Tourism in Azogues: these are some attractions that are inside and outside the city to visit on the holiday

On Thursday, November 3, 142 years of the provincialization of canarwhose capital is quicksilverwhich on Friday, November 4, celebrates 202 years of independence.

As part of the celebrations for independence, they have prepared the third edition of Live Azogues Festivalwhich began on Tuesday the 1st and will run until Saturday the 5th of November.

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For him Friday the 4th the presentation of the Colombian Alberto Barros and the Ecuadorian band Don Medardo y sus Players is scheduled to take place in the city’s stadium. Meanwhile he Saturday 5 They will offer a concert Los Búfalos, Jayac and Orquesta Sonorama, in the interparroquial terminal.

Tourist alternatives

But, if your plan is not to attend the concerts, Azogues and the province have some tourist attractions that you can visit during the holiday.

Azogues is located 32 km from Cuenca. The journey is approximately 45 minutes by public transport. From the land terminal of the Azuaya capital you can take buses that will take you to the city, this if you do not have your own vehicle.

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If you want to travel from Guayaquil, the time is approximately four and a half hours on the Durán-Tambo road. Several cooperatives located in the terrestrial terminal of the Main Port cover this route.

Franciscan sanctuary

It is located in the eastern part of the city. The construction of this sanctuary, which houses one of the most beloved saints, the Virgin of the Cloud, began on July 10, 1912. To get to the temple, you must climb 407 steps, which are added from left to right. The feast of the Virgen de la Nube is on January 1 and May 31 of each year.

Monument to the Virgin of the Cloud

If adventure is part of your experience, another of the spaces is the top of Cerro Abuga, where there is a monument of the Virgin of the Cloud, 30 meters high. It was inaugurated on October 18, 2009.

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Cojitambo Archaeological Complex

In the Cojitambo parish, located 11 km west of Azogues, is the archaeological complex of the same name. According to www.azogues.gob.ec, this extensive tourist place “includes a Cañari-Inca trace”, and it is considered that this sector was inhabited in the period of Regional Developments (500 BC – 500 AD). , in the Integration period (500 – 1460 AD) and in the Inca (1460 – 1532 AD).

potter village

Jatupamba is a place where pottery is one of the activities that the inhabitants of that town dedicate themselves to. It is located southeast of the city, in the San Miguel de Porotos parish. The pottery of this community is worked with the technique of “goleadores or huactanas” of conical clay, which was used by the Cañaris.

In San Miguel de Porotos is the Pichahuaycu Protected Forest, that even extends to the rural part of Paute, a canton in the province of Azuay. It has an approximate area of ​​753 hectares.

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Smithy

Among the inhabitants of the Javier Loyola parish, in the south of Azogues, are experts in artisan blacksmithing. Much of the material they use for their work, mainly iron, is recycled.

Basketry

When it comes to making baskets, petates and much more, the referents are the inhabitants of the communities of Dudas and Queseras, belonging to the Pindilig parish.

Sanctuary of the Virgen del Rocío

The sanctuary is located in Biblián, a neighboring canton of Azogues. The place where the image of the Virgen del Rocío rests is on the Zhalao hill. The tradition of honoring the saint arose in 1893, a time when the area experienced a drought, for which the priest Daniel Muñoz began to pray. The months had passed and, on January 20, 1894, Muñoz together with the residents went up the mountain, where he located a small image of the Virgin, which he had kept since the time he was a seminarian, according to www.gobiernodelcanar.gob .ec.

According to the stories, after that action it began to rain little by little, and for this reason they call her Madre del Rocío. If she travels from Guayaquil, via Durán-Tambo, Biblián is before arriving at Azogues.

In Biblián you can also visit the historical site Verdeloma. There, on December 20, 1820, a battle of Spaniards against patriots from Cañar and Azuay took place.

Ingapirca archaeological complex

The Ingapirca archaeological complex is the most important in the country and is located in the parish of the same name, in the province of Cañar. It is 42 km from Azogues and 90 km from Cuenca. Ingapirca in Quichua means ‘wall or wall of the Inca’. It has an extension of four hectares. “It was an important ceremonial area, which united various cultures through the Tahuantinsuyo and became, like Macchu Picchu in Cuzco (Peru), symbols of the power of the Inca civilization,” according to www.patrimoniocultural.gob.ec .

To get to the archaeological site from Guayaquil, it takes approximately four hours on the Durán-Tambo road. Tour time in the complex lasts around 60 minutes. (YO)