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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

The indigenous club from the Ecuadorian mountains have been the standout story of the Copa Sudamericana so far

Mountain ecosystems across the world are under threat – but the people who love them are fighting back. Hanna Lindon meets the hillwalking heroes using their outdoor skills for positive change

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

In the closing years of the last millennium, Vuelta a España director Enrique Franco was searching for a spectacle to help his race compete with its more famous French and Italian rivals. He believed