Insight Guides Ecuador & Galapagos: Travel Guide eBook

Insight Guides

• Publisher: Insight Guides
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781839054044
• Edition: 8
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

This Ecuador & Galápagos guidebook is ideal for travellers seeking inspirational guides and planning a more extended trip. It provides interesting facts about Ecuador & Galápagos’s people, history and culture and detailed coverage of the best places to see. This Ecuador & Galápagos travel book has the style of an illustrated magazine to inspire you and give a taste of Ecuador & Galápagos. The book is printed on paper from responsible sources, and verified to meet FSC’s strict environmental and social standards. 

This Ecuador & Galápagos guidebook covers: Quito, Day Trips from Quito, Northern Sierra, The Avenue of the Volcanoes, The Southern Sierra, The Oriente, Oriente Wildlife, The Western Lowlands, The Pacific Coast, Guayaquil and the South Coast, The Galápagos Islands.

In this Ecuador & Galápagos travel guidebook, you will find:

• Unique essays – country history and culture, and modern-day life, people and politics
• Ecuador & Galápagos highlights – Avenue of the Volcanoes, Baños, Otavalo, Cuenca, Pacific coast beaches, Ingapirca, Quito, Galápagos Islands, Amazon lodges
• Practical travel information – getting there and around, budgeting, eating out, shopping, public holidays, information for LGBTQ+ travellers and more 
• When to go to Ecuador & Galápagos - high season, low season, climate information and festivals 
• Insider recommendations – tips on how to beat the crowds, save time and money and find the best local spots
• Main attractions & curated places – narrative descriptions of where to go and what to see, covered geographically
• Tips and facts – interesting facts about Ecuador & Galápagos and useful insider tips
• High-quality maps of Ecuador & Galápagos – must-see places cross-referenced to colourful maps for quick orientation
• Colour-coded chapters – each place chapter has its own colour assigned to aid easy navigation of this Ecuador & Galápagos travel guide
• Striking pictures – rich, inspirational colour photography on all pages, capturing attractions, nature, people and historical features 
• Fully updated post-COVID-19

This Ecuador & Galápagos guidebook is just the tool you need to get under the skin of the destination and accompany you on your trip. It also makes a great gift because of its premium quality. This book will inspire you and answer all your questions while preparing a trip to Ecuador & Galápagos or along the way. It will also remain a beautiful souvenir after your trip. 

Table of contents

• How To Use This E-Book
• Ecuador’s Top 10 Attractions
• Editor’s Choice
• Sustainable travel
• Ecuador
• Coast, Sierra, and Jungle
• Decisive dates
• Lost worlds
• Hub of two empires
• Independence and after
• Economy and environment
• The Ecuadorians
• Insight: The bright colors of everyday wear
• Life and lore in the Sierra
• Peoples of the Amazon
• Artesanías
• A nation of painters
• Sounds of the Andes
• Outdoor adventures
• Food
• Places
• QUITO
• Insight: Colonial architecture
• DAY TRIPS FROM QUITO
• NORTHERN SIERRA
• THE AVENUE OF THE VOLCANOES
• Insight: Railway journeys
• THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
• THE ORIENTE
• ORIENTE WILDLIFE
• THE WESTERN LOWLANDS
• THE PACIFIC COAST
• GUAYAQUIL AND THE SOUTH COAST
• THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS
• The Galápagos Islands: Darwin’s laboratory
• Insight: Birds of the Galápagos
• Visiting the Islands
• Transportation
• A-Z: A Handy Summary of Practical Information
• Language
• Further Reading