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| The Basilica del Voto Nacional (seen in the background) is a large neo-Gothic building
Today we spent the morning and early afternoon walking around and visiting a little in the Old Historic Quito. We did the same on Saturday night. A person could do this every day for a week and still not see all there is to see.
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Quito's Old Town extends over 790 acres and is the largest historic center in the Americas.
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| La Iglasia de la Compania de Jesus Church |
Quito's Old Town was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1978, and they have taken great pride in restoring the colonial buildings and sprucing up the public spaces.
The streets and plazas constantly buzz with colorful locals and vendors selling everything from roasted peanuts to giant roasted pigs.
Tourists drink it all in as they shuffle between the overwhelming number of restored churches and chapels, convents and monasteries, mansions and museums. There are over 40 churches, and 16 convents and monasteries in old town alone. And of course there are plenty of bars and restaurants.
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| Plaza Grande (Plaza de la Independencia) |
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