Visit the charming Quito and then go shopping at the Otavalo Market
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Quito and Otavalo Market Tour

Basic Quito B: LTE-QTP002

 

If you are short on time, we offer you a four day basic tour program that includes Quito and Otavalo. We offer 1 in / 1 out transfers, a City Tour and an Otavalo Market Tour, and 3 nights hotel stay at the hotel of your choice. Includes breakfast daily.

 

Details

Meet / Depart 

Hotel of your choice in Quito, Ecuador.

 

Includes 

2 Airport transfers 

Transportation 

City Tour and visit to the Equator (LTE-QDT003)

Otavalo Market Tour LTE-QDT006

3 nights in selected hotel in Quito

English Speaking Guide

Meals as listed in the itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner) 

 

Not Included

Meals not listed 

Entrance fee to the Intiñan Museum

Anything not specified.

 

Itinerary (4 Days)

Day 1. Quito: Transfer airport => Hotel. Accommodation. 

Day 2. Quito:  City Tour- Colonial plazas, buildings and churches display a bizarre and fascinating mix of Spanish and indigenous styles. Visit an art gallery and the Panecillo hill (winged virgin) lookout. Entrance fees to churches are included. Middle of the world: Visit the Equatorial Monument and Intiñan Museum (optional); Accommodation 

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Day 3. Quito – Otavalo – Quito: North of Quito, visit the small villages of the northern Andes and the Otavalo Indigenous market, the most important in South America. Try Cayambe’s traditional biscuits. 
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Day 4. Quito: Transfer Out.

What to Bring

 

Passport, comfortable walking shoes, warm clothing, windbreaker, rain ponchos in winter months, hat or cap, plastic water bottle, sun-block, sunglasses, waterproof small backpack, camera with high and low speed film, cash or travellers checks. 

Highlights

Andean Valleys The irregular topography of the Andes creates a beautiful backdrop for the passing rivers and snow-capped mountains. 

Mitad del Mundo Here you can stand on the equator! There is a large monument with an ethnographic museum, stores for shopping, and restaurants. The area also includes small museums, one of them holding an excellent miniature model of Quito. HOWEVER, modern GPS technology shows that the actual equator line is 240m away from the area, where you will find the Intiñan Museum. 

The Otavalo Market A famous indigenous gathering, where local communities get together and share their social life and bring out their goods - such as woodcarvings, tapestries, wool sweaters, ponchos, Andean musical instruments, paintings, etc -  for sale and trade. Many different forms of folk art can be appreciated and bought at very low prices.

Quito’s Historical City Centre Colonial plazas, buildings and churches display a fascinating mixture of Spanish and indigenous styles. The city was the first place in the world to be designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978.

Tianguez Art Gallery The Tianguez Art Gallery located by the oldest plaza in Quito, Plaza San Francisco, and will offer up high quality handicrafts from several parts of the country.

 

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