Cuenca
Cuenca, officially Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca, is an Ecuadorian city, head of the canton of the same name and capital of the province of Azuay, as well as its largest and most populated city. It is crossed by the Tomebamba, Tarqui, Yanuncay and Machángara rivers, in the south-central inter-Andean region of Ecuador, in the Paute river basin, at an altitude of 2,538 meters above sea level and with a temperate Andean climate averaging 16. Wikipedia
Population 361,524 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Ecuador
Getting there
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Still gathering the markets around Cuenca. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Totems Artwork · 520 m
- MMDAM Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno Museum · 530 m
- Cruz del Vado Viewpoint · 660 m
- Martha Ceramica Gallery · 680 m
- Casa Márquez Museum · 680 m
- Casa Patrimonial Municipal Las Posadas Viewpoint · 680 m
- Casa Patrimonial Municipal La Lira Museum · 690 m
- Casa Museo la Condamine Museum · 690 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Somewhere to run
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