4-Day Best of Quito Tour: Otavalo Market, Middle of the World Monument and City Sightseeing Tour
Quito, Ecuador
Trip Type: Multi-day Tours
Duration: 4 days
Quito and its environs, Equatorial Monument, Otavalo market
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Quito and its environs, Equatorial Monument, Otavalo marketPlease note: The following itinerary might vary depending on the starting day of the tour
Day 1:
Transfer Airport / Hotel
Day 2: Excursion to Otavalo Market (B)
Depart from Quito through the Pan-American North Highway until arriving to Cayambe where the passengers will have the opportunity to taste the delicious “Bizcochos de Cayambe”, a type of cracker or bread baked in a clay oven (greatly paired with local cheese or caramel sauce). Afterwards, we'll make a brief stop at “Miralago”, to admire a wonderful view of Lago San Pablo.
The tour then continues to Otavalo where Otavaleños (natives) set up a market in which a bartering manner of shopping is taken place. The market hosts a variety of different handcrafted items.
Passengers may choose between staying longer in Otavalo or go to visit to the leather shops at Cotacachi. On the way to Cotacachi, we'll visit a traditional workshop of Andean instruments "Ñanda Mañachi" located in Peguche and then reach Iluman, land of shamans and healers, where we will have the opportunity to witness an ancestral indigenous ritual by a Shaman.
In Cotacachi you have enough time to visit the village, the shops of leather goods and free time for lunch. Return to Quito picking up passengers in Otavalo (spot determined by Gray Line Guide).
** Bus will wait for 10 minutes in Otavalo to pick up passengers that stayed there. Please make sure you're on time.
Day 3: Quito City Explorer (Historic Quito) and Equatorial Monument (B)
We begin in the northern part of the city with a tour along the most important commercial areas. Then we head to the historic center to visit the Basilica del Voto Nacional where we'll make a brief stop and explanation to later reach the Plaza de la Independencia. Through a walking route you'll see the Cathedral, the Government Palace, the Archbishop's Palace and the La Compañia Church, recognized for its adornments and gold altars.
The tour will continue towards the Church of San Francisco. (Entrance to churches are not included). Then headed to the Mirador del Panecillo (entrance included) a place renowned for its beauty, where you can admire a beautiful landscape of colonial and modern Quito.
We'll stop at the “Zona Rosa” of the city, to have free time for lunch and then continue to the northern part of the city, heading up to the “Middle of the World City”(entrance is included) where the monument that divides the Northern from the Southern Hemisphere will be observed. At the end, optional visit either to Intiñan or Ethnographic Museum (entrance is not included).
Day 4: (B)
Transfer Hotel / Airport
Day 1:
Transfer Airport / Hotel
Day 2: Excursion to Otavalo Market (B)
Depart from Quito through the Pan-American North Highway until arriving to Cayambe where the passengers will have the opportunity to taste the delicious “Bizcochos de Cayambe”, a type of cracker or bread baked in a clay oven (greatly paired with local cheese or caramel sauce). Afterwards, we'll make a brief stop at “Miralago”, to admire a wonderful view of Lago San Pablo.
The tour then continues to Otavalo where Otavaleños (natives) set up a market in which a bartering manner of shopping is taken place. The market hosts a variety of different handcrafted items.
Passengers may choose between staying longer in Otavalo or go to visit to the leather shops at Cotacachi. On the way to Cotacachi, we'll visit a traditional workshop of Andean instruments "Ñanda Mañachi" located in Peguche and then reach Iluman, land of shamans and healers, where we will have the opportunity to witness an ancestral indigenous ritual by a Shaman.
In Cotacachi you have enough time to visit the village, the shops of leather goods and free time for lunch. Return to Quito picking up passengers in Otavalo (spot determined by Gray Line Guide).
** Bus will wait for 10 minutes in Otavalo to pick up passengers that stayed there. Please make sure you're on time.
Day 3: Quito City Explorer (Historic Quito) and Equatorial Monument (B)
We begin in the northern part of the city with a tour along the most important commercial areas. Then we head to the historic center to visit the Basilica del Voto Nacional where we'll make a brief stop and explanation to later reach the Plaza de la Independencia. Through a walking route you'll see the Cathedral, the Government Palace, the Archbishop's Palace and the La Compañia Church, recognized for its adornments and gold altars.
The tour will continue towards the Church of San Francisco. (Entrance to churches are not included). Then headed to the Mirador del Panecillo (entrance included) a place renowned for its beauty, where you can admire a beautiful landscape of colonial and modern Quito.
We'll stop at the “Zona Rosa” of the city, to have free time for lunch and then continue to the northern part of the city, heading up to the “Middle of the World City”(entrance is included) where the monument that divides the Northern from the Southern Hemisphere will be observed. At the end, optional visit either to Intiñan or Ethnographic Museum (entrance is not included).
Day 4: (B)
Transfer Hotel / Airport
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