Cuenca Barranco Self-Guided Audio Walk: Panama Hat Museum, Calle Larga, Puente Roto and Pumapungo

About this experience

Cuenca's old town ends at a cliff, the barranco, with the river Tomebamba at its foot. This walk reads that edge from top to bottom, from the old ford to Inca ground. Start at the Cruz del Vado, where the old road climbed up from the river, and follow Calle Larga along the top of the cliff: a street named for a French scientist who came to measure the Earth, the Panama hat museum, and a poet's house with a new face in brick. Then go down the great stair to the river, walk the bank where the flood of 1950 swept away bridge after bridge in a night, and stand under the Puente Roto, the half bridge it left. Climb to the Todos Santos mills and end at Pumapungo, the Puma Gate. Ten stops, about 1.8 km and 80 minutes, in English or Spanish, at your own pace. Mostly downhill, with two stairways. Museum entry is not included; Pumapungo is free and closed on Mondays.

What's included

Walk Cuenca's cliff-top Calle Larga past the Panama hat museum and a poet's brick house, down the great stair to the river Tomebamba, under the broken bridge and past Spanish mills to the Inca Puma Gate.

Good to know

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