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| Hacienda La Carriona |
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Hacienda "La Carriona"
is located in the beautiful Valley of Los Chillos, 45min.
drive south down the highway from Quito.
Constructed as an hacienda more than two-hundred years ago, "La
Carriona" stands as a monument to Ecuador's colonial history.
Its stone courtyard and garden hint of the exuberant Spanish Colonial
lifestyle, while its name reminds us that it once belonged to the
renowned Carriona Family.
Today, the hacienda accommodates
guests amidst tranquil surroundings. Located on the outskirts of
the capital, "La Carriona" is a great option for those
looking for easy access to Quito and the tourist attractions of
the Ecuadorian Sierra. The Hostería is minutes away from
the protected forest of the Pasochoa. It offers easy access to the
Cotopaxi National Park and the southern part of the country.
La Carriona offers 30 individually
decorated rooms, including several suites with fireplaces.
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| Hacienda Chillo -
Jijon |
Build by the Marquees of Miraflores
around 1730, Chillo-Jijón has always been a residence to
the same family Jijón, who inherited the property on maternal
line around 1850 and has contributed -generation after generation-
to the embellishment and restoration of this unique country house.
Today the Hacienda warmly greets
-in the superb style of its own tradition- a limited number of selected
guests who want the difference of the most personal attention and
due to its simple beauty, its size and its location in the tranquility
of an Andean valley, the Church at Hacienda Chillo-Jijón
is one of the most popular choices for Weddings. |
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| Hacienda Cusin |
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The Hacienda Cusin is a restored
17th-century estate in San Pablo with its unique style and individually
decorated guestrooms, suites, garden cottages and family courtyards,
each with private bathrooms, fireplaces, beamed ceilings, garden
and mountain views.
The tranquility of its remote location
and ancient gardens make Cusin not only the perfect escape for travelers,
but a stimulating site for conferences, seminars and destination
weddings. |
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| Hacienda Pinsaqui |
| Constructed in 1790,
The Hacienda Pinsaquí was originally a colonial textile enterprise,
employing over one thousand weavers and spinners. Many of Pinsaquí’s
fabrics were exported to the United States in the late 1800s where
they first received international recognition. To this day, the Hacienda
retains the character and authenticity of its earlier incarnation.
Over
the centuries Pinsaquí has hosted numerous illustrious guests.
Most famous of all is General Simón Bolívar, the revered
liberator of Ecuador, who often spent the night at the hacienda on
his trips to and from Bogotá, Colombia. Later
in the nineteenth century, hacienda’s walls witnessed the "Treaty
of Pinsaquí ," an historic peace agreement between Colombia
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| Hacienda
La Alegria "La Alegria Farm" |
Located 25 miles south of Quito,Ecuador
the Hacienda La Alegria is a family runed farm dedicated to eco
tourism, organic production of dairy and beef.
The Hacienda provides educational,
ecological, and challenging experiences, for people interested in
visiting volcanoes, cloudy rain forests, thermal pools, Inca sites.
They also specialize in horseback riding. |
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Activities
Experience an unforgettable sight
seeing of the Volcanoes Avenue.
Travel by horse to the Cloudy Rain
Forest and witness the Fern Tree, podocarpus tree, wild Orchids,
and many more subtropical and highland plants. Other horse trips
include visits to the mountains peaks of Atacazo, Corazon, Viudita,
and Pasochoa.
See the llamas (camel of the Andes),
and also birds which are becoming extinct like the Condor, the curiquinge
(Phalcoboenus carunculatus), humming bird, and many more birds that
make Ecuador the country with the most bird species in the world. |
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