Quito Trips & Tours

Ecuador’s capital city is one of Latin America’s coolest, hippest and most happening hubs. The stage is set firstly by the landscape: flanked by two active volcanoes on one side and the Amazon basin on the other, it’s a dramatic and powerful setting with views to die for. Then there’s the town itself. From the 16th-century Old Town, one of the best-preserved examples of colonial architecture on the continent and the first UNESCO city in the world, to the graffitied walls and murals of bohemian La Floriesta (via a few pastel palaces and shamanistic healers), the streets are alive and bustling. On a typical day, roam the old town’s 200 churches, convents and monasteries, watching the hawkers with their wares and the fourth-generation hatmakers busy at work, before dining at industrial Laboratorio for themed cocktails and experiential courses. End with a cleanse at a traditional curanderas (healer) and a pisco sour on the roof terrace of your hotel, watching the sun set over this extraordinary city.