Ecuador · Art & Craft

Private Chordeleg and Gualaceo Tour from Cuenca

8 Hours Round trip from Cuenca Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Private full-day tour to Chordeleg and Gualaceo from Cuenca
  • 02 Visit San Bartolome’s church, central park, typical house, and medicinal gardens
  • 03 Taste coffee or aromatic waters with local brown sugar bread
  • 04 See straw hat production and a small guitar workshop
  • 05 Explore Chordeleg, known for gold and silver jewelry and local crafts
  • 06 Visit Gualaceo’s fruit and typical food markets
  • 07 Enjoy lunch in a beautiful old hacienda
  • 08 Learn how traditional macanas shawls are made in a craft workshop

Discover the artisan towns of Chordeleg and Gualaceo on a private day trip from Cuenca, with time to explore local traditions, markets, and regional flavours. Along the way, visit San Bartolome to see its church, central park, a typical house and medicinal gardens, and enjoy a cup of coffee or aromatic waters with local bread made from brown sugar.

This cultural journey highlights some of the area’s best-known crafts, from straw hat production and guitar making to the gold and silver jewelry of Chordeleg and the famous macanas shawls of Gualaceo. With lunch included in an old hacienda and visits to local food and fruit markets, this tour offers a well-rounded look at daily life and craftsmanship in the Cuenca region.

Discover the artisan towns of Chordeleg and Gualaceo on a private day trip from Cuenca, with time to explore local traditions, markets, and regional flavours.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 8 Hours
Tour type Private
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access No
City Cuenca
Languages English, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

In the morning your driver will pick you up from your hotel in Cuenca and then your tour will begin.the tour begins with a transfer to the town of San Bartolome where you visit its church, central park, a typical house of the area and its gardens with medicinal plants. Here you can taste a cup of coffee or aromatic waters, accompanied by the "delicates", a bread made from brown sugar. During this tour you observe the production of straw hats and you visit a small workshop of guitars.You will visit the chordeleg, very famous for its crafts and for making gold and silver jewelry, we will visit the park and various places to appreciate more of the products of the area.the tour begins with a transfer to the town of San Bartolome where you visit its church, central park, a typical house of the area and its gardens with medicinal plants. Here you can taste a cup of coffee or aromatic waters, accompanied by the "delicates", a bread made from brown sugar. During this tour you observe the production of straw hats and you visit a small workshop of guitars.

the tour begins with a transfer to the town of San Bartolome where you visit its church, central park, a typical house of the area and its gardens with medicinal plants. Here you can taste a cup of coffee or aromatic waters, accompanied by the "delicates", a bread made from brown sugar. During this tour you observe the production of straw hats and you visit a small workshop of guitars.

Continuing with the tour, you will go to the canton of Gualaceo, where you will visit two markets: fruit and typical food. You will have lunch in a beautiful old hacienda. The tour ends with a visit to a craft workshop where they make the famous "Macanas" or shawls, typical dress "Chola Cuencana". Artisans will explain the process of making these beautiful and unique fabrics.

 Return to Cuenca.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Cuenca 1 city · 8 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Certified bilingual tour guide
  • Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
  • Lunch
  • Transportation

What's Not Included

  • drinks
  • Entrance fees
  • Everything not specified

Know before you go

  • Dress code is sportswear
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Not stroller accessible
  • Note: Friday and Sunday are days of fair and markets
  • Not suitable for pets
  • No public transportation nearby
  • Recommendations for tourists: Wear comfortable walking shoes closed. Light clothes not very warm. Gualaceo is an area of warm weather. Sunscreen, windbreaker, hat, sunglasses. Drinks: Bottled water, juices. Cash for shopping Chordeleg and extra consumption.
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • Not recommended for people with back problems
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for people with heart conditions
  • • Dress code is smart casual
  • Hotel pickups commence prior to this time

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Cuenca, EC
Tour start
Cuenca, EC
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 8 hours finish where they began, in Cuenca.

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