City Quito & Middle of the world

Breakfast. In the morning visit to the Old Town, going through residential neighborhood from the north, by the principal avenues.

Visit to Guapulo land Escape, we'll follow 12 de Octubre Avenue until Casa de La Cultura and Asamblea building. By Gran Colombia Avenue we'll pass by Basilica church.

We'll continue our tour until the main square, and by a walking tour we could visit Catedral church, Government Palace, San Francisco square built in XVII century, Sagrario church and the main street of this historical place known by Quito Colonial.

We will continue our visit to Panecillo Hill from where we can have a beautiful seen of the city. After our visit to the Old Town is completed we drive north to the Middle of World.

The Middle of the World City and its monument of the Equator are a popular site for locals and a must stop for tourists visiting Ecuador. Located approximately 20 minutes to the north of Quito, the site straddles the equator.

Here you can, among other things, place one foot in the northern hemisphere and the other in the southern hemisphere. And yes, you weigh less here at the equator.

Among the attractions here are an Ethnographic Museum, a Planetarium, a fantastic miniature model of Quito, handicraft stores and restaurants. On weekends, Mitad del Mundo's central plaza is host to varied musical and cultural presentations.