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| Cheap Travel to Ecuador | |
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Ecuador is located in northwestern South America and bordered to the north with Colombia, South and East with Peru and the west by the Pacific Ocean. It has a population of 13 million inhabitants which comprise about 10 indigenous nationalities making this country a center multiracial.
Ecuador's capital is San Francisco de Quito, administrative headquarters, although the largest city is Santiago de Guayaquil is the main port and commercial and economic capital of the country. Ecuador is divided into 4 major regions. The coastal area bordered by the Pacific Ocean, the Sierra area comprising the Andes, the Amazon and the Galapagos Islands, authentic paradise in the Pacific. It has the longest rivers in the world per square kilometer and one of the highest densities of population in Latin America. Per capita income is among the lowest in Latin America and its economy is based on the export of bananas, flowers, seafood and cocoa. Without being a first rate tourist destination the latest investment in hotel infrastructure combined with its beautiful natural scenery and affordability of tourist offerings have led to increasing tourism to Ecuador. |
| Top Cities in Ecuador | |
| Quito | Guayaquil |
| San Francisco of Quito is the capital of Ecuador and one of the principal tourist centers of the country. His name derives from the former Indians quitus and it was conquered in 1534 happening to form a part of the Spanish empire. | Placed on the right shore of the river Guayas it is most populated of Ecuador. His annual temperature ranges between the 28º and 34º what does a city costeña. It's an important commercial, cultural and tourist center. |
| Baños de Agua Santa | Salinas |
| Baños is in Tungurahua's province and is of the most tourist of Ecuador. We can realize diverse activities related to the ecotourism (rafting, climbed, canyoning, thermal waters). | It's known as the principal resort of Ecuador. The tourism, the fishing industry and the trade are the principal activities of this region. The arrival of the whales is an event that fills with happiness quite the zone. |
| Riobamba | Esmeraldas |
| It's the capital of Chimborazo's province, placed the center of Ecuador, between the volcanoes Chimborazo and Sangay. We can see former colonial constructions. | It's a coastal city with something more of 130.000 inhabitants and that is an important tourist center due to hisbeaches, his climate and his Maritime port. |
| Ambato | Santa Elena |
| Placed in the central zone of Ecuador to approximately 2.600 m. Of altitude the city is known as " garden Ecuadoran " by his permanent spring climate and for his holidays of the flowers and fruits where we will find great variety. | City placed between the province of Manabí and Guayas that possesses approximately 130.000 inhabitants and placed on the banks of the Pacific Ocean. His economy is based on the tourism, we can enjoy his beaches and his climate for a reasonable enough price. |
| Cuenca | Galapagos Islands |
| Placed in the south of Ecuador it's a city known as " Cuenca of the Andes" or " The Athens of the Ecuador " for being a center of meeting of intellectual. Important remains of the epoch exist Inca and of the colonial epoch. | The Galapagos Islands are a set of islands that place to approximately 950 km from Ecuador, in the pacific one and that have a tropical climate between 25º and 35º all the year round. Known by his diversity of flora and fauna they are the tourist claim most distinguished from Ecuador. |
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