National Ecuador Holidays
Below is a single 2026 holiday list where each entry is denoted as: I’m listing the day off as observed […]
Explainer, Living in Ecuador (practical explainers)
Explainer
Explainer, Geography, History & Culture
Sierra cities in the colonial era: Cuenca + Loja (and how they connected to Quito, the Coast, and the wider empire)
English When you zoom out from Quito, colonial Ecuador starts to look like a network: highland cities that managed land
Explainer, Geography, History & Culture
Quito (Colonial Era) — a walking version you can feel
let’s do a time-travel walking tour. Imagine it’s a clear morning and you’re walking Quito when it’s still a Spanish
Explainer, History & Culture
Quito under Spanish rule: how the city worked (and what daily life felt like)
English 1) A city “built on purpose”After the Spanish founded Quito in 1534 (on the ruins of an Inca city),
Explainer, History & Culture
Esmeraldas + the slave trade — how people were brought, how people resisted, and what life looked like
ENGLISH (friendly explainer) When people talk about Esmeraldas in colonial Ecuador, they’re often talking about a “frontier” zone: thick forests,
Explainer, History & Culture
Ecuador under Spanish rule — “how the machine worked,” and how people lived inside it
Let’s zoom in on the structure (who had power, who answered to whom) and then what that meant for real
