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Cuenca City Private Tour: Visit Historic Structures, Art Galleries, and Turi Viewpoint
4.9
32 Ratings
Cuenca
Navigate through stunning cathedrals, magnificent historical edifices featuring ornate iron balconies, and intricately designed wooden doors set against a backdrop of a floral market, art exhibits, central plazas, and beyond.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Plaza Abdon Calderon - We start in San Sebastian neighborhood which houses houses Modern Art Museum, where the famous international Biennial Painting contest takes place every two years.
Also visit the San Francisco market, the Flower Market, Abdon Calderon Park, the Cathedral “El Sagrario”, known as the “Old Cathedral”, and lastly, we will tour the “New Cathedral” which is considered one of the biggest churches in Latin America. The famous gold leaf altar is found here.
Continue your tour to a Panama hat factory. Here observe the fabrication of hats from a fiber called “paja toquilla”. These hats range from simple inexpensive ones to colorful, elegantly designed and costly ones. Afterwards, go to the “Barranco” which is an area of terraced houses located next to the Tomebamba River.
- Mirador de Turi - Finally, we will go to “Mirador de Turi” (scenic viewpoint) to enjoy the beautiful vista of the Cuenca landscape.
What's Included
- All taxes, fees, and handling charges included
- Convenient transportation throughout the tour
- Expert guidance from a professional tour guide
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off for easy travel
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Something not specified here in
Additional Information
- Please contact us to info@cuencabestours.com within 2 days notice to reconfirm the tour.
- Our phone numbers are: USA (+1) 860-960-5290 ; Ecuador (+593) 987-796-896. WhatsApp Available on both numbers.
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended.
- For 1 to 5 passengers, a bilingual guide will also be the driver. For more than 5 passengers, a driver and a bilingual guide will be provided.
- Infant seats are available on request if advised at time of booking.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Location
Parque San Sebastián
Coronel Guillermo Tálbot
San Sebastian plaza at the corner of Bolivar st and Coronel Talbot st
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(32 Ratings)
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T8137jnjessicad
May 30, 2024
Customer Service 100% - Customer service was amazing! I wasn’t able to travel and take the tour but the customer service reps were very understanding. Can’t wait to rebook my trip and take the tour.
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W872hvjasminec
May 13, 2024
Highly recommended city tour through Cuenca - We had a great city tour through Cuenca with our tour guide Edy. We saw a lot of the old town and he took plenty of time for everything. Elizabeth, who coordinates everything in the background, was always available and took great care to ensure that we received all the necessary information in advance. The next time we travel to Ecuador, we would definitely book tours through this agency again.
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Jon
Feb 18, 2024
Cuencas art, culture, history, gastronomy, city view. - This tour was so informative and my guide Sebastian is world class. I highly recommend asking for him. All about the history of Cuenca and everything from the different markets to the Turi city view. I was completely captivated on how rich the city really continues to be.
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Jeffrie_s
Jan 18, 2024
An amazing, beautiful, and gracious day - Where do I begin? Peter was an amazing tour guide! He began with a view of the city from Yotour Point, then off to Museo Pumapungo for a very thorough cultural lesson about Ecuador. After, we rode all around Cuenca, looking at the beautiful and colorful city. We we even treated to the changing of the guard at the Presidential Palace. Next, a delicious lunch that was just amazing, followed by a tour of the beautiful cathedral in the square of Cuenca. A walk through the flower market, and then Peter helped a blind, elderly lady reach the front of the church. Such a heartwarming gesture of respect. He is one of the best guides. I hope to meet him again. Bravo!
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D8006pgandreas
Dec 11, 2023
Out of the box city tour! - Our private tour guide Enrique was fabulous. And SO flexible and open to our “out of the box” tour. We had already walked around downtown area and as we are on a 70 day tour thru South America shopping isn’t our thing (no room for anything). We did want to drive around the city and even check out potential neighborhoods to buy or rent (for future). He was so helpful, we even got to walk thru a home for sale she visited Gringolandia. It was the perfect tour for us and the best thing is he was willing to go with the flow and do what Intersted us most! Recommended!!
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Jadewq1580cx
Dec 1, 2023
A wonderful tour and guide - Eddy was an amazing tour guide! One of the best we’ve had the whole time we’ve been in Ecuador. He showed us so many beautiful sites in Cuenca and taught us a lot of history. His love of his city is contagious.
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Ricardochaves
Sep 15, 2023
Nice view of Cuenca. - I did a city tour in the city of Cuenca that includes a visit to the Tury viewpoint. 100% recommended. Very interesting.
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762matthewz
Sep 4, 2023
Best tour of Cuenca - Wilson was so knowledgeable and fun! We had a great tour and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking to learn the rich history of this city!
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Alessiom850
Aug 31, 2023
Cuenca - Everything extremely well organised, from communication to making the tour. The city tour of Cuenca with Luis was perfect in every segment. Luis is a very knowledgeable, nice and friendly guide. I highly recommend this agency and its team :)
Alessio
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Jeffry
Aug 23, 2023
Wonderful Tour! - I had an awesome tour with Maria, going to Mirador Turi and the Centro histórico de Cuenca. Although the weather was rainy it didn't prevent us from having a great tour
I learned so much about the history and culture of Cuenca and Ecuador in general. You have to go!
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