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Ambato, Ecuador lies in northwestern South America. Ambato (San Juan de Ambato) is a city in the centre of Ecuador, lying on the banks of the Ambato River. It is the capital of the province of Tungurahua, at an elevation of 2,600 meters above sea level. The population is about 155,000. The city is a leading commercial and transportation center on a fertile region near the northern foot of the volcano Tungurahua, which is still active with a major eruption way back in August 2006. Look at the below pictures of this monster as taken from an Ambato home. It is towering over the city, ready to crush it.
Baños de Agua Santa is a city in eastern Tungurahua Province, in central Ecuador. It is the second most populous city in Tungurahua, after Ambato, the capital, and a major touristic center. It is known as the "Gateway to the Amazon," as it is located on the Pastaza River in the Amazon River basin, and has a newly paved road to Puyo. Baños is located on the northern foothills of the Tungurahua volcano. It is named after the hydrothermal springs of mineral water located around the city. The city is also a Roman Catholic religious center, as some Catholic believers say that the Virgin Mary appeared nearby a waterfall. So a sculpture of the virgin, called Virgen de Agua Santa, was placed in the cathedral. Baños is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Ecuador and is well known for the mom-and-pop stores where they sell taffy (Spanish: melcocha) made from cane sugar, and for the excellent small arts and crafts shops, a favorite spot for tourists.
(Text and map of Ecuador adapted from: Baños and Ambato (2008). From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia)
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070629140357.jpg Officer assisting and watching over people having to traverse a rugged path due to the road being closed from a major mudslide between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
070629140410.jpg Walking through farm fields on a new path due to the road being closed from a major mudslide between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
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070629140606.jpg View of the damage and difficulties with the road being closed from a major mudslide between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
070629140613.jpg View of the damage and difficulties with the road being closed from a major mudslide between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
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070629141045.jpg Officer assisting and watching over people having to traverse a rugged path due to the road being closed from a major mudslide between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
070704113832.jpg Heavy traffic on the road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
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070704113917.jpg The damaged road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
070704113933.jpg The Greeter bird on the damaged road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
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070704113947.jpg Desolate terrain on the damaged road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
070704114010.jpg Peligro (danger) on the damaged road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
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070704114129.jpg Desolate terrain dwarfs huge truck on the damaged road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
0707041709.jpg Lush hills and valley with farms and large geenhouses on the damaged road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
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070704171725.jpg Peligro (danger) on the edge of a cliff on the road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
070704172448.jpg Lush hills and valley with farms and large geenhouses on the damaged road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
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070704173505.jpg Typical pickup truck with people in the back on the road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
070629134754.jpg The damaged road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
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070629134815.jpg Bright flowers and green mountains in the valley along the Pastaza River near Baños, Ecuador |
070629135939.jpg Young corn (maize) in a farm field between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
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070629140020.jpg Green hills and valley farms line the Pastaza River near Baños, Ecuador |
070629140043.jpg Walking through farm fields on a new path due to the road being closed from a major mudslide between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
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070629140259.jpg Flowers, green hills and valley farms line the Pastaza River just before Baños, Ecuador |
070629140338.jpg Green hills and valley farms line the Pastaza River near Baños, Ecuador |
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070629140353.jpg Lush hills and valley farms line the Pastaza River just before Baños, Ecuador |
070704111416.jpg Traffic on the road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
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070704112403.jpg Construction crew repairing the damaged road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
070704112643.jpg Heavy traffic and instant toilet on the road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
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070704112832.jpg Burros having a rest on the road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
070704112936.jpg Flowers along the Pastaza River near Baños, Ecuador |
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070704113530.jpg Construction crew repairing the damaged road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
070704113645.jpg The bridge over a stream of the Pastaza River just before Baños, Ecuador |
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070704113745.jpg Buses and trucks create heavy traffic on the road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
070704114312church.jpg Churches and villages are along the road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
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070704165337.jpg The damaged road and huge culvert to protect against future rains on the road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
0707041654.jpg Desolate terrain on the damaged road between Ambato and Baños, Ecuador |
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0707041656.jpg Verdant hills and valley farms line the Pastaza River just before Baños, Ecuador |
070704165626.jpg Thanks for your visit sign at the bridge over the Pastaza River just after Baños, Ecuador |
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070704165631.jpg The bridge over the Pastaza River just before Baños, Ecuador |
070704165657.jpg The bridge over a stream of the Pastaza River just before Baños, Ecuador |
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070704165850.jpg Lush hills and valley farms line the Pastaza River just before Baños, Ecuador |
0707041708.jpg Lush hills and valley farms line the Pastaza River just before Baños, Ecuador |
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volcanotungurahua.avi Movie of Tungurahua Volcano erupting near Baños, Ecuador |
tungurahua_volcano.jpg Tungurahua Volcano erupting near Baños, Ecuador |
Baños de Agua Santa
Baños tiene un clima caliente húmedo con una temperatura promedio
de 18 ºC, se encuentra en una altura de 1.800m en las faldas del volcán
Tungurahua.
Baños de Agua Santa tiene
un clima caliente húmedo con una temperatura promedio
de 18 ºC, se encuentra en una altura de 1.800m en las faldas del volcán
Tungurahua. Es una de la ciudades más turísticas
del Ecuador y es el lugar ideal para hacer ecoturismo y deportes extremos como
rafting, canyoning,puenting, ciclismo de montaña, etc.
Baños es también conocida como "La puerta del Dorado" y
ofrece muchas atracciones: se puede descansar en las piscinas termales, se
puede visitar la Basílica de la Reina del Rosario de Agua Santa, se
puede visitar las diferentes cascadas, se puede subir al volcán Tungurahua,
se puede probar las melcochas (dulces de miel de caña de azúcar),
hay variedades de artesanías de balsa y de tagua.
Las principales atracciones de la ciudad son:
Piscinas de aguas termales
Las Piscinas de la Virgen
Las Piscinas El Salado
Las Piscinas Modernas
Las Piscinas Agua de la Vida
Las Piscinas de Santa Clara
Edificios
La Basílica de la Reina del Rosario de Agua Santa
Las Cascadas
La Cascada de la Virgen del Agua Santa
La Cascada Inés María (Río Pastaza)
La Cascada de Agoyán
La Cascada El Manto de la Novia
La Cascada de Río Verde, o el Pailón del Diablo
Parques
Zoológico de Baños
cerro hermoso
parque nacional los llanganates.
Baños Hotels/Hostals
Luna Runtun
Hotel Sangay
Monte selva
Agoyan
Villa Santa Clara
Villa Gertrudis
Hotel Palace
Hotel Dusseldorf
Hostal Anita
Hotel Alborada
Hotel Flor de Oriente
Hotel Palace
Hostal Oro Verde
Hostal Los Nevados
Hostal Amazonía y Sol
Hotel La Chiminea
Baños Restaurants
Paradero La Cabaña
Colonial
El Marqués
La Ambateñita
Mama - Ines
Moni "Mexican Food"
Es una de la ciudades más turísticas
del Ecuador y es el lugar ideal para hacer ecoturismo y deportes extremos como
rafting, canyoning,puenting, ciclismo de montaña, etc.
Baños es también conocida como "La puerta del Dorado" y
ofrece muchas atracciones: se puede descansar en las piscinas termales, se
puede visitar la Basílica de la Reina del Rosario de Agua Santa, se
puede visitar las diferentes cascadas, se puede subir al volcán Tungurahua,
se puede probar las melcochas (dulces de miel de caña de azúcar),
hay variedades de artesanías de balsa y de tagua.
(Adaptado de: Ambato (2008). De Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre)
This page last updated January 2015
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