City: Cotopaxi Province
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Things to do in Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador: The Best Shopping
Cotopaxi (Spanish pronunciation: [kotoˈpaksi]) is one of the provinces of Ecuador. The capital is Latacunga. The province contains the Cotopaxi Volcano, an intermittent volcano with a height of 19,388 feet.
Restaurants in Cotopaxi Province
1. Galeria del Primer Pintor de Tigua - "Julio Toaquiza Tigasi"
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
Pictures Painted in sheepskin, topics like; the dreams, the harvest, the festivities, the ancestral stories and the customs. Art of Tigua best famous worldwide for painting in a drum by Julio Toaquiza Tigasi, in the 70s. Hand-carved wooden masks and many other crafts.
2. La Tienda
3. Hosteria Gilocarmelo
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4.0 based on 15 reviews
4. Mercado Indigena
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4.0 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By PeteLee2013 - Valparaiso, Chile
There is nothing 'artisanal' about this place; it is a working market that swells the town of Saquisilí on Thursdays. I'm not sure why there is the half-hearted 'indigenous market' angle; country folk of all stripes (indeed including highly indigenous people) are about. You don't need to take much money with you; keep most of it in a security belt. About $25 a head ought to be fine. If you're a bit of a clown or mobility- impaired, you can pay someone a lot to drive you, but for the others, the best way to get there from Quito is to take city buses to the southern Quitumbe terminal (took 50 minutes to get there from La Floresta starting just before 7am), and a bus - some of the buses will farm Saquisilí passengers off to another bus at a turnoff from the highway, others will go straight there. The bus cost a less than $2.50. The livestock market requires a short pick up truck taxi (get a legal one with a green registration number on the door) - they charged $2.50 for our group, but locals deservingly get a better deal. The livestock is quite interesting if you are an animal lover (but not a vegetarian activist!); hairy donkeys, llamas and other camelids, a variety of pigs, sheep, goats, cattle. Back in town, the best lunch is cuy asado (charcoal-grilled guinea pig) at one of the small restaurants at the side of the various plazas serving as market squares; inside the plazas, there's a spirit of gouging the overenthusiastic tourist. The cheesy pikelets are also illuminating. Yes, there are pickpockets, but try not to take much in the way of bags, or phones, or wallets. The point is to experience a fantastic market, not to buy up on tat, although there are modest amounts of that available; it isn't really a dedicated tourist trap. Can't recommend this place highly enough.
