Quito Cultural
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Quito Culture
Quito capital of Ecuador is a city that captivates the soul, with the Quito Cultural program, live the culture and practice the Spanish language at the same time.
" Your Spanish learning starts now "
Either with intensive Spanish language courses, you can learn Spanish in Ecuador and travel with us through the Galapagos islands, amazon jungle. You not only study Spanish with our language school, but you will also know a little more Latin America. Know our Spanish school in Ecuador
✅ Quito cultural program - Spanish Inmersion Course: We have divided this program in weeks. You can select the week with which you want to start the Cultural Program or we can recommend one too.
✅ Schedule: 2 hours per day in the afternoon.
✅ Itinerary:
➤ First Week:
Day 1: Visit of modern Quito and the touristic area La Mariscal.
Day 2: Traditional cooking class
Day 3: Old town visit: La Alameda park, Plaza del Teatro, Plaza Grande.
Day 4: Dancing class.
Day 5: Look out Itchimbia park.
➤ Second Week:
Day 1: Old town:change of the presidential guard. Metropolitan cultural center.
Day 2: Traditional cooking class
Day 3: Old town: Av. 24 de mayo, Calle de la Ronda and El Cumandá.
Day 4: Dancing class.
Day 5: Archaeological Nacional Museum 'Casa de la Cultura'
➤ Third Week:
Day 1: Old town: El Tejar, commercial centers, La Merced church, San Francisco church.
Day 2: Traditional cooking class
Day 3: Visit of the Rumipamba ruins.
Day 4: Dancing class.
Day 5: Tour to the middle of the world (Mital del mundo)
➤ Fourth Week:
Day 1: Visit of the San Diego cemetery and Panecillo look out.
Day 2: Traditional cooking class
Day 3: Basilica church quito / Basílica del Voto Nacional
Day 4: Visit of The Sangolqui Market
Day 5: Dancing class.
Start date: Open
✅ Quito cultural program - Open: It does not matter which course or class you are taking if you want the option of taking Quito Cultural we have this option for you. This program is designed so you can put together a weekly cultural program, choosing 1 activity from each group: one museum, one church, one market or plaza, one ecological path, one traditional neighbourhood of Quito, one dance class and 1cooking class. We can recommend a program for you too.
✅ Schedule One activity daily from Monday to Friday. 2 hours per day in the afternoon.
✅ Activities:
➤ 1. Quito Museums :
House of Ecuadorian Culture - Benjamín Carrión (“MUNA” Museo Nacional de la Casa de la Cultura )
National Museum Quito (Museo Nacional)
City Museum Quito (Museo de la ciudad)
Metropolitan Cultural Center (Museo cultural metropolitano)
San Francisco Museum and Convent (Museo de la Iglesia de San Francisco)
San Diego Convent Museum (San Diego Museum)
Pre-Columbian Art Museum House of Praise (Museo Casa del Alabado)
Museum of the Presidency (Museo del Palacio de Gobierno)
House of Ecuadorian Culture - Benjamín Carrión (“MUNA” Museo Nacional de la Casa de la Cultura )
National Museum Quito (Museo Nacional)
City Museum Quito (Museo de la ciudad)
Metropolitan Cultural Center (Museo cultural metropolitano)
San Francisco Museum and Convent (Museo de la Iglesia de San Francisco)
San Diego Convent Museum (San Diego Museum)
Pre-Columbian Art Museum House of Praise (Museo Casa del Alabado)
Museum of the Presidency (Museo del Palacio de Gobierno)
➤ 2. Quito Churches: :
Gold leaf Catholic churches:
San francisco church and convent Quito / Iglesia de San Francisco de Quito, plaza de San Francisco y recorrido por Centro Artesanal
Santo domingo church Quito / Iglesia de Santo Domingo
Basilica church quito / Basílica del Voto Nacional (neo gothic style)
La Compañía de Jesús / The Church of the Society of Jesus - the jesuits Quito
Guápulo church / Iglesia de Guapulo
Merced church / Iglesia la Merced ( baroque style )
Sagrario church / La Iglesia de El Sagrario
San Agustín church and monastery / Iglesia de San Agustin
Catedral church / Iglesia Cathedral of Quito
Carmen Alto church/ Iglesia del Carmen Alto
Monastery of Santa Catalina / Iglesia Y Convento De Santa Catalina De Siena
➤ 3. Traditional markets and Plazas:
Mercado Artesanal de la Mariscal
Mercado de Sangolquí
Plaza turística El Quinde (Foch)
Independence Square (Plaza Grande Quito)
Plaza del Teatro
Mercado Mayorista de San Roque
➤ 4. Ecological Path:
tchimbía Park / Parque Itchimbia (de 2 a 3 horas)
Guápulo Park / Parque de Guapulo (2 to 3 hours)
North Metropolitan Park / Parque Metropolitano Guangüiltagua (3 to 4 hours)
“Chaquiñan” Ecological Path / El Chaquiñán (2 to 3 hours)
Ecological Path from El Cinto Church to La Cima de la Libertad (4 to 5 hours)
Ilaló Volcano Ecological Path / Cerro Ilalo (4 to 5 hours)
Rumipamba Archeological Museum and Path / Museo histórico Rumipamba (2 to 3 hours)
Midlle of the world / Mitad del mundo (3 to 4 hours)
Pululahua Volcano Ecological Path / Pululagua (3 to 4 hours)
El Panecillo (2 to 3 hours)
➤ 5. Traditional Neighborhoods of Quito
Calle de las siete Cruces / Calle García Moreno
Calle de la Ronda
Quito nocturno
Plaza Foch / la Mariscal en Quito
San Juan
➤ 6. Dancing Class
➤ 7. Traditional Cooking Class
Start date: Open
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If I have to choose one place to live or where to come back to, it will be Quito and the school too. I highly recommend this experiences.
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Maya Kandell
USA /2019My favorite place in Quito! A really wonderful family runs this school. I stayed here for over a month taking one-on-one Spanish lessons with Martha Ona, the director of the school.
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Paula Schmid
Germany /2019There were 5 wonderful days in Quito at the Atahualpa Spanish School. Where we learned a lot. Thank you very much.
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