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Quito City Tour: Experience Culture, Local Food, and Best Weather in the Andes Mountains
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512 Ratings
Quito
Quito is a stunning city and an excellent destination in South America. Enjoy the wonderful experiences of immersing in the culture, meeting friendly locals, savoring local cuisine, and experiencing the best weather in the Andes Mountains.
Quito is a stunning city and an excellent destination in South America. Enjoy the wonderful experiences of immersing in the culture, meeting friendly locals, savoring local cuisine, and experiencing the best weather in the Andes Mountains.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- TeleferiQo Teleferico Quito - A great introduction of the Quito City is the Teleferico, the best viewerpoint of the capital. Our Private and personalized Quito Day Tour will start from your hotel at 09am. Our private transportation and National bilingual guide will pick you up from your location and then drive to the cable car north-west part of…
- TeleferiQo Teleferico Quito - A great introduction of the Quito City is the Teleferico, the best viewerpoint of the capital. Our Private and personalized Quito Day Tour will start from your hotel at 09am. Our private transportation and National bilingual guide will pick you up from your location and then drive to the cable car north-west part of Quito. It will take us twenty minutes to get there. We will take the cable car and get to 4.050m. (13200ft) hiking trails, swing of the clouds, vegetation and fauna of the Andes Mountains are part of this great adventure. - Basilica del Voto Nacional - This is the best representation of the new gotic architecture stile in Quito. Our guide will give you an explanation of the exterior of this building and you’ll have opportinity to go up to the towers. Right there, an amazing view of Old town of Quito and other representative places of the city. - Quito Old Town - Well Conserved Historic Center in South America. The independence square, monuments, catholic buildings with different kind of art stiles, paintings, scultures, museums, colonial houses, are part of this heratige. A walking tour with our specialized guide will be the best opportunity to understand better history of the city and the country. We will suggest some great options for lunch in different restaurants with local cousine. - Intinan Museum - The main objective of Intiñan Museum is to rescue the ancestral worldview and the ethnological habitat of Mitad del Mundo. Some great experiments will help you to understand efects in the equator line. NOTE. Please bring your passport if you want to have a nice stamp of the Equator line.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Certified national tour guide
- Private transportation
- Certified national tour guide
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Gratuities are welcome
- Entrance fees
- Entrance fees
- Entrance fees
- Lunch
- Gratuities are welcome
- Entrance fees
- Entrance fees
- Entrance fees
Location
TeleferiQo Teleferico Quito
Fulgencio Araujo, Av. Occidental
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(512 Ratings)
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Peter_l
Oct 2, 2025
Great overview of Quito - Patricio was amazing. First he took me to a camera shop to get a part for my broken camera. Then a stop at a local market to see what local life is like. Than we took the cable car to the top of the mountain and had a hike with amazing views of the city.
The. A historic church in the old city. Followed by a delicious lunch i. The city square. Followed by a trip to the middle of the earth museum to learn about the equator. I learned so much about the culture. Highly recommend this trip
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Taryn
Sep 20, 2025
Fantastic Tour - Our tour guide Kathy was very informative, well prepared, and a ton of fun. We really enjoyed our tour and would highly recommend it to anyone seeking an incredible experience getting to know Quito better.
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Elise
Sep 20, 2025
A perfect orientation to Quito - Pato was an excellent guide. We started at a local market and sampled several fresh fruits indigenous to Ecuador. I really enjoyed the Intinan Museum and the Basilica in Old Town Quito. The pace never felt rushed yet we did so much!
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Pegah
Sep 11, 2025
Quito Cable Car One of the highlights was the ride up the cable car. - My guide in Quito was warm, knowledgeable, and passionate about the city. He didn’t just take me from one spot to another but brought each place to life with stories about Quito’s history, culture, and daily life. His energy made the experience much more engaging, and he answered every question with patience.
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Y_h
Sep 9, 2025
Wonderful introduction to Quito and Ecuadorian culture! - Kathy was an excellent host as she navigated the Quito area. Her English and pronunciation were great! So knowledgeable and presented information in bitesized sections and in interesting way. When walking she was aware of our pace and adjusted - which was important since we were not used to the altitude. AND shes an excellent driver! Lunch was another wonderful part of our experience. (It was helpful to bring a little snack and water.)
When our flight was changed last minute, she was able to adjust our schedule so we could get back in time.
Our time in Quito was very rich and enjoyable!
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Joy_j
Sep 1, 2025
A Quito must! - We love this tour and appreciated the ability to customize. Along the way we decided we wanted to go to the flower market and Ishmael was very accommodating and made it happen. He completely adapted the day to our desires. We shortened some things and added on others. The car was nice, he was a safe driver, perfect English, and 100% flexible. He also helped us take some nice photos. Highly recommend.
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Cheryl
Aug 28, 2025
Fantastic tour of Quito and Centro del Mundo - This was a wonderful tour of the historic old part of Quito. Pamela was our guide and she was absolutely wonderful. She was so knowledgeable about the sites and has a passionate way of telling the history of her beloved city. We had a fantastic tour of the Basilica, a tasting of local fruits and then on to a beautiful view of the city by cable lift. Then on to a lovely lunch at the center of the world. This was followed by an interesting and insightful tour at the Intinarian museum learning the history of the indigenous people of this area and the geographical significance. This was our first day in Ecuador and a great way to start our trip. Pamela even took pictures for us and gave us great dinner recommendations.
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Monicacf4063do
Aug 25, 2025
Excellent tour with an amazing guide! - Gustavo was not only a wonderful guide but I feel like I made a friend for life just based on the one day tour. He took me and my husband around the city and showed us all of the sites we wanted to see including the Teleferico, mitad del mundo, downtown, churches, and many more. But the best part was talking about the history and bio diversity of Ecuador - we learned so much and Gustavo pointed out different plants and birds native to Ecuador. We had an incredible lunch as well as trying some of his favorite desserts around the city. Highly recommend this tour! Thank you so much, Gustavo!
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Elena_d
Aug 18, 2025
Very Pleasant Day Tour with Expert Guide and Professional Driver. MUST DO! - We absolutely loved this tour! Pamela was our expert guide. Her level of knowledge is amazing, but her passion for sharing the history and culture of Quito is what sets her apart. Mr Eduardo "Edu" was our professional driver. His expertise allowed us to cover a lot of territory with ease and great comfort.
Pamela first took us on a tour of a Quito market, where we sampled many different fruits and learned about each one. We then went to the TeleferiQo to see the amazing views of Quito and the surrounding volcanos.
We then toured old Quito by car, enjoyed a BEAUTIFUL lunch (extra cost but totally worth it) and then visited the "Golden Church", Iglesia de la Compañia. Pamela was a wonderful guide, keeping us excited by sharing interesting facts. Her enthusiasm is contagious! Our 10yo daughter just adored her and walked side by side with her, chatting in English and Spanish along the way.
Finally, we visited the Middle of the World, Intiñan Equator Museum. The museum had its own guides so we met back with Pamela and Eduardo afterwards. This was cool and fun and a family MUST DO!
That concluded our official tour but my partner asked if they could drop us at a barber shop so he could get a hair cut. Do you know these wonderful people drove us to more than one shop in an effort to help?! Pamela even went inside to help interpret. Turns out, out the shops were closing early for the Independence Day holiday so they ended up taking us to our hotel, but we truly appreciated Pamela and Eduardo for their extra kindness and attention.
We highly recommend Ecuador a Color tour company and specifically Pamela as a guide. We hope you have the great luck we had being matched with the wonderful Pamela and Eduardo! Ask for them!!
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Inez_s
Aug 12, 2025
Very friendly yet... - Very friendly yet professional guide. Jossua was on time, driving was great and hitting all the spots to see.
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