Ecuador Insight Pocket Guide

240 g/db

Format: Paperback (pp: 104)

Publication date: 28/06/2006

szállítási idő: 2 hét

Summary:
This 104-page book offers an experts guide to Ecuador and the Galapagos, with 10 itineraries around the country as well as walking tours of its colonial Andean capital, Quito. Straddling the Equator, Ecuador is becoming one of the most popular destinations in Latin America. This guidebook offers 10 easy-to-follow itineraries linking the country's highlights, from the Andes to the Amazon, and beyond to the wildlife wonderland of the Galapagos. Plus dozens of full-colour photographs and maps, including a pull-out map, which is clearly marked with all the itineraries and tours.

Contents:
History and Culture Itineraries: Quito: Quito, Old and New
- Guayasimin museums
- Mitad del Mundo & Pululahua
- Mindo and the Tandayapa Valley
- Otavalo
- Avenue of Volcanoes and Cotopaxi
- Hot Springs and Highlands: Papallacta
The Central and Southern Highlands: Market Villages and Quilotoa Crater
- Banos and Tungurahua
- Over the Devil's Nose
- The Athens of Ecuador: Colonial Cuenca

The Coast: The Montuvio Coast
- Puerto Lopez and Isla de la Plata
- Los Frailes and Agua Blanca

Oriente: Forest, Wildlife and Tribal Lands

The Galapagos Islands: A Galapagos Cruise
- Santa Cruz and Puerto Ayora

Leisure Activities: Calendar of Events
- Practical Information

Maps: Ecuador
- Quito
- Around Quito
- Central and Southern Highlands
- Cuenca
- The Coast
- Oriente
- Galapagos Islands

Index and Credits