The Ecuador Travel Guide

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Quito, Ecuador (2011 American Capital of Culture)
- Old Town, Quito
- TeleferiQo Arial Tram (takes you up to over 12,000’ into Andes from town)

Manta, Ecuador (beach city)
Salinas, Ecuador (beach town, with great beaches – $1,400/mo for couple to live comfortably, low taxes, cheap condo fees)
San Clemente, Equador
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Cuenca, Ecuador (UNESCO)
Vilcabamba, Ecuador (best weather)
Cotacachi, Ecuador (small mountain town)
Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador

Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
Papallacta, Ecuador
Otavalo, Ecuador
- Otavalo Saturday Market

Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador
Riobamba, Ecuador
Puyo, Ecuador
Montanita, Ecuador (chilled out beach town, great surf, and backpacker scene)

Tena, Ecuador
Banos, Ecuador
- Edge of the World swing, La Cas Del Arbol, Banos, Ecuador
Mindo, Ecuador
- Mindo-Nambillo Cloud Forest, Ecuador (The real thing; intact tropical cloud forest ecosystem)