Cuenca City Tour

The city tour will start at the Plaza San Sebastian, which constitutes the western colonial border of the city of Cuenca. Then we will visit the modern art museum where many contemporary artworks are displayed. We will walk by the downtown historical area to visit the San Francisco market, the flower market, the culture house, the Abdon Calderon Park, and the old cathedral (we will not enter). We will enter in the New Cathedral, its the biggest in the country, and there we'll observe the famous gold leaf canopy. We continue the tour to the Homero Ortega Panama Hat factory to observe the complete process of manufacturing of the Panama hat which is undoubtedly most important to our country. Later, we will visit the barranco with its colonial style terraced houses located next to the Tomebamba River. Also, we will also observe the broken bridge, and finally visit the tourist balcony of Turi where, we can see a panoramic view of the whole city of Cuenca. Then return to the Hotel.