The busy Malecón Simón Bolívar skirts the western bank of the wide, yellow-brown Río Guayas; it always heaves with traffic but the long pedestrianized section by the waterfront, known as the Malecón 2000, is the most pleasant place to stroll in town. Skilfully designed, diligently maintained and the most beloved public space in the city, it features a large, paved esplanade filled with trees, botanical gardens, contemporary sculpture and architecture, shopping malls and restaurants. It also connects some of Guayaquil’s best-known monuments along a promenade.
The Malecón ends in the north at the picturesque barrio of Las Peñas, itself at the foot of Cerro Santa Ana. There’s little more to it than the short road, Numa Pompilio Llon, paved with uneven, century-old cobblestones, but the colorful wooden houses here make this one of the prettiest corners of Guayaquil. Many of the houses have been beautifully restored, but part of the area’s charm derives from the flaking paint and gentle disrepair of those that haven’t. A couple of cannons standing by the entrance point towards the river, honouring the city’s stalwart resistance to seventeenth-century pirates, and the street is dotted with a few small art galleries.
Also known as Parque de las Iguanas (Iguana Park) for the large population of iguanas in the place, it has a natural charm because of it's trees and the artificial lagoon in which different colored fish swim.
In the heart of Guayaquil, in front of the Seminario Park, this cathedral is an impressive Neo-gothic building.
Este nuevo lugar de Guayaquil, reune a los mejores exponentes del microteatro, teatro, stand up comedy, arte, escultura, danza, artes plásticas, música entre otros géneros artísticos y culturales.
This popular, scenic park surrounded by historic pastel-colored houses features a small zoo.
Our number one date destination. Ecuadorian tapas from the great chef and our friend Juan José Morán. You must try the "madurillo" and "costillas bbq sobre puré de canguil"