কুয়েনকা — সময় ও আবহাওয়া

দর্শনীয় ও ঐতিহাসিক স্থান

• The New Cathedral (Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción), with its three blue-tiled domes, is the symbol of Cuenca.
• El Barranco bridge and walk runs along the Tomebamba river, lined with whitewashed colonial houses on the cliff.
• Pumapungo Archaeological Park preserves the Inca ruins of the former northern capital of Tawantinsuyu.
• Cajas National Park, with mountain camelids, lakes and páramo landscapes, lies just 30 minutes from the city.

জাদুঘর

• Pumapungo Museum combines ethnography, pre-Columbian archaeology and a garden of Indigenous plants.
• The Museum of Modern Art (MMAC), in the former Casa Temperancia rehabilitation home, displays Ecuadorian artists' work.
• The Homero Ortega 'Panama hat' museum demonstrates the toquilla-straw weaving process right in Cuenca.

সময় কাটানোর সুন্দর জায়গা

• Hiking in Cajas National Park among lakes and the polylepis cloud-forest at 4,000 m.
• Trips to Gualaceo for its traditional market and Chordeleg for its silver-filigree workshops.
• Visit the Plaza de las Flores flower market beside the old convent and taste the local sugar-cane wine.

স্থানীয় খাবার

Cuenca's pride is mote pillo with cheese, cuy asado (roast guinea pig) and hot canelazo on chilly Andean evenings.