Gourmet products local specialties and wines Pacific Coast

Here we are in the biggest handicraft market in the province of Guayas. You can find handicrafts from all over the country, and even from farther away. Hats, jewelry, weavings, sculptures and trinkets of all kinds. This covered market is composed of more than 170 souvenir stands, unfortunately all offering more or less the same merchandise. If you haven't bought anything yet and are leaving the country, you might find a gift or two to bring back.

Another large shopping centre with a large number of modern shops (local and international signs). 

Since 1997, the best ice creams in the city are made here! Very creamy and made with fresh fruit, many flavors to choose from. The cookies are also worth the detour, in short, here is an address for the greedy ones which is in the process of making emulators, because already 3 other establishments opened under this mark in Guayaquil.

And here is the list of other current addresses:

Urdesa neighborhood (Av. Las Lomas y Calle Primera),

Ceibos (La Vista de San Eduardo Shopping Center)

and on the Samborondón peninsula (Plaza Batán Shopping Center)

On this block, which was completely renovated in 2021 and which also houses the recently opened Cocoa Museum and the French restaurant Ouibistrot mentioned in this guide, you'll find a modern French-style bakery with good pastries and sweets. Quality tarts, croissants and sandwiches to refresh you during long walks in the city. Bread too (good country bread). Some tables to rest. The prices on the other hand, are a little higher than elsewhere.

Here is the pretty shop of Agnes, a French biologist who, after 8 years of research in the Galapagos with her biologist husband, decided to settle in Puerto Lopez. She has just opened this shop specialized in bulk spices. You can find many spices; peppers, turmeric, herbs of Provence, oregano, curry, but also seeds of all kinds as well as olives and home-made pickles! Agnès wants to help educate people towards eco-responsibility and this shop is a great step in that direction!

Located between Guayaquil and Playas, this vineyard, unique in its location and size (over 360 ha), was created in 1999 and began producing excellent wine in 2006. Abel Furian, a renowned Argentine oenologist, developed the first wines after advising the owners on which grape varieties to plant. The result was the first Paradoja (French for paradox), a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec. A wide range of quality wines, on sale everywhere and particularly in the brand's two boutiques in Guayaquil and Quito.