Free Historical Centre Tour of Quito
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Time: 10:00
Duration: 3 hours
Price: Free
Explore a city built as a reflection of the constellations which shaped the old town. Quito is the highest capital in the world, where North and South meet in an equinoctial circle of perfect symmetry. On our Free Historical Center Tour of Quito you will go through it’s more than 15 centuries of history, from the original Quitus, through the Inca and Spanish empires, until present day Quito.
Learn about the indigenous people of the Kingdom of Quito, who measured time and created the first solar agricultural calendar 5,900 years ago.
Unfold all the layers of Quiteñan history as you walk through its narrow curvy streets and plazas full of convents and crossings. Hear the stories of the last Inca King and of Ruminñahui, the head of the Inca army, who burnt the city so that the Spanish couldn’t take it and then hid all the Inca gold, starting all the legends of El Dorado, still unfound today!
On our Historical Center Tour of Quito you will discover a modern metropolis, that was, is, and always will be the dreamt land of the straight Sun and the linear Time.
Free Historical Centre Tour of Quito Highlights
- Discover how the city was built as a reflection of the Jaguar Head as seen in the stars, an astrological phenomena that only takes places in Ecuador, the center of the world.
- Admire the magnificent Pichincha volcano, which erupted in 1999, leaving a massive mushroom of ash in the sky of the city that covered the sun for two whole weeks.
- Enjoy some of the best examples of hispanic colonial architecture in South America as we visit temples which are over 5 centuries old.
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