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EL PANECILLO

From the summit there are marvelous views of the sprawling city and the surrounding volcanoes.

-Lonley Planet

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EL PANECILLO

Climb steps up to the base of the Virgin statue for an even loftier outlook.

-Lonley Planet

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EL PANECILLO

El Panecillo is topped by a 41m-tall aluminum mosaic statue of La Virgen de Quito (Virgin of Quito; completed in 1976), with a crown of stars, angelic wings and a chained dragon. 

-Lonley Planet

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EL PANECILLO

The hill to the south of the Old Town called El Panecillo (the Little Loaf of Bread) is a major Quito landmark.

-Lonley Planet

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CALLE DE LAS SIETE CRUCES Y ROCAFUERTE

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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CALLE DE LAS SIETE CRUCES Y ROCAFUERTE

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 Y ROCAFUERTE

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