Today I am going to share with you the journey of a díWhat did I do in the beautiful city of Cuenca, where I could see several of its tourist attractionsístatic.
a few days agoías, afterés of the maiden flight of Avianca Ecuador from Quito to Cuenca, I was invited to participate in a several-hour tour of the main tourist attractionsístics of this city organized by the Fundación Cuenca Tourism.
Definitely, visité a few places, since Cuenca offers many más points of interestés to tell you abouté hereí, so this is a snacké of how much can be done, where I recommend you to beíYOU 3 días y 2 nights to enjoy the máximo this city.
Cuenca and its tourist attractionsístatic
I'm going to show you in chronol orderólogical what you can do in a dayíin Cuenca since its landing in this city, in case anythingún díThey have the opportunity and little time to visit.
Tranvífrom Cuenca
Crossing the street laterés to leave the Mariscal La Mar Airport the station is locatedón Airport, from which they can arrive from between 5 a 10 minutes to Centro Histórich man from Cuenca.
Spaghettién can travel más allá from the center on the Tramía, a new transportation systemúblico that works very well. Is ordered, cleansed, safe, you can travel with your bike and it even notifies you whenáhow long does the pr arriveóximo train.
Schedules
- The Tramía works from 06:00 until 22:00 hours.
Cost
- A ticketed trip $1.00
- A travel card $0.35
- Multi-trip rate with card (5 travels) on $0.30 each.
¿Cóhow to use?
- The card can be purchased, that must be purchased one per person or by paying for individual trips on the screens available at each stop.
Mansión Alcázar
After the tram touría, we arrived at the Mansión Alcázar where we could enjoy its facilities. A good place for breakfast, but it should be noted that Cuenca has a great optionón gastronómica for all tastes and budgets.
A mansiócolonial transformed into a hotel, that maintains its essence clásica and beautiful gardens full of flowers and plants make it a recommended spot to spend some time, have a coffeeé and relax before continuing touring Cuenca.
Walk through the Historic Centerórico
Without a doubt the point más highest point of Cuenca is to walk through its well-kept historic centerórico, where there are churches on every corner, heritage house, museums and squares, so you can spend several hours discovering every cornerón of this area.
I also shareén with you this vídeo what I did with shots of several of the places we visited this dayía:
Victoria Hotel
This is a traditional hotel in Cuenca that maintains its traditional essence, that to más to offer a picturesque environment, allows us to have a beautiful view of the ríthe Tombamba, one of the four ríthose who cross the city.
Hereí we were able to rest after several kiloómeters of walking through the center of Cuenca, we enjoyed several traditional dishes such as guinea pig and fritada, along with other dishes of the delicious and aún not so exploited Ecuadorian food.
Bike PúCuenca war
after lunch, arrivedó time to cut down on food with a little exercise. It was like thatí that we participated in a cycle ride on the banks of the riverío Tomebamba thanks to the bicycle project púCuenca war.
With 20 stations distributed throughout the city, This is a good alternative for mobilization.ón around the city for all the público, even regardless of the stateíphysical, since in general, Cuenca does not have so many steep streets and everything dependsá of the route or destination you want to reach.
Schedules
- The stations operate every day.íace of 06:00 until 20:00 hours.
Cost
- Registration feeón $3,00 USD
- Value per trip $0.25 USD
- Value per día $10,00 USD (Unlimited travel time within service hours)
- value per 3 months $15,00 USD
- Value for añO $30,00 USD
¿Cóhow to use?
- With the applicationón for Smartphones
- With the card “BIKE PÚBICA CUENCA”:
- A través of the stationón using panel táctil, following the same release procedureón of the applicationóphone numberéphono mówill.
I hope you liked this brief tour of Cuenca, which has great potentialíhuge sttic, much to exploit and offer to local and international tourists.
¿They know Cuenca? Cuétell us in the commentsé what do you think about this city.
Good evening, can you help me with a statistic of how many people visited Cuenca during the year 2020 and 2021 please
Hello there, I don't have that data, but surely you will find it in the MINTUR or the tourist corporation of the city.