Parque Recreacional Jipiro

Loja


North of town, this kid-friendly park offers a giant chessboard, a skate park, a Chinese pagoda, a pint-size Kremlin, small animal enclosures and a paddleboat pond. Green buses ($0.25) go there from the southeast corner of Eguiguren and Peña.


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Nearby Loja attractions

1. Puerta de la Ciudad

1.13 MILES

With perhaps more pomp and circumstance than you'll encounter anywhere else in Loja, the City Gate greets you into downtown from the northern corner. It's…

2. Parque La Banda/Orillas de Zamora

1.46 MILES

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3. Plaza San Francisco

1.5 MILES

A block north of the Parque Central, this smallish plaza is crowned by a statue of the city’s founder astride his horse.

4. Cathedral

1.61 MILES

Watch the devotees stepping inside for their daily devotions to the Virgen del Cisne.

5. Parque Central

1.62 MILES

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7. Museo de la Cultura Lojana

1.65 MILES

On the south side of Parque Central, a characterful republican-era building houses this museum and its exhibits, which include good local art, archaeology…

8. Museo de la Música

1.73 MILES

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