Guayaquil is the largest city and the most important economic centre of the country. It has a population of about 3 million. The history of this town is full of interesting facts and histories. It begins in the area of the current hill Santa Ana. This city was sacked by pirates and devastated by fire. Therefore the city had to be rebuilt several times.

Currently Guayaquil has a highly developed tourism service, aimed primarily at business tourism. One of the most important places to visit here is the Malecon 2000.

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Itinerary

The city tour in Guayaquil consists of various panoramic visits and walks through the city. A first stop will be done at the Administration Plaza, around which you will observe the City Hall, the Sucre Monument and finally the Seminario Park, also known as the Iguana Park.

Later on, we will take you to the Southern Malecon 2000 where you will appreciate the Integration Plaza with its famous Southern Marketplace or Cristal Palace and then connect to the Plaza Olmedo dedicated to the recognized Guayaquil poet and ex president Jose Joaquin de Olmedo.

Our third stop (the largest one) will allow us to see different important monuments of the city, all viewed from the Morisca Tower. Among them, we will see the monument of the 4 elements of the Planet. Then we will walk toward the Rotonda Monument with the statues of Simon Bolivar and San Martin. We will then see, with a panoramic view, the rest of the Malecon 2000, with its restaurants and recreation places for children. Optionally you can visit the garden area of the Malecon where you can see many tropical plants such as : Teca, Guaba, Mango, helechos, bromelias, ficus, and almendra.

After the visit of the Malecon, we will take you to the neighborhood of Las Peñas, the oldest part of the city in which you will have the opportunity to climb the numerous steps that lead to the Cerro Santa Ana where you can see Guayaquil and the Guayas river at their best.

Finally we will end our tour at the Flower Marketplace with its colorful different kind of flowers.

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The MALECON 2000 is a wonderful hub for many activities in downtown Guayaquil. The term “malecón” is commonly found in any city or town that has a street stretching along the water-front. Since the mid-1800s in Guayaquil, this has been the place where locals and visitors of every social class have spent their evenings looking for a cool breeze off the river, strolling along or visiting with each other on benches. Nowadays, crowds continue to flock for the same reasons.

The same stretch along the river was re-vamped and inaugurated as Malecón 2000 in October of 1999. The Southern sector (between Calle Cuenca & 10 de Agosto) is comprised of a shopping center, open-air food courts, an artisan’s market, and the “Mercado Sur.” Hungry visitors can enjoy budget to mid-range seafood dishes while watching the expanse of the Guayas River lazily pass by on its way to the Pacific.

The artisan’s market is highlighted by the only Pro-Pueblo retailer in the country. Pro-Pueblo represents co-ops of coastal artisans who primarily work from their homes in remote villages to create low-cost products. Their ceramics and tagua nut (vegetable ivory) Christmas decorations are of such an excellent quality that they are sometimes re-sold in other stores for three times the price.

The Mercado Sur, constructed by a contemporary of Eiffel, was home to one of Guayaquil’s primary markets until the regeneration project relocated vendors to another part of the city at the end of the 1990s.

The Central sector (between 10 de Agosto y P. Icaza) begins at the Clock Tower with its Moorish influence and ends at the “La Rotonda” monument at 9 de Octubre. They became part of the Malecón during the mid-1900s. For the more recent inauguration, architects added monuments to the four elements in this sector. Testaments to the original mangrove forests that flanked the river, thick trees have walk-ways built around them in this sector.

The Northern sector (between P. Icaza and the Las Peñas neighborhood) hosts exercise and play areas, gardens, an IMAX theater, another food court, and the MAAC (Museum of Anthropology and Contemporary Art). The beautifully landscaped gardens decoratively highlight flora from the coastal region and the design includes evidence of the city’s long-standing Masonic influence. The MAAC brings in interesting exhibits from all over the world, hosts performances for well-known musicians, and includes a theater that presents both international and national films (one of the only places in the entire world to be able to witness the country’s contribution to film).