Culture & Souvenirs
Price
65$ per person
Duration
One Full Day
Destination
More than 1
Travellers
2+

IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE ANDES Always On the Move

A city located at only two hours from Quito. Otavalo has preserved the indigenous traditions as part of its culture through time, as their clothing, textiles, food, family values, beliefs among others
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Otavalo Market is one of the towns that has preserved its essence despite the Spaniard influence, as well as its traditional market and textiles, from hand made to machine made textile products they all have its Pre-Inca and Inca designs and patterns so characteristic to the Otavalo Market

What's included

Destination
Highlands | La Sierra , Otavalo Discover Destinations
Departure Location
Quito-Ecuador
Return Location
Quito-Ecuador
Tour Start Date & Time
Everyday
Price includes
  • A guided tour of important places
  • Transportation
Price does not include
  • Meals, unless expressly states
  • Personal expenses
  • Services not specifically stated in the itinerary
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Otavalo Market tour, an Inca Heritage

The Otavaleños are the ones that have preserved their Inca heritage more than any other indigenous community in Ecuador, their way to get dressed, the food and their hair styles, men and women have long hairs. Also several festivities and different festivals to thank the elements of the mother earth or “Pacha Mama” or Father Sun “Taita Inti” are part  of the culture that Otavalo still preserves.

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Otavalo Market Tourism

Otavalo Market, is also a must-see tourist attraction in Ecuador being one of the biggest indigenous markets in South America, it is essential not to miss this trip to this unique town and market, since there is not much that compares to it around the globe.

This open market is full of colorful textiles and kiosks which are set up daily, here you can find yourself bedazzled and overwhelmed with such a variety, prices at the market are reasonable so feel free to shop, but if bargaining is your style you can give it a try when buying alpaca sweaters, ponchos, beanies, gloves, socks or hand-embroidered tablecloths, hats, paintings or rugs.

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Otavalo Culture

Textile weaving by hand with manual or automatic looms is part of the culture, not only of Otavalo but from this entire province of Imbabura, textile weaving in otavalo is a tradition, but, what makes the textiels from Otavalo unique are the colors and their meanigful designs from the pre inca civilizations, which till today these symbols are preserved by reproducing them in the  tapestry

Musicians, this land is also know for their musicians, musicians that travel all over the world playing their panflutes and the recognizable music from the andes.

Merchants, some history books tell us that the Otavalos where one of the firs groups of Ecuadorias who traveled abroad to sell their textile products and the ones who started to export these products from ecuador, Otavaleños have a long history of traveling around the world taking their products to sell them abroad at a better price.

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Otavalo Market Food

Part of an everyday diet for an Otavaleños is rich in grains basicly all types of corn, pork and potato pankakes like, called tortillas de papa this dish is called fritada, also the trditional pulled pork or Hornado, wich is a pork slowly cooked in a brick oven for many hours, making it very tender and delicious.

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Day 1

Quito - Otavalo Market

In the morning we will pick you up from your hotel, airport or accomodation in Quito, to start with the tour to the famous Otavalo Market, where along the beautiful drive you will have the chance to taste an exotic fruit in the town of Guayllabamba, then and stop at the middle of the world Quitsato which is a very interestig place to undestand some fact from planet earth from a different pespective, also an stop at the lake San Pablo, before reaching the market.

AT the market you will have enough time to do your shoping  and continue to the Peguche waterfall before returning to Quito!

 

More about this tour

Located in South America, in the small country of Ecuador in the province of Imbabura, also known as the land of the Lakes "Los Lagos"

 

 

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Otavalo Market Tour | Discover a Vibrant Culture

Price
65$ per person
Duration
One Full Day
Destination
More than 1
Travellers
2+

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