We spent six days in Quito whe we arrived Jan 1. We revisited several places with our friend Shano on her one day in Quito. Had a great $2 self guided tour of the Basillica, climbed up some steep hills at 9,700 feet (this is Quito, if you are walking anywhere you'll be climbing), checked out a Jesuit church gilded wit 57kg of gold leaf, and had a pretty good dinner after climbing a what felt like 20 stories of steps.Read more