Ecuador travel guide
Before you go to Ecuador
- Currency
- USD $
- Emergency number
- 911 / 911
- Plug type
- A, B
- Tap water
- not_safe
- Tipping
- optional
- Bargaining
- Common
- eSIM
- Available
- Card networks
- Visa, Mastercard, American Express (limited), Diners Club (limited)
- ATM fees
- USD 1-5 per withdrawal plus your home-bank foreign fee
Cities in Ecuador
- Puerto Ayora The main town of the Galapagos Islands on Santa Cruz, base for visiting the Charles Darwin Research Station, Tortuga Bay, the…
- Quito Ecuador's Andean capital at 2,850 m, home to one of Latin America's best-preserved colonial Old Towns (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and…
- Cuenca A UNESCO-listed colonial city in the southern Andes at 2,560 m, famed for its blue-domed New Cathedral, cobbled streets, riverside walks…
- Guayaquil Ecuador's largest city and main Pacific port, known for the riverside Malecón 2000, the colourful Las Peñas hill and Santa Ana lighthouse,…
- Montañita A bohemian Pacific surf town on the Santa Elena coast, known for consistent point-break waves, a lively backpacker nightlife, beach bars…
- Baños de Agua Santa Ecuador's adventure-sports capital, a small town wedged in a green gorge below the Tungurahua volcano. Famous for waterfalls along the Ruta…
- Otavalo An indigenous market town in the northern Andes, home to South America's largest artisan craft market (Plaza de Ponchos), surrounded by…
- Mindo A cloud-forest village in the Andean foothills northwest of Quito, one of the world's top birdwatching spots (hummingbirds,…