Ibarra and Caranqui (1/2 day)

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Caranqui

Mercado Amazonas

Mercado Amazonas

Mercado Amazonas

Los helados de paila

Helado de paila

Mercado Amazonas

Mercado Amazonas

Mercado Amazonas

Mercado Amazonas

Mercado Amazonas

Mercado Amazonas

Mercado Amazonas

Mercado Amazonas

Caranqui

Museo Archeologico

Caranqui

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), 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