Hosteria Cananvalle is a 10-minute drive, or 20-minute bicycle ride from Ibarra. In Ibarra, you can:
- Enjoy the acclaimed helados de paila, a fresh fruit sorbet made by hand in a copper bowl, with both traditional and tropical fruit flavors including leche (mik-based vanilla), guanabana, taxo, mora (wild berry). The recipe was invented by Ibarra’s Rosalia Suarez, and handed down to family members. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5650840/ibarras_sweetest_treasure_helado_de.html
- visit Ibarra’s downtown archeological museum (Museo del Banco Central), open monday – frida 8:30 am to 5:00 pm and saturday 10 am – 4 pm, with English-speaking tour guides available http://www.viajandox.com/imbabura/imba_ibarra_museobc.htm
- shopping at the colorful Amazonas food market, where you can buy local fruits and vegetables to eat alongside the locals
- stroll in Ibarra’s parks, or
- take a 5-minute taxi ride to quaint Caranqui, with its more humble Museo de Atahualpa, historical central park, and an ongoing archeological excavation. http://www.visitaecuador.com/andes.php?opcion=datos&provincia=11&ciudad=EdzJv6ZM
