97% - 5 ratings
$24 - $48

Backpackers' Inn

Centrally located in La Mariscal, in the north of Quito. Offers both double and shared rooms with a kitchen avai...


96% - 6 ratings

Top Rated Restaurants

Capuleto Deli Cafe

Capuleto is a lovely Italian restaurant and deli with a large garden patio with ample seating and a strange fami...


98% - 4 ratings

Chelsea Bar & Restaurant

If you want to get your night started off right, head over to Chelsea, the newest bar in La Mariscal. Located pe...


95% - 5 ratings

Turtle's Head

An excellent Scottish-owned pub in Quito's Mariscal district and the only spot in Quito to get home-brewed beer....


93% - 18 ratings

Top Rated Tours


26% - 2 ratings

100% - 3 ratings

Mindo Birds Tours

Located in the beautiful area of Mindo, this company is completely devoted to providing birders with the best po...


100% - 1 ratings

Top Rated Schools

La Lengua

La Lengua provides one-to-one Spanish lessons in a flexible manner. La Lengua also provides a cultural understan...


45% - 5 ratings

APF Languages

APF Languages offers flexible schedules, experienced teacher and the typical variety of extra services like a Sp...


100% - 5 ratings

Apu Inty Spanish School

Although there are tons of Spanish schools to choose from while staying in Quito, it is the little things that m...


83% - 3 ratings

Top Rated Services

Stop ´n´Surf

Stop 'n' Surf is a great, if slightly expensive, internet cafe in the Centro Histórico.  Snacks and coffee are...


86% - 9 ratings

Choclo Net

Choclo Net is a smaller internet cafe in the north of the Mariscal. All computers use a broadband connection an...


85% - 7 ratings

La Sala

An V!VA favorite, La Sala is spacious, speedy and inexpensive. Each computer has a flat screen monitor, a web c...


79% - 5 ratings

Traveler Reviews of Quito

QUITO - ECUADOR

Rating: 100%

Everthing in Ecuador is perfect!!!!

By V!VA User from U.S.A, Jul 29, 2007

Quito

Rating: 75%

Well, I'm an American living in London, but my family is from Quito, so I have been there many times. One of the best things about the city is that the Andes surround you, but the climate is pleasant. The city is a great combination of the old colonial and the modern. Within hours, you can reach volcanos, Amazonian rainforest and beautiful beaches.

By V!VA User from Long Beach, California (live in London, family from Quito), Apr 12, 2007

Quito is awesome

Rating: 100%

Party is pretty cool, people is really nice and there are lots of pretty cute girls

By V!VA User from Lithuania, Sep 08, 2006

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