Quito City Tour: Colonial Streets and Cable Car Views

Embark on a full-day tour of Quito, exploring the city’s colonial streets, visiting historical landmarks, and experiencing the thrill of the Teleferico. Discover the Middle of the World and capture stunning views of the city, mountains, and volcanoes. Don’t miss this unforgettable adventure!

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Quito Old Town - Quito, Ecuador’s historic city, is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a treasure trove of colonial architecture and cultural richness. Nestled in the Andes, it features well-preserved cobblestone streets, vibrant plazas, and majestic churches like La Compañía and San Francisco. Quito’s Old Town, one of the best-preserved in Latin…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Bottle of water per each passenger
  • Tour Guide
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Entrance Fees
  • Tips
  • Travel insurance
Additional Information

This tour is an minimun of 2 pax a day. Early in the morning we will start our enjoyable experience in Quito City in the colonial streets surrounded of old buildings, churches, squares and governmental institutions. Quito`s Main Square, Cathedral, Carondelet Palace, Compañia de Jesus Church (Gold Church) and san Francisco Square an Church are going to…

Location
Estación de Bomberos N 1 "Coronel Martín Reimberg"
Avenida General Ignacio de Veintimilla
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Jeffdyck
Apr 8, 2026
Exceptional tour with David - We had a fantastic city tour with David. He is a caring, personable, super knowledgeable, and professional. The thing I appreciated most was his genuine desire to show you an incredible time and his deep enthusiasm for his country. He also seems to know all of the locals at all of the tour stops and is very well-liked, and is kind to everyone. We feel very fortunate to have met him. We booked another tour with David after this great day, and it was really amazing too! I highly recommend David!
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Simon_w
Apr 7, 2026
Best guide to learn about Quito - If you want to get a good introduction to Quito, Damian is your guy/guide. Not only is he very knowledgeable about the history/culture and anything in between about his hometown, he's very helpful and resourceful on suggestions. You can feel his passion in what he does, and adapts well to my requests. It may be Quito itself, but Damian definitely makes me want to cole back to discover more about the city / country.
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Yasmin_f
Apr 5, 2026
Great day tour of the most important sites!! - This was a great tour to do while in Quito! I had an amazing time visiting the most important sites such as the middle of the world, the teleferico and various churches in old town. Highly recommend! Shout out to my guide Juan and our driver Victor! This was a truly unforgettable experience.
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Debbie
Mar 15, 2026
Perfect way to explore Quito in one day - Excellent guide. Comfortable van Great sight seeing
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Tripexpert1988
Mar 14, 2026
Quito - Highly recommended tour to know Quito. The guide Juan Cevallos who accompanied me to discover Quito. fantastic, very good and professional. Excellent service.
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Philip_a
Mar 11, 2026
Great coverage of the city / middle earth with flexibility. - It was a great tour, we tailored the pace based on what I where I wanted to spend time and my guide's knowledge.
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Petebr777
Mar 6, 2026
Intiñan museum is really good. - Our guide is named Juan. He is very good. This is a good tour and Juan took us all over the city. I really enjoyed Intiñan Museum (the center of the World). I would recommend this to anybody.
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Helen_m
Feb 19, 2026
Great trip to see Quitos highlights in a day - I had guide Josue who was excellent. I booked onto normal group tour but was only one so had solo tour. Picked up at hotel at 09:00 and dropped back around 15:15. I had message in the viator app which hadn’t notified me there was a message that time had changed from 08:30 to 09:00 so go into app to check. Josue swapped the order of the activities to make the best of the weather which was nice. I would have liked to pay a little extra for the tour for them to cover the admission. I don’t like rummaged for small change and I can imagine this a bit time consuming for bigger groups. I may be worth the company doing this as a price option. Keep original and have a admission included option. Admission were quite cheep. $2&6 for churches, $9 for cable car and $5 for equator (plus tip for equator tour and of course our guide). I got a little altitude sickness on top of the cable car mountain so if you have multiple days in Quito it would be better to leave to your last day.
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Runningbear549
Feb 18, 2026
Really a Very Complete City Tour of Quito - Traveling with David of Ecuadorian Tour Guides was exactly what we wanted... A complete review of the many beautiful facets of Quito. David provided a full history of the people, culture and highlights of Quito including a thorough walking tour of Old Town and how it is the political hub of Ecuador with the President's,Goverment Offices within walking distance of the main square. Their Pentagon is across the street from the President's Office. Another highlight was the Iglesia de la Compania Church which is amazing as it is totally gold plated. My favorites were the relationship of God to his son on the High Altar, the decorative confessionals and my most favorite was a massive painting by Salas on the right entrance of Hell where those incarcerated were named for the sins against humanity including Injustus (Injustice)... Probably my first most favorite was the Statue of the Virgin of Panecillo overlooking Quito chaining a monstrous snake at her feet controlling good over evil. I could tell you more about the El Telferico Sky Tram taking your from 9 to 13,000 feet with fantastic views of Quito or standing on the exact Ecuatorial Line at the Intinan Equator Museum but the best thing for you to do is go yourself!
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Ajoel19
Feb 16, 2026
Excellent way to get to know Quito - Full recommended this tour to know the city and its history, guide Daniel explains everything in detail and very friendly, excellent recommendations to know the museum of Aitinan.
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From $60
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).