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Route description Quito – Termas Papallacta SPA & Resort.

There are two possibilities to leave Quito and get to the valley of Cumbayá. This description has been made departing from the Mariscal district, where our office is located (Foch E7-38 and Reina Victoria)

1) Take the Av. 6 de Diciembre in northern direction, passing the Colon Avenue and República Avenue. You will get to a small park (Plaza Argentina), where there are several side roads to the left, keep driving on the Av. 6 de Diciembre (keeping the Ecovia at your left hand side). You will pass a couple of traffic lights and get to the intersection with the Av. Eloy Alfaro. Turn right on the Eloy Alfaro and continue this road passing the offices of Equinoccial Insurances, the Church La Fatima, Parque Chile, several flower kiosks & a Land Rover dealer. The next traffic light where the Land Rover dealership is, turn right (you will be turning on the Av. Granados - if you pass this you will have a Supermaxi on the right and a cemetery on your left). At the next roundabout keep going straight - you are now leaving Quito. Continue on this road until you reach a bridge; make a right turn, following the sign Cumbayá (can either be just before or just after passing underneath the bridge). You'll get on top of the bridge; follow the road descending towards the village centre of Cumbayá.

2) Take the Av. 12 de Octubre in northern direction. Cross the Swissotel at the corner with Cordero Street and get to a roundabout. Keep going straight on (1/2 roundabout) and stick to the Av. 12 de Octubre, you'll reach another roundabout almost immediately. Go straight on (1/2 round about), the Av. 12 de Octubre becomes the Av. Gonzalez Suarez at this point. Pass the hotel Quito at your right hand side and right after this hotel turn right following the sign Universidad SEK. You'll be driving downhill now, at the first intersection take a left turn (almost U-turn) and the road will become cobble-stoned. Follow the zigzag curves descending to the church of Guapulo. Take a right turn at the church, after a couple of meters you'll reach a traffic light. Take a left turn here and continue the road with some serious curves, until you get to a small bridge and a T-crossing. Take a right turn crossing another (larger) bridge. Drive uphill and you'll reach another T-crossing where you have to take a left turn continuing on the cobble-stoned road. After approximately 5 to 10 minutes you'll reach the village centre of Cumbayá.

From Cumbayá to Termas Papallacta:

Passing the modern shopping centre of Cumbayá, you'll get to a big roundabout, keep to your right (1/4 round about). Pass underneath a small bridge and you get to another roundabout where you have to go straight on (1/2 round about). Pass 2 traffic lights (difficult to spot!), here is also the new Hospital de los Valles. This road will lead to Tumbaco, pass the big supermaket 'Supermaxi' and the shopping Mall 'Via Ventura' at your right hand. Pass several traffic lights and the village of Tumbaco. Continue on the road and pass the bridge crossing a deep gorge before getting to the intersection with the side road to Puembo. Keep on the new road towards Pifo. The road will become smaller and right after Pifo you have the possibility to take a left turn towards El Quinche, stick to the main road and go straight on passing a few petrol stations. Continue on this road until you get to another intersection with the 'interval's highway' keep to your left. From here on there are no more side roads. You'll climb to the mountain pass and after 30 minutes cross the highest point of 4065mts. From here it's mainly downhill. Within 15 minutes you'll see a big lake at your left hand side (Laguna Papallacta) and at the very end of this lake the road gets divided, to the left the road is unpaved for a couple of kilometers, to the right it is paved, you can go either to the right or the left, both roads will lead you to Papallacta village; if you take the left it will be 2 kilometers until you reach an intersection just at the entrance to Papallacta village where you will find a big sign of Termas Papallacta, take the left and keep going on until you get to the hotel, you will pass various other little hostals, ours is the last one; if you take right the road is paved and will lead you to the end of Papallacta village (about 3 kilometers) where the road gets unpaved again, on this intersection you will have to take left until you get to the entrance of the village where you will find another intersection, you have to take the right, there is a big sign of our hotel, keep going on for 1,5 kilometers and you will find our SPA & Resort.

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