Quito Night Tour: Explore Illuminated Churches and Urban Legends
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23 Ratings
Quito
Behold the impressive sight of the lit-up churches and its prime tourist sites. Our guide will regale you with city myths that contribute to the history of Quito and form an integral part of the traditions and cultural legacy of Quito’s inhabitants.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Basilica del Voto Nacional - Considered to be the largest neo-gothic temple in America, its structure and style is compared with two of the great cathedrals around the world: St. Patrick’s Cathedral (New York) and Notre Dame (Paris).
- Plaza de la Independencia (Plaza Grande) - It’s the main square of the city of Quito where the Government Palace is located the Absobispal Palace, the municipality and the Independence’s monument.
- Fundacion Iglesia de la Compania - One of Quito’s best-known Jesuit churches due to its large central nave, which is deeply decorated with gold leaves, gilded plaster and wood carvings
- Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco - The Plaza San Francisco is located in the historic center of the city. It’s dominated by the imposing facade of the Church and convent of San Francisco, from which it takes its name, settling in one of the most representative urban scenes of the city since colonial times.
Its structure is the largest architectural complex within the historic centers of Iberoamerica.
The structure of the church is the largest architectural complex within the historic centers of Iberoamerica.
- El Panecillo - An iconic place in the city, renowned for its beauty, and where is a giant statue of the “Winged Virgin”, where you can admire a beautiful landscape of colonial and modern Quito
What's Included
- Hotel Pick-Up and Drop-Off (if option is selected)
- Local guide
- Professional guide
- Driver/guide
- Live commentary on board
What's Not Included
- Drinks
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Optional pick-up and drop-off from selected hotels at an additional cost.
Location
JW Marriott Quito
Avenida Francisco de Orellana
Pick Up Approx from JW Marriott Hotel Quito- Av. Francisco de Orellana 1172 Y, Quito 170150, Ecuador 06:00 PM
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.1
(23 Ratings)
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Y4646zzjesses
Nov 22, 2023
A beautiful night in Quito - We had Irene as our guide and it was an amazing experience. Her knowledge of Quito was vast and there was no shortage of laughs. Would recommend this excursion and Irene as your guide to anyone!
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X3590bepatriciaa
Aug 14, 2023
Church tour at night / tour en la noche de las iglesias - Our guide was Irene. She picked us up from the hotel very punctually. We did the tour of the churches, where she explained to us about history, tradition and culture, it was very informative.
We feel very safe all the time.
Irene went above and beyond being a guide, we had a laugh and she made the experience very special. Irene speaks very good English and that helped us a lot to enjoy the tour. We highly recommend Irene to be your guide in such a beautiful place.
Nuestra guía fue Irene. Nos recogió del hotel muy puntualmente. Hicimos el recorrido de las iglesias, donde ella nos explicó de historia, tradición y cultura, fue muy informativo.
Nos sentimos muy seguros todo el tiempo.
Irene fue más allá de ser una guía, nos reímos e hizo de la experiencia algo muy especial. Irene habla muy bien inglés y eso nos ayudó mucho a disfrutar del tour. Recomendamos a Irene para ser su próxima guía en tan lindo lugar.
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Cathy
May 6, 2023
Loved our night tour - Great to see Quito at night…beautiful sights. A good way to learn more about the historic city of Quito through the urban legends.
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Julianach5748zq
Sep 23, 2022
Irene is great! - Thanks Irene for such a fun and insightful tour! she knows tons about the city and had the best attitude. The stories she told us were very interesting, and the tour overall was great.
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Kristin-estadouniden
Dec 20, 2021
You've got to see Quito at Night! Thanks Irene!! - My daughters and I had the most enjoyable evening with *Irene*, our funny and knowledgeable tour guide -- who gave us a wonderful and safe night tour (with awesome pictures) of the Basilica, old town, and the Panecilla. Because it is almost Christmas, the party atmosphere at the Panecilla was a ton of fun!
A million thanks to Irene - for sharing this beautiful city at night with us. The time flew by! I highly recommend this tour -- even if you've seen these places and learned the history in the daytime, it's all new and different at night! Go!
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Brigitm30
Oct 8, 2021
Irene is Fantastic!! - We just got back from a WONDERFUL Quito by Night & Urban Legends tour. The tour takes in the major sites of Old Town Quito (which has a magical atmosphere at night) and then takes you up to Panecillo Hill to get a night view of the city and enjoy a very tasty canelazo and empanadita. Since no one else had booked on our day we basically got a private tour, and they put it together for us at the very last minute, too. But by far, the best thing about this tour was our guide, Irene. I just can't say enough good things about her. She was so engaging, funny, and interesting. Gray Line Ecuador, you need to promote her or pay her ten times what you are paying her. She is a true gem.
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Chlo_r49
Aug 20, 2021
Great experience of Quito by night! - Very nice tour I did with friends. Our guide wasvery great and it was a pleasure to share with her. It was very cool to be able to see Quito by night.
They were also very accomdating about the pick up place.
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Madonnak597
Jan 18, 2020
Tourist from Florida - Tour was provided in a van, not on a open Two level bus as expected. Difficult to take photos. Knowledgeable staff.
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Gran2098
Mar 28, 2019
An OK intro - A helpful intro to Quito, if you are planning a full day tour later this may not be helpful except that it does get you up the the statue. Our guide was good but as there were only two of us and a guide and a full size bus with driver it was a little bit of overkill.
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Cyndi
Sep 28, 2019
Rather Uninteresting - Through Viator we booked three tours. Two were outstanding and this last one, offered by Gray Line Tours, was extremely disappointing. Our guides were cordial but really did very little to communicate to us anything about the city that we were driving through at night. I'm not certain our driver had very much experience maneuvering a large bus through the very narrow streets, some of which were unfortunately closed due to a demonstration that I think the tour company should have been aware of. The high point of the tour, despite the rather perilous ride, was going to the top of Panicillo and seeing the Virgen del Quitó illuminated. It was rather strange to be the only people on an entire tour bus. I believe Gray Line would have been better off either offering us a refund or providing a smaller car with a driver. This was very impractical. The tours that were booked through the other companies to Otavalo and Mindo were so far superior that this was really rather a disappointment.
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