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Galapagos
Naturalists, old and new, who head off the Pacific coast of Ecuador to visit the isolated archipelago known as Galapagos find a microcosm of evolution. They experience some of the best up-close-and-personal wildlife encounters there are. Island-hopping adventurers snorkel with sea lions and turtles, watch the mating rituals of blue footed boobies, ponder the significance of Darwin’s finches and walk across desolate lava fields.
It’s official – our readers dream big! The top ten finishers in our latest contest category – Best Bucket List Trip – are all pretty exotic, and wildlife figures heavily into the mix.
The beautiful Galapagos Islands took top honors, followed by Alaska and an African Safari. (See what we mean about wildlife?). Destinations in the South Pacific, Europe and a lone Middle East spot received the most votes.
All 10 winners in the ‘Best Bucket List Trip’ contest category for 10Best Readers’ Choice are as follows:
- Galapagos
- Alaska
- African Safari
- South Pacific Islands
- Italy
- Greece
- Ireland
- New Zealand
- Pyramids of Egypt
- Swiss Alps
Is your dream destination on this list? We’ll be featuring slideshows of each of these bucket list destinations in the weeks to come. Congratulations to them all, and we’re cheering you on in checking them off your own must-see list.
Source Information: http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-bucket-list-trip/
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“Quito The Best of The World” The Traveler National Geographic
Posted: September 13, 2013 in Uncategorized
As part of the 2nd Exchange on Sustainable Tourism, National Geographic Traveler magazine recognized Quito as one of the top-20 destinations to visit in 2013. The event was enthusiastically applauded and now has become the pride of all Quiteños and Ecuadorians alike. Adelina Carpenter, National Geopraphic representative, stated that “it is a double pleasure to be in Quito and a source of much pride for National Geographic to put its seal of approval so many more people come to this city”. Adelina gave this award to Councilman Paul Ponce, representing the Mayor of the Metropolitan District of Quito, who thanked this distinction as a great way to make Quito visible for travelers seeking new destinations. In addition to this recognition, the capital of Ecuador and its attractions have been described in a two-page article in the December 2012 and January 2013 editions of the prestigious National Geographic magazine, expected to reach approximately 175,000 readers. This recognition in Traveler represents an opportunity to promote tourism within our city and position it as a gateway to the diverse country of Ecuador. Meanwhile, Luz Elena Coloma, the Quito Visitor’s Bureau manager, thanked this award on behalf of the city and its tourism sector and emphasized that this is a truly energetic, lively place with astounding intangible heritage that lives in the hands and hearts of hundreds of Quiteños working every day to cultivate the essence of the city. Other worldwide destinations to make the list include: the Crimean Peninsula, the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, Marseille in France, Kyoto, Brittany, Bodo in Norway, Thessaloniki in Greece, St. Augustine in the USA, Bagan in Myanmar, Valparaiso in Chile, Malawi in Africa, New York’s Hudson Valley, Ravenna in Italy, Memphis, Grenada, Raja Ampat in Indonesia, Uganda, Jarash in Jordan and the Missouri River Breaks in Montana, USA. In addition, during the event the “Distintivo Q” quality certificates were presented to the third group of participants, made up of 26 tourism establishments recognized for best practices and general quality of their tourism products, which join the 63 tourism companies that already have this distinction. All these activities coincide with the inauguration of the II Exchange on Sustainable Tourism in Ecuador, an encounter that ends this November 27, which will facilitate commercial negotiations between more than 70 companies offering tourism services with sustainable outlooks. As part of the program, Kimberly Conagham of Traveler magazine will give a lecture at 11 AM on “The American traveler profile and how to get to the U.S. market?” The event takes place in the Eugenio Espejo Convention Center and was organized by the Mayor of the Metropolitan District of Quito and the Quito Visitor’s Bureau, the Government of Pichincha, Rainforest Alliance, the GEF-CAF Biocomercio project, the Pichincha Tourism Association (Cámara de Turismo de Pichincha) and the National Receptive Tour Operators Association in Ecuador.
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“This is Ecuador” is the most complete guide of Ecuador, in this professional journal,
we can explore and know everything about Ecuador, The destination, the culture, and the people.
Ecuador is a very compact country but very diverse. You can travel experience three different weather
in a single day, starting in the jungle and its humid whaether, to go to the mountains to explore
the cold landscape and finishing with the coastal region of Ecuador and relax.
City of Quito
Quito, the capital of Ecuador, forms a harmonious ensemble sui generis, where the actions of man and nature are brought together to create a work unique and transcendental of its kind. With its historic centre and its buildings the city is an outstanding example of the Baroque school of Quito, a fusion of European and indigenous art.
The city occupies a small basin in the great central plateau formed by the volcano Pichincha, the Puengasi ridge, and ridges formed by spurs from the eastern side of Pichincha. The land upon which Quito is built is uneven and is traversed by two deep ravines (quebradas), one of which is arched over in great part to preserve the alignment of the streets, the drainage of which escapes through a cleft in the ridge northward to the plain of Tumbaco.
Quito (2,850 m above sea level) derives its name from the Quitus, who inhabited the region a long time before the Spanish conquest. In 533 Sebastian Benalcazar took peaceable possession of the native town, which had been successively a capital of the Seyris and the Incas, and in 1541 it was elevated to the rank of a Spanish city.
Its full title was San Francisco del Quito, and it was the capital of the province or presidency of Quito down to the end of Spanish colonial rule. It has suffered repeatedly from 
earthquakes, the greatest damage occurring from those of 1797 and 1859 but the city has the best preserved and least altered historic centre in Latin America.
The Franciscan Order was the first to establish itself in Quito and immediately started built a monastery which became the centre of education and art with its own schools of painting and sculpture. The Augustinian, Dominicans and Jesuits subsequently shaped the appearance of the city with their monasteries. The monasteries of San Francisco and Santo Domingo and the Church and Jesuit College of La Compañía with their rich interiors are pure examples of the so-called ‘Baroque school of Quito’, a fusion of Spanish, Italian, Moorish, Flemish and indigenous art. La Compañía is probably the richest church in South America with its golden altar.
The city is in great part laid out in rectangular squares, the streets approximately aligned on the cardinal points of the compass. The houses of Quito are chiefly built in the old Spanish or Moorish style. The building material in general use is sun-dried brick, covered in the better houses with plaster or stucco.
The public buildings are of the heavy Spanish type. Facing on to the principal square are the cathedral, the government palace, the archbishop’s palace and the city hall. The finest building in the city is the Jesuit church, the facade of which is covered with elaborate carving.
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