El Panecillo
Good to know
- Best time to go
- Clear mornings, June to September, for the widest volcano views
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The bread-loaf hill rising from the middle of Quito, topped by a 41-meter aluminum Virgin assembled from thousands of individual pieces. Its terrace delivers the definitive panorama of the colonial old town spilling toward the volcanoes, best reached by taxi rather than the stairs.
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