Historic Quito Walking Tour: Discover the heritage city's landmarks and take the best selfies
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Quito
Embark on a historic walking tour of Quito's heritage city, exploring iconic landmarks, making new friends, and capturing the perfect selfies along the way.
Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Basilica del Voto Nacional - We will visit a Gothic style Church in Quito, where after an explanation of its façade, we will enter the interior of the Church to climb to the tower and have the best view of ancient and modern Quito.
  • Quito Old Town - We will visit the Historic Center, the main square, the terrace of the municipal library. Then we will taste an exquisite Ecuadorian chocolate and finally visit the archbishop’s passage
What's Included
  • Bilingual guide
What's Not Included
  • Tips
  • Snacks
  • Soda/Pop
Additional Information

Journeying through Quito’s historic district is an extraordinary experience, especially when shared with friends. Expect to encounter the marvels of the old city and make new acquaintances as you navigate its landmarks. Highlights include the Plaza de la Independencia, San Agustin Church, underground catacombs, Republica del Cacao, and the changing of the presidential guard (on Mondays), among others. This self-guided tour is a prime opportunity to capture memorable selfies in Quito, a city rich with heritage.

  • Infant seats unavailable
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Not suitable for pets
  • Not wheelchair accessible
Location
Friends Hotel & Rooftop
Junín
Friends Expeditions
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Ericey9637bw
Mar 12, 2024
Ethel is the best! - Ethel was awesome, place was easy to find. Learned a lot of fun and interesting things about ecuador and quito. Would recommend to anyone!
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Dtgolish
Mar 7, 2024
Walking around Quito old town - Ethel was a good guide. Very informative about the town squares and history of the city. The Old town section was very pretty in the architecture.
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Leiverg2024
Jan 22, 2024
Walking tour in Quito - Excellent morning spending in the walking tour, it's really interesting to know the history of Quito and see the beautiful churches it has
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K7878hrjonathanc
Jan 22, 2024
Excellent walking tour in Quito - The walking tour was excellent, Ethel was a ver y good guise she explained us all The things we wanted to know, very recomended!!
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Jacquelinefldmn
Jan 4, 2024
Excellent Quito Walking Tour! - We spent the morning with Ethel for our Quito walking tour. She was fantastic and really took the time to explain both the historical significance and political history of Quito to better understand the what and how of Quito. We toured many of the churches which by far were all unique and amazing and several of the plazas in the old town. Ethel was a great host and very accommodating and accomplished! Thank you so much for taking my husband and I for the tour. Highly recommend!
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941magdalenab
Dec 18, 2023
Quito in rain and sun excellent - We had an amazing experience of Quito tour today. Our guide Juan was very professional, informative, funny, adaptive. We learned a lot about Quito during the tour We tasted local dishes and see the interesting parts of the city in Sun and Storm which was an excellent addition. Highly recomended!
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282leiy
Dec 18, 2023
Great walking tour and fantastic experience - I am extremely happy that I took this walking tour with Juan because I absolutely enjoyed every second of it. I learned so much from Juan because he is very knowledgeable and professional. Not only did he explain to us all of the important details regarding the religion/culture/food, but also answered all of our questions with great enthusiasm and patience. We were caught by an unexpected thunderstorm in the middle of the tour, and Juan was super caring for our safety as we managed through. Juan also has a great sense of humor and I enjoyed his stories and jokes. The whole tour is full of laughing and smiling. The experience is indeed fantastic. One of the best city tours I have ever taken. Highly recommended.
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Dannydt4703ac
Dec 10, 2023
Great city tour - I made the tour with Juan and he was a really kind guide. We walked through the historic center and he explained all about history, religion and the different places. The tour was almost 4h and it was really relaxing to walk with him through the city. We saw all the important sights and he answered all questions really well. Highly recommended!
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Libby_s
Aug 14, 2023
Great tour! - We had a wonderful morning walking through old town Quito with Juan! We visited many churches and sampled local sweets. A great Intro to the history of Quito!
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Fleabagmom
Aug 14, 2023
A great intro to Quito! - We had a great morning walking through the Quito historic district with Juan! We visited several churches and Juan was so knowledgeable about their history. We got to sample local sweets, and Juan gave us a great recommendation for lunch.
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