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In Centro Historico, have a meal in an old-world restaurant or join the festivities on lively La Ronda street before retiring to one of the many charming guesthouses in the neighborhood.

--Lonely Planet 

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Calle de las Siete Cruces sites include: the Museo de la Ciudad, the Carmen Alto Monastery, the Presidential Palace and Plaza Grande, the Numismatic Museum at the Ecuadorian Central Bank building.

--Casa Gangotena

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Picturesque plazas, baroque 17th-century cathedrals and the snow-covered peaks beyond form a backdrop to a vibrant city in motion: indigenous in traditional garb and bowler hats mingle with mestizos amid the sing-song voices of street vendors, newspaper sellers and shoeshine boys, while the scent of Andean cooking spills out of open-sided restaurants and food stalls.

--Lonely Planet

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Calle de las Siete Cruces is home to early 20th-century aristocrat María Augusta Urrutia’s residence (for a taste of upper class Quito), La Compañía Church, the Cathedral, even a colonial home where, as a sign once read, “Bolívar danced”.

--Casa Gangotena

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Calle de las Siete Cruces, which means Street of the Seven Crosses, officially García Moreno, after the infamous early 20th century President brutally murdered on its sidewalks, is now home to an astonishing number of visitor sites.

--Casa Gangotena

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The second-highest capital in the world (after La Paz, Bolivia), Quito is a lovely Andean city with an exquisite colonial centre packed with architectural treasures.

Wandering the Unesco-listed centro histórico (aka old town) is pure sensory overload.

--Lonely Planet

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History lurks around every corner of this well-preserved center. 

Delve into the past by stepping off the cobblestones and entering beautifully maintained museums, historic mansions and jaw-dropping sanctuaries. 

--Lonely Planet 

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A Spanish-colonial stunner, Quito’s vibrant Centro Historico is packed with elaborate churches and old-time monasteries (some were centuries in the making), people-packed plazas and looming bell towers. 

--Lonely Planet