Why EVERYONE loves CUENCA ECUADOR | Walking Tour, Limpias and Train | Ecuador Travel Video
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- Since arriving in Ecuador, all everyone seems to talk about is Cuenca, Ecuador. Expats and Ecuadorians alike are obsessed with Cuenca so we were excited to explore it for ourselves! After a couple of weeks in Cuenca, we feel we have some good insight into why everyone loves it so much.
Today we show you some of the best parts of Cuenca, including: the Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción, multiple markets, traditional limpias, the train and more!
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Hi! We are Eric and Sarah, a couple of Canadians currently travelling around Ecuador. We’ve been married since 2017 but have known each other since we were only 6 years old! During our last year of university, we spent 4 months in Honduras on a semester abroad and fell in love with Latin America. Since then, we began planning and saving to do an extensive Latin America tour. 2020 delayed those plans by half a year but during this time stuck in BC, we explored a new hobby (like everyone in the pandemic) of videography and photography. We are now using our new skills to document our adventures around Ecuador. Our desire through these videos is to provide helpful and inspiring content for other travelers while also showing people around the world how beautiful and underrated Ecuador truly is! Thanks for following along and please leave a comment to say hi!
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:44 - To the Cathedral!
4:30 - Flower Shops
5:10 - Best Market Ever!
5:56 - Time for a Limpia
9:16 - Tranvia / Cuenca Train
10:40 - Designated Streets
12:39 - Street Markets
14:06 - For the Birds
15:03 - Everybody loves Cuenca! / Our Thoughts
FILMED JUNE 2021
Cuenca, Ecuador
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My husband and I have visited Cuenca, and now we will move there to be expats in August. We love the ambience, but we especially like the low prices. We will be able to live in Cuenca on our retirement money with some left over. We love the restaurants and the museums. Thanks for a great video.
That’s so great! Cuenca is a great place to retire for sure! Thanks for watching :)
Welcome!
Make sure to try some of our delicious food
Move? So now it's confirmed that when you live in a place you see all the bad facts and you want to move somewhere else
Welcome to Cuenca, this is the best city of Ecuador
Too cute. I actually have a blog post titled why everyone loves Cuenca. It is such a great city.
That’s awesome! Thanks for watching :)
My husband and I lived in Cuenca as expats for 10 years. We loved the beauty of the spanish architecture, the 4 rivers running thru the city with amazing walking paths, the culture, the gorgeous weather, the wonderful people, the fantastic restaurants and the reasonable cost of living. We had to leave because of my husband's declining health, and our family's desire to have him closer. Highly recommend spending time in this jewel of a city, in a wonderful country.
Hi Leanne. That is what I keep seeing. Most expats have to return for health reasons. I hope I can get lots of time overseas. Currently 55 and will retire at 58. It is down to Spain or Cuenca
@@julioocampo4000 Much good luck on your journey!
Thanks so much you two!!! Lots of fun watching you guys moving around this lovely town! I'm an American expat living in rural Thailand for 28 full years.......my Thai wife passed over 11 years ago and my youngest just left the nest about 6 months ago......and so I've been thinking of moving back to a Spanish culture! I've lived in Spain 45 years ago for over 2 years and got a pretty good start on the language! Its not easy to think about moving at 73....but I'm in very good health and I've honed in on Ecuador! You two remind me of my "Flower-Child" youth in Marin County in the mid 60's.....so I really LOVE the spirit you exude together!!! Haley on!!! D
My wife and I moved here about 2 years ago. We actually have a home up in the mountains about 17 km SW of Cuenca but obviously go to Cuenca for shopping, doctors, eating out, etc. We chose Cuenca for the weather (don't like extreme heat or cold), the beautiful surroundings and cost of living. Enjoyed your video!
Thank you for sharing! Sounds like you’re enjoying life near Cuenca :)
Do you get a lot of mosquitos in Cuenca or the surrounding area?
@@Betty-my3tw no. Cuenca is approximately 8,400' elevation. Our home is SW of Cuenca at about 10,000' elevation. In 5 years, I've seen maybe a half dozen mosquitos. Definitely not a problem high in the Andes.
I was born in Cuenca .. I love my city ❤️ I’m so proud of my people .. I am a Cuencana girl .. thank you so much for sharing my amazing city … I am living in USA now and I miss it a lot .. thank you for let us to watch this beautiful part of the earth ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻
How amazing! Cuenca is such a beautiful city ☺️
I lived there for a year when I retired in 2012. My mom was unable to care for self and I went back. Now my health is not good. I liked it a lot. Loved loved loved the weather. I lived right across the river from downtown. I could walk well back then. Walked, took bus and a few taxis. Took my dog too. I had gorgeous flowers often from the market. I shopped the food market every week. I got my residency myself. No attorney!!!!
Buenas tardes, a todos, gracias por mostrar mi querida y añorada ciudad .
I love Cuenca. A city full of peace! an excellent place to recharge and meet great people. I will always remember Cuenca with a lot of love.
Was just in Cuenca for 4 days in June. LOVED it. The architecture, walkability, food and affordability. It was great to see some of the places I walked in your video.
That’s great! Cuenca is such a beautiful city! Glad we could bring you with us! Thanks for watching :)
Cuenca es la mejor ciudad del Ecuador
Actually, Cuenca is one of our most expensive cities, I understand you are most likely talking as foreigner, but yeah for us unfortunately it is not as affordable to travel to Cuenca
Awesome job you guys. My wife and I moved here recently and you’ve captured much of the magic of our new home. Thank you.
We moved here for retirement. We were originally on the coast just north of Olon but needed to be close to more advanced medical care and Cuenca surely fits the bill.
Thanks so much! I’m glad we could capture that for you. Cuenca is definitely a more advanced place in Ecuador. Especially compared the the places we’ve been haha
Thanks for watching!
Soy de Ecuador y acabo de ver su video y me parece muy bueno la experiencia que han vivido y que les haya gustado, espero sigan conociendo más este hermoso país
¡Gracias! ¡Nos encanta explorar Ecuador!
Thanks for visiting our City. With no doubt Cuenca is the most beautiful city. Your always welcome, enjoy 🇪🇨
Thanks for watching!! :)
Cuenca tiene todo lo que necesitas, y aunque ciudades como Guayaquil o Quito, que tiene muchísimos más centros comerciales, plazas, tiendas , cadenas de comida, la diferencia de cuenca es que tiene el encanto de ciudad colonial, súper amigable y tranquila a diferencia de las otras debiéndose también por el tamaño.
¡Correcto! Cuenca es tan maravillosa :)
Chi yo soy de Cuenca 😊
Mi cuenca es hermosaaaa
Cuenca es un paraíso y el Azuay, no necesitan mucho. Saludos de Gye
Cuenca - la gente es conservadora y boba. Si te gusta este tipo de cultura - adelante.
Cuenca rocks! Our family loved living there for almost 2 years and it was great to see the Tramvia FINALLY running! Thanks for the ride!!!
Very cool! Great place to live with a family. And yes the Tramvia is so fun!!
Finally indeed 😂
Just run into your channel today, loved this video a lot! I met this girl from Cuenca on an online date site and I travelled on February from Buenos Aires, Argentina to meet her and I must say, I spent the happiest 20 days of my life there. So nice to see again all the places we've been. Now I'm planning to move there, this city is amazing, great food, great people, great landscapes, maybe a bit too rainy for my taste, but I definitely can live with that. Thank you so much for making me relive those wonderful days 😀
Wow what a nice story! Glad we could remind you of great memories. Thanks for watching! :)
What a beautiful city in August I'm going to Cuenca and Galapagos, thank you friends for sharing your videos
Enjoy!! Ecuador is amazing :) Thanks for watching!
Great video of Cuenca! My gf moved there from here in the US about 5 years ago, still comes here over our holiday season for a couple months. But I HAVE TO point out to you....... about those beautiful blue domes topping the cathedral, the tiles for them were donated to Cuenca by Czechoslovakia during the construction of the cathedral! My gf is Czech, so that has even more meaning to us! She really loves Cuenca, though the cold climate does not really agree with her! But yes, Cuenca is a very special place, a Unesco World Heritage site, definately should be on any one's travel list of musts!
I love the way they enjoy and see the beauty that simple stuff Ecuadorians find so simple and ordinary! Such as train rides, pigeons , sun shine locations etc 🇪🇨 ❤️
We’re pretty easily impressed people 😉 But everything in Cuenca was so pretty!
ALL YOU NEED IS ECUADOR 🇪🇨!!! ♥️♥️♥️ I miss You Cuenca - Ecuador
I’m from Cuenca and actually I’m doing just what you said in the end of the video. I’m sending this video to all my friends who are not from Cuenca, showing them where I come from and why they have to visit my lovely city. Thank you guys for this amazing video of my city.
Oh wow very cool! Thanks for sharing it around 🥰
I am traveling to Cuenca in about three weeks. Thanks for the intro!
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching :)
I'm Cuencana, and I feel so proud that foreign people love my city. I hope you can visit every place here! Thank you for the video !! I love it!!
I wish to come there but I don't know Anyone there
Cuenca is a great place to spend time in Ecuador just chilling out in a small city. The river that runs through it adds charm and the many restaurants, markets, churches and buildings, make it fun to explore.
Cuenca es una muestra de lo hermoso que es el Ecuador.
Excelente trabajo, me da mucha felicidad saber que aprecian mucho mi ciudad y que la documenten. Muchas gracias
Gracias y de nada :)
I'm from Cuenca! Thanks for this awesome video!
Thanks for watching! :)
A very beautiful city indeed! Moved here two years ago and enjoying every bit of our stay here even during the lockdown due to the pandemic.
Love cuenca 😍😍!!! #cuencanaforever 🥰
Thanks for this video guys. We will be staying there in September for a few weeks to explore possibilities of retiring there and 2 weeks in Cotacachi. We were hoping you might go there too and wondering if you will be going to Vilcabamba because we have heard that’s a great place to visit. We laughed when you said you thought you were getting old! Wait til you are nearing 60!
Thanks for watching, Mike! All great places to retire. We will have a Vicabamba vlog coming! Stay tuned!
My city is Cuenca and my state is Tarqui . In Tarqui we have a lot of, cows,sheeps ,cuy. The old people workes in farmers. I like the river , and my favorite food. 😋
Its amazing Im from Cuenca, living in New York for 34 years. Watching your video I really cry remembering all My Beautiful City. Your video is so professional, all places you go. Things you did. Thanks for sharing and giving so much information. That in 34 years my Cuenca change. The best wishes for both of knowing more places and thanks so much for bring memories from my childhood 💞💫💯wonderful video
Cuidemos a Cuenca por favor!! Es nuestra hermosura!!
¡Gracias por ver!
Totalmente de acuerdo
Thank you so much for showing appreciation for my country. Love to see others enjoying themselves in Cuenca!
ese es mi pais donde naci estoy orgullosa de ser Ecuatoriana
Por eso y muchas cosas mas estoy muy orgullosa de ser cuencana. 💗
The ritual with the egg is used as a way to take your fears away, something like that. It is almost as if the egg catches any bad vibes (or diseases) you might have so you are free from them. Not sure how to explain but pretty much is that.
Thanks for sharing :)
And it is used to look at weak organs or any health weakness too. I have done it in Vilcabamba and the woman is a curandera or healer and the diagnostic was spot on,also to my friends.
It's very so good even doing yourself 😌 Trust me.
Hi Guys, I love this video. Unfortunately, when we visited Ecuador we didn't make it to Cuenca. The city looks beautiful. We will be back!!! Thanks for sharing. xoxo
Thanks for watching!!! You two would absolutely LOVE Cuenca… you’ll have to return one day ☺️
Lindo video, gracias por enseñarnos al mundo!!!
Gracias! 🥰
Thanks for sharing .Enjoy...🇪🇨
Thank you!!
I love Cuenca because the people are so friendly the Amezing food, like pork roast and the Cuy.
Absolutely! The food and people are both incredible :)
Hi guys : you look more ecuadorian than me !!!!!! I moved out from Ecuador 45 years ago, born in Guayaquil, to France mi new country, but l was living in Cuenca for 6 months. A that time Cuenca was à very small town, to wash my laundry go to river Tomebamba, can you imagine ?
I'm very glad you apreciate Cuenca
Thanks for your vidéo
Hey guys! We are in Cuenca, and we have have been watching your videos since you guys started. We're going to the Calle Larga today! It would be fun to meet up!
Very cool! Thanks for following along!! Our videos are actually a couple weeks behind so we’ve sadly already moved on from Cuenca. Would’ve been fun to meet up!
Amazing guys!!!! I´m from Cuenca-Ecuador. A great, great video.
Thank you! Glad you liked it ☺️
Love Ecuador from Indonesia 💕
Thanks for watching 🥰
Cuenca es una de mis ciudades favoritas en Ecuador por su cultura y gastronomía.
If you are still in cuenca you have to go to the museums and Turi! Nice video!
Thanks for watching! We’ve heard that Turi has the best view
This video is full of cuteness, tourism, etc.. ok but not many historic facts or interesting Inca or Andean history. For example, Cuenca has ancient artisanal arts - weaving, ceramics & metalwork for centuries. I live in Ecucador now 10 years , work here and walk these streets. Please include more history next time!
@@susanbaker-schloth1152 there’s unfortunately only so much we can include in a short video! It would take an entire other video to adequately represent the rich culture and history of Cuenca! We try share as many facts as we can along the way but this was meant to be a brief intro to Cuenca :)
@The Boms away..I moved to Cuenca 1.5 years ago and am so happy here.. its the best place to retire.. a large Expat Community here is very helpful and friends are being made easily.. I came here unseen but after much research and the only regret I have that I didnt come here much much sooner.. I am 70 and in excellent health so this move was the best thing I could have done for myself and a better life ..
Thank you for sharing your experience :) Glad you are so happy with your choice to move. Ecuador is an amazing place to live.
I love ❤️Cuenca Ecuador 🇪🇨
Us too!! :)
My city! 😊😊😊❤️🔥
Another great video guys! Can definitely understand what all the hype is about!
Thanks Andrea :) Cuenca is low-key our favourite place so far
I went to Cuenca for my first time 1 month ago, I'm from Ecuador. I love the fact that the whole city is clean. You can't see clean streets where I live, also the long walks, they are amazing complemented with the marvelous views of mountains and vegetation.
It is a very clean city! So nice to walk around there.
Your best video so far...So excited to visit this year
Thanks Tom! We really appreciate that! Cuenca is amazing
I’m from Cuenca, I live in Baltimore (USA) now. I love my city, I took my husband last year to my country, we stayed in Cuenca of course, he loved it. Thank you very much for make that video and show my beautiful city 🤗
You two are doing such a great job with your videos.
Thank you so much Wendy! We appreciate it :)
Muy bella la ciudad de Cuenca.
I'm from Ecuador in fact I lived in Cuenca , I know Cuenca is really a wanderfull city I Miss my city .
el santo on calle larga has some of the best mexican food i've had while living in ecuador, (originally from SoCal now in Guayaquil)!! stay safe and enjoy!
Cuenca has so many incredible food options! Wish we had time to try them all!!
Did you love our City?
Did you enjoy our tramway?
Did you love our old streets?
Did you enjoy the full City?
If you enjoyed, we hope you can visit other places in Cuenca
Yes we loved everything!
Cuenca hermosa ciudad , muchos extranjeros viven en esta ciudad , enamorados de su belleza en arquitectura colonial , la calidez de su gente, muy buen video felicidades .
WELCOME TO ECUADOR! ONE COUNTRY - FOUR WORLDS 🇪🇨
#GalápagosIslands 🐢
#PacificCoast 🏖
#andes 🗻
#amazon 🏞
Awesome video guys, we loved everything! When we retired from work that’s our retirement destination! We’d been there 4 times already and it was hard for us to leave, we loved the spring like weather all year around, Amazing 🤩 Food 🍱 and living expenses are ridiculous low!! See you soon Cuenca!
Wow amazing! Such a great place to retire :) Thanks for watching!!
Cuenca is the perfect city 💛❤
Cuenca is amazing! ❤️
Welcome to Cuenca the principal food is Mote pillo, mote sucio and mote casado. Please take a bicitours for know more the city
Te falto el mote pata que es el más rico de todos
I live in Cuenca, great video !! 🥰
Thank you! :)
I was there just before COVID-19 hit and have been waiting two years to return. I absolutely love Cuenca and love seeing your video. Makes my heart beat faster, so many places I remember.
Ecuador ♥️
loved this video guys!!!!!
Thank you!!!!! :)
I really love your video, I'm from Cuenca and thank for show how beauty the city is.
If you are in Cuenca now, you can walk by the tomebamba river, or yunguilla, or Giron. I think you love it. Bye
Thanks! We are no longer in Cuenca but we did spend a lot of time by the rivers while there… just didn’t have time to film it :)
REally love you guys travel vlog videos! Missing travelling. Stay safe my friend
Thanks so much for watching!! :)
Cool video!!!!! I’ve never been in Cuenca I find this really helpful, more than videos from locals ! I’m definitely checking out your other videos
Cuenca hermosa igual que su gente. Ciudad bellísima
Love your adventure. Just spend a weekend in Olon.
Thanks for watching! We would love to spend some time in Olon someday!
I love Cuenca also. I have lived there on multiple occasions, for months at a time. I could spend hours at a time at parque Calderon or any of another beautiful parks in Cuenca.
It's such a beautiful city! We would love to return one day!
Loved this video on Cuenca! We will be travelling there in 2 weeks from Vilcabamba. You two have given us many ideas of places to see! Thank you
Thanks for watching Julie! You will love Cuenca ☺️
Thanks so much, Ecuador is amazing!!! Welcome
Thank you! We love Ecuador :)
Beautiful. I would love to get there as soon as posible. The limpia fascinates me too!😘Greetings from Romania!
Cuenca es una de las mejores ciudades que tiene Ecuador, su gente es muy amable
My husband and I retired about 12 years ago and moved to Ecuador and been here since---prior we visited several countries in Central and South America and loved the highlands here---The big problem was we did not speak Spanish and we still are far from fluent but we get along---We did not like living in Quito and moved to Cuenca---we love it because of the weather---slower, quieter life style---the food is fresher more natural---We live in a Native Ecuadorian community ---we have a car---we are very bored since covid hit--we like to go and explore and discover--getting lost is fun most of the time---Enjoy Cuenca Ecuador guys
good energy guys! I"m from Ecuador and i really loved how they showed the city ♥
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
We can see what the hype is all about! This place is awesome! Great video! Love all the facts you share throughout the video. 🥰
So glad you liked it!! ☺️
Absolutely loving your videos! I lived in Quito for around 12 years, but if my Ecuadorian husband and I were to move back, we'd almost definitely settle in Cuenca, for the reasons you mention. :) If you have a chance, put Zamora and maybe Zaruma on your list - both are small, charming mining towns, slightly off the beaten path. Zamora, in particular, really surpised me - and it's close to one of the entrances to Parque Nacional Podocarpus. Keep up the great work, and enjoy your travels!!!
Thank you!! Glad you agree with our sentiments about Cuenca :) And thanks for the suggestions… we’ll look into those places.
Zaruma nice place. Beautiful. It's considered a National cultural Heritage Site in the country. It has lots of history too. Great recommendations
You are a very nice couple. I like to watch your videos, thanks for sharing your activities and events. You give a lot of useful information and doing a great job.
Great video
Thank you Pedro! Glad you liked this one!
I'm from Cuenca, love this video!!!
Very cool!! Cuenca is amazing :)
Soy de Guayaquil.... Ecuador..... Gracias por mostrar lo bello q esa nuestro país.... Y en este caso particular... Por mostrar cuenca.. Thanks
¡Gracias por ver nuestro video!
This is such an awesome video guys. Loved watching it and took me back to when we were in Cuenca. Oh my godddd the alarm 🚨 😂Beautiful b roll too :)
Thank you so much!! That means a lot. Hahah that alarm was constantly going off.
Wow. Thanks for this video.
I am so happy that you like my country 😍😍 you have to visit the volcanoes, my favorite is Chimborazo because it is the closest point to the sun! I recommend you the videos of Lethal crysis, he is a Spanish guy who has made several documentaries of Ecuador with subtitles! Enjoy your stay ❤️👏👏
Thank you for the recommendations! We are going to Chimborazo soon :) We love Ecuador!!
Yo soy de Cuenca y tengo que decir que es lindo de vivir aquí
Good job you two! Thanks for this wonderful video.
Thanks for watching :)
What a beautiful city, both of you present everything very nicely 👌 😊
Hermanos Cuencanos , mantengan todo limpio y organizado, usen todo el tiempo máscara y guantes.Vendiciones y gracias.
If you guys still in Cuenca you should visit a lot more places and the turi lookout of almost all the city it beautiful ❤️
We did visit a lot more while in Cuenca but couldn’t feature everything in the video! What a wonderful city :)
everyone is welcome to visit or to reside here, you will like it.
thanks for visiting ecuador ❤️❤️
Como extraño mi bella ciudad
I am from Ecuador, Los Rios grows up in Guayaquil and now I am living in England but, I always say if I have to go back to my country I will definitely go to live in Cuenca ❤
Amazing! Cuenca is such an amazing city!!
Y que paso con las tomas del rio Tomebamba cruzando el sentro de la ciudad?? Eso es lo mejor de Cuenca!
Eso mejor dejarlo como sorpresa, es mucho mejor en vivo. Saludos desde Quito.
Can't wait to move to Cuenca, I was there a few years ago, Just to check it out, and we make the final decision to go, greetings from Boston