QUITO CITY

Quito, city of North of Ecuador. It is the capital of Ecuador and of Pichincha Province. The population is around 1.399.814. Here, the palace of Justice can be found.
It is a big city, with many historical monuments, buildings and locations. The centre of the city shows colonial architecture and several churches from that period, including the cathedral of “San Francisco”.

Quito has many places to visit, like malls, parks, stores, restaurants, dancing clubs, bars, and also, museums, concert places, libraries.
An important attraction for both tourists and local inhabitants is the “teleférico”, which is a ferry that hangs in metal cables, and transports people from the base to the summit of a mountain, and viceversa. On top of the mountain, there are food places and they also sell souvenirs. There are horse rides available, but it is really cold over there.
The main problem in Quito is the traffic, and the pollution associated with it, because people have to transport themselves using cars or buses, due to the fact that distances between places are very long.

Comparing Cuenca with Quito.

The climate in Cuenca is the same that Quito, the quantity of churches in Cuenca is the same than Quito; the population in Quito is bigger than Cuenca. Quito is more polluted that Cuenca, peoples in Cuenca in isn’t as friendly as in Quito. In Quito there are more places to visiting that in Cuenca, although both had colonial architecture.