Best sights in Quito
A planning-minded collection of Quito's strongest architecture, culture, historic places, parks, markets, and waterfront anchors — selected from the city's existing Sortie inventory.
Start with the headline architecture, then add one museum, historic area, or outdoor block to give each day a different rhythm.
23 places worth building into a Quito itinerary · Architecture · Museums · Parks · Historic sights
Añaro
Añaro is a mountain in Ecuador, situated at approximately 0.396° south and 78.319° west. For visitors exploring the natural landscape associated with the Quito destination, it represents a distinct named summit rather than a built attraction.
Carondelet Palace
Carondelet Palace is the seat of Ecuador’s government in Quito. Its governmental role makes it a nationally significant civic landmark and a place visitors can understand in relation to the country’s public institutions.
Casa del Alabado Pre-Columbian Art Museum
Vast collection of pre-Columbian art & artifacts in stylish, contemporary displays.
Cathedral of Quito
The Cathedral of Quito is a Catholic cathedral in Quito whose recorded origins date to 1565. It is a longstanding religious landmark, offering visitors a direct connection with the city’s centuries-old Catholic heritage.
Cerro Achupallas
Cerro Achupallas is a mountain in Ecuador, located at approximately 0.417° south and 78.333° west. It is a natural landform within the wider Quito destination, giving landscape-focused visitors a named mountain rather than an urban monument to encounter.
Cerro Ilinpitsi
Cerro Ilinpitsi is an Ecuadorian mountain at approximately 0.373° south and 78.299° west. For visitors interested in the natural geography around Quito, it is a distinct named feature of the surrounding mountainous landscape.
Cerro Ñuñurcu
Cerro Ñuñurcu is a mountain in Ecuador, situated at approximately 0.314° south and 78.293° west. It forms part of the natural mountain geography associated with the Quito destination and is relevant chiefly as a landscape feature.
Cerro Puntas
Cerro Puntas is a mountain in Ecuador, recorded at approximately 0.184° south and 78.204° west. Visitors drawn to the Quito area’s natural setting can understand it as a distinct named summit within Ecuador’s mountainous terrain.
Cerro Tabiro
Cerro Tabiro is an Ecuadorian mountain located at approximately 0.118° north and 78.364° west. Its appeal lies in its identity as a natural landform within the broader landscape connected with the Quito destination.
Church of Saint Frinci
Church of Saint Frinci is a landmarks. It is best understood through the local role it plays in the surrounding area.
City Museum
Quito’s City Museum is a history museum established in 1998. It gives visitors a museum setting devoted to history and serves as a cultural point of reference for engaging with the city and its past.
Ciudad Mitad del Mundo
Ciudad Mitad del Mundo is an Ecuadorian monument park dating from 1982 and positioned very close to the equator. Visitors encounter a purpose-defined landmark setting whose identity centers on the geographical idea of the middle of the world.
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