After a busy day around City, we headed out with one of Andre's friends to La Ronda. This is a narrow street in the historic downtown where the colonial houses have been renovated into bars, restaurants, shops, and hostels. Apparently this has always been the bohemian street in Quito so the bars are not new. I wanted to go back during the day and take better pictures of this beautiful street. Unfortunately, we didn't have many days left in Quito and we did not return to the Center. It was a cold night like most nights in Quito. The days are warm when it is sunny, but the nights are always cold. Make sure that you always carry a jacket if you are staying out all day.
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| La Ronda, Quito |
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| Tiny doors and balconies |
While you are walking La Ronda, there are poster-like signs with the history of the street in English and Spanish.
I found this great map in the official Quito Travel Information Website. There is a lot of information for anyone that is planning a trip to Quito. The website is also available in English.
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| La Ronda Street is the orange line. Photo Credit: http://www.quito.com.ec/ |
After walking La Ronda for about one hour we decided to go to El Panecillo to see the City from this hill. La Virgen del Panecillo, is located on top of the hill and it is visible from most of the city. The downtown looked beautiful from el Panecillo. There is a restaurant located in el Panecillo called Pim's that has a beautiful view of the City. The churches and streets are all very well lit. I gave up with night pictures and all of these were taken with my iPhone. I love instragram and how it makes poor quality pictures look better.
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| La Virgen del Panecillo at night |
After looking at the Virgin we went to La Mariscal to have dinner and some drinks. This is the main tourist night district in Quito. There are lots of bars and restaurants in this area. The Quiteños call it "La Zona" or the zone. We decided to go to La Plaza Foch to the third floor to Sports Planet. While we were waiting for our dinner, I went downstairs to the Juan Valdez to find a cute t-shirt. There are 11 Juan Valdez Cafe locations in Quito and that made me very happy. One of those was very close to us and most mornings I had my daily coffee from there. I could not have asked for more.
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| My daily Juan Valdez cappuccino |
Pretty photos! It looks like you guys had a blast. I can't wait to go...
ReplyDeleteThanks Julie!!!! I wish I could have a direct flight from here. Do you know that delta has a direct flight to UIO? You can go anytime! :)
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