Quito and beyond: 7 destinations to visit in mainland Ecuador
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I love Ecuador for its colonial cities, natural beauty, and mixture of Spanish and indigenous culture.
I love Ecuador for its colonial cities, natural beauty, and mixture of Spanish and indigenous culture.
The “four seasons in one day” cliché applies here. It’s a land of brown hills and blue lakes, of granite peaks covered in snow, and of gauchos watching their sheep graze in windswept fields of yellow grasses.
You have no doubt heard of Cartagena, Bogotá, and possibly Medellín, but don't forget Colombia's coffee region: Salento and the Cocora Valley.
