Close to the hotel and next to the beautiful urban park Parque Carolina is the Quito Tour bus, a two-storey tourist bus that runs multiple tours of the city, stopping at 12 points along the way, such as the Centro Historico,, El Panecillo, and El Teleferico. Tours run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Prices: Adults $12, seniors and children $6.
Quito, which was one of two cities to be declared the first World Heritage Sites 35 years ago, offers a multitude of attractions to keep visitors busy for days on end. Places of interest include the following: Parque Carolina (where you can find sports courts, cycle tracks, a skate park, a natural science museum, planetarium, Botanical Garden, vivarium and a boating lake); Plaza Foch (a popular plaza surrounded by bars and clubs); Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana (a theatre, museum and library); the Centro Historico (with its many squares, churches, museums and palaces); El Panecillo (a loaf-shaped hill overlooking the city); El Teleférico (a cable car that runs up the Pichincha mountain to 4,000 metres, from where you can walk along a number of trails); Mitad del Mundo (where the equator lies – there are also some interesting museums here); and, outside of Quito, Avenida de los Volcanes (Avenue of the Volcanoes – Cayambe, Cotopaxi, Tungurahua and Chimborazo).
