Ecuador South-America’s best kept secret?
A COMBINATION OF NATURE, COSMOPOLITAN CITIES, AND ANCIENT CULTURES The article below was originally written in Spanish by Condé Nast Traveller writer Patricia Rey Mallén. We love it and have translated it to English for you. Want to practice your language skills? We highly recommend checking out the…
Ecuadorian Cacao: a source of fine flavor and pride
Fine chocolate has found a top-quality niche in Ecuador’s fertile cacao farms. The small country dominates over half the market for the exceptional Cacao Arriba Fino de Aroma bean, and its influence is just beginning to surface. But there’s more to this success story than the quality of Ecuadorian cacao:…
The Best Places in Ecuador to Join the Inti Raymi Celebrations
Inti Raymi, which means “sun festival” in the Quechua language, was the Inca celebration of the northern solstice. To this day, it remains the most important annual event for Andean Indigenous cultures in the countries that formed the Incan empire, namely Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. Inti Raymi celebrates…
