Quito vs Cuenca

[ORAL KENZIE]

We are planning to travel to Ecuador in November. We will have one extra week vacation and are unsure where to spend it. Any opinions by the readers on which city is best. Also, which has more expats than the other?

[EI EXPERT – EDD STATON]

“Opinion” is the operative word in your question, Oral. Both share similar weather, but Quito is four times bigger than Cuenca so it has more of everything–good and bad. I live in Cuenca and love our city’s manageable size, yet I’ve grown to enjoy the energy and especially the greater choice of excellent cuisine in Quito. There is little mention of the number of expats in Quito (although I suspect it’s more than you’d think), and the best guess is there are several thousand now in Cuenca.

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