Quito Travel Stories

Jan 7, 2016 • 4 min read

When it comes to adventure, you can’t go wrong in Ecuador. There are towering Andean peaks and volcanoes, vast swaths of Amazonian rain forest, chilled…

Nov 13, 2015 • 5 min read

Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, might boast a buoyant economy today, but it’s still a shadow of its former glory. A little over a century ago, many of…

Sep 23, 2015 • 9 min read

The second-highest capital in the world (after La Paz, Bolivia), Quito is a lovely Andean city with an exquisite colonial centre packed with architectural…

Feb 6, 2013 • 5 min read

Way up in a 30-mile long valley of the Andes, Ecuador's capital is undergoing a complete make-over. Quito's Spanish-colonial center helped it become the…