Quito Old Town Self-Guided Audio Walk: Basilica, Plaza Grande, La Compañía and La Ronda

About this experience

Quito's Spanish founders laid a grid of straight streets square across the slopes of a volcano, so the old town does not wind: it falls. This walk starts at the top of the old town and ends at a ravine the city filled in a century ago. Start beneath the Basilica's towers, look back up a colonial street, and cross the Plaza del Teatro to San Agustín and the Plaza Grande, with the palace, cathedral and an independence column of 1906. Then come the grey volcanic stone front of La Compañía, gilded inside, San Francisco's vast plaza and round stair, the Arco de la Reina, the winged Virgin of El Panecillo across the buried ravine, the balconied lane of La Ronda and Sucre's statue in Santo Domingo. Eleven stops, about 2.3 km and 100 minutes, downhill at both ends with one climb in the middle, in English or Spanish at your own pace. Church and museum entry is not included.

What's included

Quito's old town from the Basilica's towers at the top, through the Plaza Grande, La Compañía's gold and San Francisco's plaza to the filled ravine, La Ronda and Santo Domingo.

Good to know

Operated by Roamer and sold by AGORA. Your voucher and booking reference arrive by email straight after payment.