Guayaquil - Post Report Question and Answers
What are some interesting/fun things to do in the area? Can you recommend any “hidden gems"?
Interests like cocoa, banana farming, wine, essential oils... all have tours. Regular exhibitions (flamenco, orchids, local art, chocolate, etc) and fairs are common. - Aug 2022
Cuenca is beautiful, with cool weather if you need a breather. It's a 3.5 hour drive. - Jun 2022
Cerro Blanco and ESPOL are good places to go hiking in the city. Reserva Manglares Churute is less than 2 hours away and also a great hike with howler monkeys. Cuenca is an old city with good food, interesting architecture, and a lovely river about 3 hours away. Lots of cute little beach towns with good seafood and surfing. - Oct 2020
Get out to local micro theaters, wander the malecon, go to soccer matches, visit cacao farms, and travel outside the city. - Feb 2019
- Jun 2013
Beaches & seafood. - May 2013
Go out to eat; there is decent food here, but you have to constantly be adventurous and try new places and parts of town. Get a GPS so you feel more liberated to go places you haven't been. - Jan 2012
many beaches, closest one is Playas which is 1.5 hours drive and others are farther. Cuenca is a very nice city in the High-land with cool climate year-round, about 60s. There are volcanoes and jungles but I have not visited them. Then, there is the famous Galapagos. There's a movie theater near residences and it playsmany movies inEnglish with Spanish subtitles. Admission is $4.50 - Jan 2012
Nothing interesting/fun to do in Guayaquil. Everything interesting/fun is outside of the city. - Aug 2011
