Guayaquil City Tour Including the Light House of Cerro Santa Ana
Description
Guayaquil, known as 'La Perla del Pacífico'. It's the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador. Its has been a city with a great commercial tradition and now it is betting on tourism, and it is developing as a national and international tourist destination being home of many international fairs and events.
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Itinerary
Your tour will start with a pickup from your centrally located hotel in Guayaquil and then it will end at your hotel after we visit the amazing following sites.
Visit the Seminario Park, also popularly known as Las Iguanas park, by the reptiles that dwell there. The site has its natural charm with trees and an artificial pond in which goldfish swim.
We head then to the Metropolitan Cathedral . The Cathedral stands on the site where the first mother church of the New Town was built.
Then we proceed to the Plaza de Management. The Arosemena passage is one of the urban values of the Plaza. Crisscross the Municipal Palace, on a tour in which the visitor can admire the iron and glass cover with decorative stained glass. Around we can see the Nahim Isaias Museum, and monuments like: A Sucre, The Forge of Vulcan, the Fountain of Glory and Grace.
Then will visit the Tower Morisca known as the Public Clock Tower. We walk along the Malecon 2000 and we can see the towers of the four elements. We then arrive at the Monument to the 2 Liberators: Simon Bolivar and San Martin.
In July 2001 , the municipality of the city began a process of regeneration in the sector, giving the houses look more colonial. The Cerro Santa Ana is one of the most important points of tourist interest in the city. It is equipped with small squares as well as green areas for recreation and rest. There is a lighthouse at the top of the hill (18 meters high), a chapel and the Naval Museum, a place where guns and other artifacts are kept that were used in the days when the city was besieged by pirates. The most important attraction in this area is the complete view we have of the city.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
Reviews(7)
Cultural and history walking tour. Nice snapshot of the city and got in a little exercise completing the 444 steps at the lighthouse. Tony, my guide was fantastic and so professional. So much information was given to me, and it was great. Thank you Antonio, was a sensational tour. Recommend
Hi Gerald! It was a pleasure to have you in Guayaquil. Hopefully we see you again soon :)
Historical and cultural tour walking tour, with a little stair climb at the end. My guide Tony, picked me up on time and was so professional. He was loaded with so much information and good travel tips. Saw so many interesting landmarks, it was fantastic. Thank you Antonio and BM Tours. Recommend
Hi Gerald! It was a pleasure to have you in Guayaquil. Hopefully we see you again soon :)
The park with the iguanas and beautiful church was wonderful. Just having the opportunity to drive around the city and see the various neighborhoods was a great experience. I enjoyed the Panama Hat factory. Never realized the amount of work that goes into making an authentic Panama Hat.
Hello David! Guayaquil is a beautiful city, we are so happy you decided to book this tour with us! Hopefully we see you again soon :)
Do NOT book with them! No one showed up. Waited 30 mins and tried calling several numbers until we finally reached the agency. They told us they forgot about our tour! TripAdvisor displayed it as confirmed. They offered the tour later that day or the next day which was not possible for us. Refund was promised.
Hello Julia, We understand the inconvenience caused by waiting for the service and we are sorry that this has not met your expectations, we had a problem with our reservation system and when we consulted the option to make the tour in the afternoon you told us that you had your flight so it could not be done. Our commitment with the tourists is always to give them the best possible experience, that is the reason for the good qualification of the tours, we are sorry for the inconvenience and of course, we will proceed with the full refund. We have already solved the problem and again we apologize. Hope you have a good trip
Nice tour which included the central parts of Quayaquil. Highlights vies from Ecuavisa, Malecon 2000 and Catedral Católica Metropolitana de Guayaquil
Hello Erling, thanks for your comments. Could you let us know the reason about the low rate? Knowing that will help us improve
We missed this tour. We were travelling from Montanita to Guayaquil on 4/6/22. I must had accidently booked the wrong day, 4/6/22 instead of 4/7/22. However, I did not received any notification from BM tour guide about when the tour guide will pick us up nor notification about the tour guide had arrived at the hotel waiting for us on 4/6/22. I didn't notice I booked the wrong date until I contacted them on 4/6/22 after I checked in to the hotel. I was informed that they counted we were "NO SHOW" for the tour guide was there. I requested if they can do us a big favor and reschedule it on 4/7/22 as we will be leaving Ecuador on 4/8/22 and would love to see the city of Guayaquil. The respond from BM Tours was the same and asked us to rebook the tour. We booked so many tours through Viator since we were travelling on March to Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador. I am quite disappointed on BM Tour's response.
Estimada Cliente, Hemos revisado lo que nos escribiste y confirmado con el departamento de operaciones y podemos constatar que no se avisó a tiempo por el cambio de fecha, tú contacto fué mucho después del check in y nuestro vehículo y guía estuvo esperando más de una hora en el hotel a la hora pactada del tour. Cómo entenderás, algunas veces podemos hacer cambios de fecha sin ningún problema o costo pero en esta ocasión al no avisar a tiempo y al tener una temporada alta de pasajeros no estábamos en la posibilidad de hacerte el cambio. Toma en cuenta que cómo nuestro personal estuvo más de una hora esperando en el hotel el servicio entró en gasto y no puede ser reembolsado. Nos hubiera encantado poder hacerte conocerte nuestra hermosa ciudad pero debido a un error de tu parte no se pudo. Saludos, Alejandro CEO
You can not go through Guayaquil without visiting the Las Peñas neighborhood, climbing Santa Ana Hill and enjoying the panoramic view from the heights of the Lighthouse. The Barrio Las Peñas has been transformed by the municipality into one of the main tourist attractions of the city of Guayaquil. Originally a dangerous and marginal sector, the inhabitants of this place, have transformed it into a warm place, full of surprising corners, and that cannot be missed. At its summit, there is a small church and a lighthouse. If you climb the lighthouse, you can enjoy a panoramic view of the entire city of Guayaquil from the surrounding terrace, as well as enjoying the cooling breeze that normally exists. Getting there is difficult, as you have to climb the more than 400 steps, with heat and humidity difficult to bear for those of us who are not used to tropical weather. But it's worth 100%.
