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EXPLORING ECUADOR

Otavalo Guide
by Ron Mader

ECUADOR WIKI
SOUTH AMERICA FORUM

You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares. So go downtown.
- City Notebook

Community Tourism in the Northern Andes

PHOTO GALLERY: Ecuador


The market town of Otavalo is justly famous for crafts and its Saturday market. The countryside is beautiful and is easily accessible for day trips and longer explorations.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

The Otavalos are an indigenous people whose textiles and traditional music are famous around the globe.

NEARBY

It is easy to visit nearby Cotacachi (famous for its leather goods), San Antonio (known for its wood handicrafts) and eco-friendly destinations such as San Pablo and Quiroga (departure point for Cuicocha Lake).

VISITING?

TRANSPORTATION - Otavalo is a two hour drive north of Quito. Buses depart from Quito's Terminal Terrestre Cumanda.


AUTHOR

Ron Mader is the Latin America correspondent for Transitions Abroad and host of the award-winning Planeta.com website.


REFERENCES

g Markets
g Community Tourism in the Northern Andes
b Otavalo - Ecuador Explorer
b Otavalosonline.com

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b Otavalo
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g Ecuador
b Otavalo
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