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Quito
The capital of Ecuador represents its country well: eclectic, immense and surrounded by
beauty. Cradled 9,252 feet (2,820 m) above sea level in the arms of The Volcano Route that
reach out to jungle, cloud forest and eventually the coast in just hours, Quito is the perfect
base to plan an entire Ecuadorian vacation. In Quito, the rest of Ecuador is at your finger-
tips.
Quito has one of the largest and least-altered Historic Centers in the Americas, the largest
urban park in South America (
Parque Metropolitano
) and extends to within two miles of
zero latitude smack in the middle of the world. The country's contrasting ethnic cultures
group here in search of work and better lives, while the young, artistic and ambitious move
here to study at the nation's top universities and join in its diverse subcultures.
