Things to Do in Guayaquil

SONEC TOURS is a Walking Tour in English and Spanish for discover  the most traditional and historic places of Guayaquil, where the tourist will know about the city from a point of view friendly.

 ITINERARY

 * CATHEDRAL CHURCH

 * SEMINARIO PARK
 * CITY HALL
 * WATCH TOWER
 * HEMICYCLE OF THE ROTONDA

 * PANAMA STREET 
 * CACAO SHOP (OPTIONAL)
 * LAS PEÑAS NEIGHBORHOOD
 * SANTA ANA PORT
 * SANTO DOMINGO CHURCH


 RECOMMENDATIONS:
 WEAR COMFORTABLE SHOES AND BRING HAT OR WATER
 TOUR DURATION 2 HOURS.

 RECOMMENDED PRICE $10

• In the Iguanas Park or Seminary , it is a park where iguanas interact with visitors, they will pose for your photos, in front is the really beautiful Cathedral and from there you can visit the Administration Plaza, the famous Malecón 2000, the colonial neighborhood of Las Peñas, EL Faro and Puerto Santa Ana.
• Along the way you will see works by architects and sculptors such as the Crystal Palace , the iron pieces used for its construction were brought directly from Brussels, Belgium and were prefabricated by the firm Verhaeren Ca JagerIngeneriusConstruiters de Bruxelles, the factory where Gustave Eiffel carried out his works.
• There is a physical endurance test at Cerro Santa Ana to climb the 444 steps to the LIGHTHOUSE, it is a challenge that is worth it, the prize is a 360° general view of the city.

Then the visits will be:  

• SEMINARIO PARK (also known as the Iguana Park ).
• ADMINISTRATION PLAZA: Municipal Palace, Government Building, La Fragua de Vulcano Monument.
• MALECÓN 2000: Rotunda Monument, Tribute to the South American heroes Simon Bolivar and Jose San Martin.
• "LAS PEÑAS" NEIGHBORHOOD The city's historical heritage dates back to 1800.
• Port and Santa Ana Hill (where the city was founded) and the Guayaquil City LIGHTHOUSE.
• Santo Domingo de Guzmán Church, dating back to 1548, has glass sculptures in honor of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Panama Street, where cocoa was stored in 1870, is now home to cafes and restaurants. And there is the Cocoa Museum (entry is $5) .
• Museums: Firefighters, Barcelona football teams from Ecuador , Emelec, pasillo music. Coffee Museum.
• And if there is time and you want to visit other additional sites such as: Handicraft Market of all Ecuador. Churches: San Francisco and La Merced.

A COMPLETE TOUR OF MINIMUM 2 1/2 HOURS 🏃‍♀️🏃

Recommendations:
*Bring sunscreen and sports shoes.

**Reservations for more than 5 adults** Group reservations of more than 5 adults are charged $7 per adult. If your group is larger than 5 adults and you have made several separate reservations in different names, but all for the same group, you must pay $7 per adult.

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***** NOTE: I offer TAXI services inside or outside the city. AUTO AVEO SAIL AND/OR
DOUBLE CABIN TRUCK 🚗🚙🛻

****** Food Suggestions: River Market, Puerto Santana, Restaurants on Panama Street and Tomas Martinez.

Our motto: “We are friends who coordinate trips for new friends” .
It is in practice in each guided tour that we do through the most emblematic places of Guayaquil.

Thanks to our Certified Tourist Guide, we will spend a pleasant time meeting new people and learning in detail each place visited on this tour.

Come, we are waiting for you together with the iguanas in the Parque Seminario, an emblematic site in the center of our beautiful city.

We will start our tour in the Parque Seminario, it is the oldest and most traditional park in the Pearl of the Pacific, also known as Parque de las Iguanas. This is the meeting and starting point towards our experience.

The view of the Cathedral will captivate us and we will have fun with the presence of the iguanas, used to taking pictures with tourists.

We move towards the Plaza de la Administración , where we will find an important part of the history of Guayaquil , the architecture will dazzle us.
We will continue walking along the Malecón 2000 , until we reach the "Las Peñas" neighborhood, this is where our city was born, there are 444 ascending steps that we will obviously climb to El Faro and, as the highest point, we will have a panoramic view of the city.
Surely we will be delighted to see one of the largest rivers in South America .
We end our tour in Puerto Santa Ana , a modern site with tourist and gastronomic attractions.

The sites to visit are the following:

• SEMINAR PARK (Park of the Iguanas).
• ADMINISTRATION SQUARE: Mariscal Sucre Monument, Grillón Building, Nahím Isaías Museum, La Fragua de Vulcano Monument, Municipal Palace, Government Building.
• MALECÓN 2000: Moorish Tower, Tower of the four elements (water, earth, air, fire), Paseo de los presidentes, Hemiciclo de la Rotonda (Monument to the South American heroes Simón Bolívar and José San Martín), Botanical Garden of the Malecón).
• SANTA ANA HILL: Lighthouse, Chapel, 360º view of the city.
• LAS PEÑAS NEIGHBORHOOD: Colonial sector where Guayaquil began.
• PUERTO SANTA ANA: Current building in Guayaquil.

If we still have energy, we will visit the Craft Market , visit Panama Street (an active place for restaurants and entertainment venues). Cocoa Museum ($5 for foreigners). La Merced and San Francisco Church

Tour the historical center of Guayaquil with this private tour, an exclusive route just for you. The best way to get to know the city!