Ambato
Ambato is a city located in the central Andean valley of Ecuador.
Ambato is a city located in the central Andean valley of Ecuador. Lying on the banks of the Ambato River, the city also sits beneath several tall mountains. It is the capital city of the Tungurahua Province, situated at an elevation of 2,577 meters above sea level. It is variously nicknamed "City of Flowers and Fruits", "Land of the Three Juans", and "Garden of Ecuador." Ambato's inhabitants are called Ambateños or Guaytambos. The current mayor of Ambato is Diana Caiza.
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Worth seeing in and around Ambato
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Estadio Bellavista
Estadio Bellavista is a multi-use stadium in Ambato, Ecuador. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Mushuc Runa, Macará, and Técnico Universitario.
700 m · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Atocha-La Liria Botanical Garden
Botanical Garden Atocha-La Liria is a botanical garden located on Avenue Circunvalación, in Ambato, Tungurahua Province, Ecuador. It consists of 14 hectares and dates from 1849.
1 km · botanical garden in Ecuador · Wikipedia - 03Estadio COAC Mushuc Runa
Estadio Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Mushuc Runa, known as Estadio COAC Mushuc Runa, is a football stadium in Ambato, Ecuador. The stadium is currently used at the club level by its owner Mushuc Runa, and has a capacity of 8,200 spectators.
1.5 km · football stadium in Ambato, Ecuador · Wikipedia - 04Martínez-Holguín House
Martínez-Holguín House is a historic house museum in Atocha parish, in the northern suburbs of Ambato, Ambato Canton, Tungurahua Province, Ecuador. It is situated in the Botanical Garden Atocha-La Liria, and dates to 1865, when it was built by Dr.
1.8 km · house in Ecuador · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ambato
- Airports
- Mariscal Sucre (UIO), 128 km · José Joaquín de Olmedo (GYE), 173 km · Carlos Concha Torres (ESM), 271 km
- Stations
- Chachoan Airport, 6.9 km
- Quito → Ambato114 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · $6–8
- Guayaquil → Ambato176 km · quickest by road, 5h 2m · $13–17
- Tachina → Ambato270 km · quickest by road, 6h 59m · $16–22
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ambato
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ambato. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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