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Quito city tours
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City tours of Quito are offered by numerous tour operators
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Standard tours
($20-30 per person) last about three hours, and usually include a mixture of driving and walking around the old town, visiting a couple of churches, and then a drive up to the top of El Panecillo hill for great views down to the city. Many operators also offer tours of the old town
by night
, when the churches and monuments are illuminated to stunning effect; one of the best-value night tours ($23 per person) is offered by Positiv Turismo, Voz Andes N41-81 and Mariano Echeverria (tel 440604). Some companies also offer
special-interest
city tours, such as the "contemporary art tour" offered by Angermeyer's Enchanted Expeditions, Foch 769 and Amazonas (tel 569960), which looks at the works of Oswaldo Guayasamin and other contemporary Ecuadorian artists.
Transport
on most city tours is in small minivans, but Klein Tours, Avenida Shyris 1000 and Holanda (tel 430345), drives its clients around in a splendid 1950s wooden bus. Other useful information
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