Itinerary
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Stop At: Mercado Central, Av. Pichincha, Quito 170150 Ecuador
We recommend to start this morning without having any breakfast. Your tour guide will pick you up at 10h00 to start an exciting adventure in the old town. While he explain you all about the history of Ecuador and Quito, the Inca Empire, the Spanish invasion and finally the independence and the republican period, you'll have the opportunity to discover new flavours! We drive first to visit a local market, well-known as Mercado Central, where we can try different exotic tropical fruits and local specialties from the Sierra region!
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Plaza de la Independencia (Plaza Grande), Gabriel Garcia Moreno Entre Chile y Espejo, Quito 170150 Ecuador
During our walk, we will pass through the Independence Square, scenery of many dramatic battles of revolution in the history of the Republic of Ecuador; here you'll have the privilege to try different types of traditional salty and sweet pastries. We will have the privilege to see the Cathedral, the Archbishop’s Palace, the Church of the Sacred Society of Jesus of Quito, summit of the Latin American Baroque Style.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Calle La Ronda, Juan de Dios Morales, Quito 170150 Ecuador
Then we continue with the charming neighbourhood of La Ronda, where it will be possible to do a chocolate tasting, and finally the Convent of San Francisco, built in 1540.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: El Panecillo, Costado del Centro Historico, Quito 170150 Ecuador
Then you'll have the opportunity to drive, uphill way, to visit the top of "El Panecillo", where the winged Virgin Mary of Quito is located, and it is considered the tallest aluminium statue of the world. Then, enjoying a tasty traditional home-made cocktail known as "canelazo", you will have an incredible view of the old town, new town and south of Quito; including the amazing snow-capped volcanoes: Cotopaxi (19.350 f), Antisana (18.874 f) and Cayambe (18.996 f). We will be back in your hotel approximately at 14h00. End of our authentic and delicious city tour!
Duration: 30 minutes
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Traveler pickup is offered
You will be picked up from your hotel or address, within Quito's district, at 10:00 a.m.
10:00 AM
4 to 5 hours(approx.)
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Infants must sit on laps
Infant seats available
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
Our guides and drivers will follow vehicle cleaning and personal care protocols, with disinfectant products during the tour.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : Anabelle_M
Marcelo was a wonderful tour guide. He is so knowledgeable about so much not just food.
We had a great variety of experiences. We went to the farmer's market and sampled fresh fruits and local dishes at the food court. Then we went to the hill with Virgin Mary statue and sampled delicious empanadas and local drink canelazo at the food court there. Then headed to a great walking tour of old Town and experienced a chocolate shop that presented the history of Ecuadorian chocolate and of course had lots of yummy samples.
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Posted On : 2024-05-05
Posted By : Denise_B
It was so fun and interesting learning about Quito through its food and sights! Just the right mix of both Our guide was great—both friendly and knowledgeable!
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Posted On : 2024-04-19
Posted By : valeriemN5472AJ
Excellent tour. Daniel arrived on time, introduced himself and off we went on a four hour walking and tasting tour around old town ending up at the Winged Mary statue.
Lots of history included.
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Posted On : 2023-01-24
Posted By : Celine_Z
the tour was really fun and Michael was super nice and a good driver! loved the food and all the information i got!!!
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Posted On : 2022-11-25
Posted By : 367liz
If you want a combination of an old town tour plus trying of local food, this is for you. Eduado picked us up from the hotel on time. Due to Quito traffic it took over half an hour to get to the large central market but worth the trip. Lots of stalls of fruit/ veg/ meat/flowers etc and hawker bar style eateries to learn about. Eduado’s English is good. Keep asking questions and he knew most of the answers. By 11am we were eating pulled pork/ crackling and unusual fruit smoothies. It would have been nice to have been given the option of having a fish dish instead. If you wanted to try different fruit, he will buy you a sample to try. Then off to Pancillo to see the city and enormous statue of the Apocalyptic Virgin Mary ( taller than Christ the Redeemer.) After, we went down into old town to walk the La Ronda, for a canelazo, and Grande Plaza with a highlight of the Golden Society of Jesus Church ( wow!) Eduado gave us lots of information throughout and time to pop into interesting shops ( eg bought a wooden spinning top and popped into the fabulous Cacao factory shop off the grand plaza.) While walking back to the car there was a huge deluge so we stopped for a small empanada to try as we’d expressed an interest… whole trip took 5 hours.
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Posted On : 2022-11-18
Posted By : travel283
This was such a wonderful way to see the city starting at the viewpoint then going to the market and trying various local fruits as well as local food. We then went to the Old Town and sampled more food and saw the beauty of the area. Carlos was a wealth of knowledge and was an incredible guide for the day. Highly recommend this tour!
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Posted On : 2022-10-24
Posted By : SoloTraveler0011
I am happy that they were able to accommodate me as I was a solo person on the tour, but it was not much of a food tasting experience as expected. I have been many places overseas and when there is a food tasting experience, everywhere you go, they have something to try. Unfortunately, the only time I tried something was during 'breakfast' and I am allergic to fruit, made this known, and that was still the bulk of it. I did get to try a good breakfast dish, but the rest of the tour was a fast run around old town to 2 squares and a couple of other places I asked about and we by-passed pretty quickly. I had to literally ASK for food (lunch) because I was so hungry. Nothing else was offered for food and it was not the best interaction with the guide, not that he was not friendly, but just not very engaging. Never went to La Ronda or Fotch which are known for food. I went on a tour after this one (same night) and told them I missed a lot, so they actually accommodated me and did their tour PLUS added the items this tour should have covered. I got to really enjoy and experience then. Maybe they should ask what you are interested in prior to the tour so they can cultivate a better itinerary and actually include food! By the way, when I asked for lunch, the guide said ok I'll give 45 mins and showed up in 15 rushing me.
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Posted On : 2021-12-12
Posted By : Kerry B
Luis was a fantastic guide and the tour was a balance of the Old city history, culture and architecture and food markets where we tasted fresh treats and watched the locals going about their everyday life.
Great introduction to Quito.
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Posted On : 2019-12-05
Posted By : Daniella_D
We had a great time on our private tour of old quito. Our guide was excellent!! We couldn’t be happier with our tour. We got to try so many new foods & learned not only about history of quito but also culture. Of note you will pay for the goods you choose to try but the cost of the street food is minimal. We had such a great time we recommended this tour to friends we met along our way in Ecuador.
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Posted On : 2019-11-09
Posted By : 4gattiaroma
Ottimo nonostante la prenotazione all’ultimo Minuto
Guide professionali e molto esperte
Consigliatissimo
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Posted On : 2019-12-23
