2024

MERCADO CENTRAL

Market

These covered halls are home to a lively all-day market. Stalls sell fruit and vegetables, meat and other products. It is also possible to eat in one of the taverns called puestos de comida, where you can sit elbow to elbow (typical and traditional cuisine at low prices). Authentic: not to be missed, especially since a major project to completely renovate the market is underway. Several very modern projects are in competition, the result should be superb, but less traditional.

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2024

MERCADO DE CAÑA DE AZUCAR

Market

A visit and tastings not to be missed. The sugar cane, very appreciated by the locals, is sold in all its forms: cut up like chips to chew, in confectionery(alfeñique and melcocha), in juice(jugo de caña) alcoholic or not. The cane is pressed in front of you and a green elixir is extracted, it is sweet and refreshing. The slightly alcoholic version will delight punch lovers! Another speciality sold: guava fruit pastes.

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2024

AROMI CAFÉ & CHOCOLATE GOURMET

Gourmet products local specialities and wines

Several stalls of the same name in town. On the spot, sale of chocolate, coffee... But the prices are not necessarily the most advantageous, we recommend it especially to drink a good Ecuadorian coffee, full-bodied and rich in aroma! The coffee is often an artisanal coffee, which explains its high price per kilo. We advise you to have your breakfast here, they are very copious and excellent. The homemade hot chocolate should prepare you well for a sportive day.

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2024

HONEY COFFEE & TEA

Gourmet products local specialities and wines

A café in the air of time which makes the corner, near the central park. Modern, pleasant, it serves a very good Ecuadorian coffee to accompany some pastries or other tempting pastries. The owners are young baristas who have been trained for several years in this new profession in various parts of the world. A coffee appreciated at breakfast time. In this charming place, you will find more than 35 preparations of hot and cold coffee, 12 varieties of tea, fine pastries and artisanal bread. You can also buy coffee to go.

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