Cuenca, Ecuador
inland destination, ~2484 m elevation · city of 636,996 · warmest in Jan · budget-friendly
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Best time to visit
Warmest month: Jan. Driest: Aug.
No mild-temperature months (18–28°C) — expect extremes.
At a glance
- Safety reconsider travel
- Price level budget-friendly
- Coast inland
- Coordinates -2.90, -79.00
- Population 636,996
- Sights 229
- Eat & drink 1,576
What to see & where to eat
Sights
- Museo de las Culturas Aborigenes · Mo-Fr 09:00-17:30; Sa 09:30-14:00
- Casa Museo la Condamine · Mo-Fr 00:00-24:00; Sa-Su 09:00-15:00
- Casa de Chaguarchimbana
- Dirección de áreas históricas
- Galería de Arte Miguel Illescas C. · Mo-Su 09:00-20:00
- Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural · Mo-Fr 08:00-16:00
- Museo de las Conceptas
- Museo del Sombrero "Homero Ortega" · Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa 08:00-12:00
Eat & drink
- "Tuti Fruti" Yogurt · spanish
- Almuerzos a la carta
- Asaderos Pollos Al Carbón
- Balcón Quiteño
- Bertuchis · pizza
- Cafe del Parque · burger
- Casona del Puente Roto
- Corpus Café
Places from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) — 229 sights and 1,576 places to eat mapped in total.
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