Quito, formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador and is located in the Guayllabamba river basin on the eastern slopes of Pichincha. High in the Andes, the greenery is hidden by ...

Begin at the Independence Square, where, alongside the Presidential Palace stands the Metropolitan Cathedral and Archbishop’s Palace. In front of the center of the square is the Monumento a la ...

This is a city that is not only located at dizzying altitude but also lives beneath a volcano. Pichincha last erupted in 1999 ...