quito

media type="custom" key="26699028" align="right"ecuador / Quito
on this page: events, headlines related: city, quito on the social web flickr: [|Quito Collection] flickrgroup: [|Quito 2.0] editing: [|Quito]


 * Quito** is one of the few cities to experience four seasons almost every day of the year.

Current Time in Quito
media type="custom" key="1510773" media type="custom" key="1817835"

Events

 * February 12-18, 2018** Semana de Viajes Responsables (Responsible Travel Week) [|#rtweek18]

**Feb 13-15, 2018 #RoutesAmericas** http://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/capital-recibira-elite-sector-aeronautico.html

media type="custom" key="29025853"

Flickr
[|Quito Visitor's Bureau]

Flickr Groups
[|Quito 2.0]

media type="custom" key="26989808"

Headlines
https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/ecuador/articles/the-most-beautiful-parks-and-gardens-in-quito http://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/quito-conmemoracion-bicicleta-lafloresta.html [|#EcuadorMonth on Planeta.com] [|In water we trust] - @aleszubajak [] [] [] [] []

Twitter
[|@MunicipioQuito] [|@QuitoTurismo] [|@AeropuertoUIO] [|@pgaybor] [|@PrensaQuito] [|@MauricioRodasEC] [|@ZULNELEA] [|@QuitoBureau] [|@MuseoCiudadQ] https://twitter.com/prensaquito

Tourism Portals
[|Quito Visitor's Bureau]

Travel
[|Ecuador Travel Directory]


 * YOUR TURN** - If you have photos of Quito, please share them online our Flickr Group [|Quito 2.0]

Wiki
Ecuador Ecuador cuisine Alexander Von Humboldt Quito hotes (where to stay) ALER

Seminar
Ecuador Flickr Turismo y Web 2.0

Hangouts
[|@ecabanilla] [|@pgaybor]
 * July 2014,** [|South America Travel: Quito] Hangout

media type="youtube" key="DQsjppoVxGo" width="560" height="315"

Facebook
[|Quito Travel]

YouTube
[|Quito Soul] (8,000+ views 03.2012)

Wikipedia
[|Quito]

Maps
http://www.quito.com.ec/index.php?option=com_mapas&Itemid=381&lang=en

FoodSpotting
[]

Editing
[|Quito]

Elsewhere on the Web
[|Quito Visitor's Bureau] [|Quito Airport] (UIO) - The new international airport is scheduled to open in October 2010 northeast of the city. It will be able to handle some five million passengers a year, up to 7.5 million by 2030. [|@AeropuertoUIO]

[|South American Explorers] [|French Geodesic Mission] [|Vida para Quito] http://www.tedxquito.com

Info
El Quinde (Hummingbird) is located in the Palacio Municipal on Espejo and Venezuela Streets. Monday-Friday, 830am-8pm, Saturday 9am-8pm, Sunday, 10am-5pm. Guided walking tours are arranged at a small fee at 930am and 630pm.

Photo: Diego Chavez and Maria Fernanda Novillo

History
[|8 de Septiembre. Día del Patrimonio] : en ECUADOR se celebra en esta fecha pues en ella se declaró a Quito como Patrimonio cultural de la humanidad.

World Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/2

City Parks
Itchimbia Alameda Carlos Maria de la Condamine Antonio de Ulloa Pedro Maldonado Luis Godin * photo Pedro Bouguer Jorge Juan

Markets
http://www.quito.com.ec/component/k2/mercados-de-quito


 * Mercado Central** - Located in Old Town


 * Mercado Iñaquito -** Iñaquito and Villalengua.


 * Mercado Santa Clara -** Versalles and Ramirez Dávalos, near Parque El Ejido

http://www.elcomercio.com.ec/tendencias/recorriendo-mercados-quito.html

A few words about the ambulantes - street venders were relocated to the Centro Comercial Montufa, La Marin and other centers

Radio
Radio Vision http://www.radiovision.com.ec

Museums
Museo de la Ciudad Garcia Moreno and Rocafuerte http://www.museociudadquito.gov.ec

Itchimbía Centro Cultural .

MISC
Ashcumicuna Ashcu - bad taste micuna - wild herb

Quito Film Festivals E-Doc Setio Latitud

Theaters
http://www.teatrosucre.com

Recommended Reading
Civic Tourism, [|Plan Q 2012 in English], [|Plan Q en español]

Churches
La Compañía de Jesús Garcia Moreno, near Sucre [|La Compañía de Jesús - Frommers.com]

Abya Yala
https://plus.google.com/115171097919785408426/about?gl=ec&hl=es-419 http://www.abyayala.org [|@AbyaYalaed]

Artwork / Cue Yourself
media type="custom" key="20236922"

media type="custom" key="21659590"

Photos
media type="custom" key="26219634"

Embedded Tweets media type="custom" key="26674608"