Parque Itchimbia - Quito

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Parque Itchimbia

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Parque Itchimbia Reviews

yadilitta
538 reviews

An awesome view of the city in a green space - Parque Itchimbia Aug 17, 2009

Parque Itchimbia is a large park, located on a hill. From this huge green space, you'd be able to get 360º degrees views of the city.

Its a big park that has a Cultural Center, cafes, point views and other attractions.

Going there is free. You'd have to pay if you want to go to any of the cafes. Views are worth it.

It's located near Old Town. If you want to climb you can walk up Elizalde street. Also you can take a bus from the Old town or do it easier and take a cab, hehehe.

Just be aware that the area could be a bit dangerous if you are walking by your own when it gets dark. At that time is safer to take a cab :)

Part of the Back to Ecuador: an International Mini Meet Up and Gastronomic tour II - the sequel :P travel blog

view at the end of the day

view of el Panecillo

view of the Basilica

view at night, great!

Parque Itchimbia Blogs

rem120

Sep 20, 2009

We set off after breakfast for Parque Itchimbia, which we were told is up high enough to get a good view of Quito. It was a close but steep walk up to the park and very quickly we realised how hard the altitude made it to walk up hill. We plowed… In and around Quito

melsadve…

Sep 20, 2009

I climbed, stumbled and dragged myself up the hill in Parque Itchimbia, it takes a while to acclimatise to the altitude! The view was breathtaking and I was glad of the excuse to get my breathe back and take in the 360 degree views of Quito. I´m finally here! I then navigated… Almost there

yadilitta

Jul 11, 2009

The hostel was located near the "Parque Itchimbia" and from there you can have an awesome view of the city. I had already read about this. So, we decided to go to a nice cafe on top of the hill to get dinner and enjoy the night view. In order not to loose… Going to the airport... no, I'm not leaving, we'd pick up Frank :)