Get the best of both worlds! After taking in the spectacular sights of Quito city, adventure on to the Middle of the World Monument! See the city, the Northern and Southern Hemispheres all in one day!
A comprehensive city tour includes visits to residential neighborhoods at the northern end of the city, visiting the 'Guapulo Mirador', passing through the 12 of October Avenue up to the Culture House and the Legislative Palace (Congress) where the rock murals that are related to the history of Ecuador can be appreciated.
The tour will then continue through the Gran Colombia Avenue up to the Basilica Church, where you will make a brief stop and next, the 'San Juan Mirador' from where you will have a beautiful sight of The Colonial Quito.
After walking through the colonial streets you will then stop at the Independence Plaza admiring the Cathedral, the Government's Palace, and the Archiepiscopal palace. Furthermore, you will visit The Company Church where adornments and gold altars can be appreciated, a visit to the Sagrario Church and San Francisco Church, which was built during the 17th century. And then, you will be heading to the 'Panecillo Mirador', the most famous hill of Quito, from where a sight of the colonial and modern Quito will be taken.
You will then be heading up to the 'Middle of the World City' where the monument that divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern one will be visited. It was built during the XVII century when a French Expedition defined the precise location of the equatorial line. The Ethnographic Museum can be also be visited. |
