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From pristine colonial centres to Amazonian villages and Andean hill towns, the more you see of Ecuador, the more you realise every bit of it is unique, writes Ilan David

OFF VENEZUELA’S COAST LIE THE ‘ABC islands’ of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, some of the driest places in the Caribbean. With unpredictable rainfall, cactus-dominated landscapes and rivers that flow onl

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Sinead Mulhern picks the six Ecuadorian national parks you won’t want to miss

From luxury lodges in misty cloud forest to haciendas perched among the Andean peaks, to colonial-era city hideaways built atop pre-Columbian sites, the sheer diversity of Ecuador’s stays reveals just how varied this country can be

Cuenca’s many layers of history are never more visible than during the winter solstice, writes George Kipouros