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Gualaceo, Chordelg and Sigsig craft making villagues
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Gualaceo, Chordelg and Sigsig craft making villagues

Gualaceo, Chordelg and San Bartolome craft making villagues

By Cuenca Bestours Tour Operator
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is S$74 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Skilled artisans produce beautiful products here. Check out the exquisite textiles (hand-woven shawls and hand-embroidered clothing), jewellery made with unique techniques such as filigree, pottery, straw hats and much more…

Highlights:
• Browse the famous artisan-crafted guitars of San Bartolome
• Check out Chordeleg's famous jewellery and ceramics
• Learn about the Hispanic shawl-making technique called “Ikat” in Gualaceo
• Walk through the colourful market in Gualaceo where you will see locals weaving hats on the streets

Activity location

  • Sigsig
    • Sigsig, Ecuador, Ecuador

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Coronel Guillermo Tálbot 8-02
    • 8-02 Coronel Guillermo Tálbot
    • Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador

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Private Tour
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English

This options is exclusively for you and your party. You will have the flexibility to make any changes in the itinerary within the time allowed.

Starting time: 8:30
Price details
S$206.38 x 1 AdultS$206.38

Total
Price is S$206.38
Until Fri, 29 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedFuel surcharge
  • What's includedWhat's included2 course lunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport
  • What's includedWhat's includedLicensed Tour Guide / Driver
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance fees: Ikat $1, Guitar workshop $2, Orchid farm $5

Know before you book

  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Infant meals not included
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
  • For 1 to 5 passengers, a bilingual guide will also be the driver. For more than 5 passengers, a driver and a bilingual guide will be provided.

Activity itinerary

Sigsig
  • 15m
Departing from Cuenca our first stop will be at the small town of San Bartolome. Craftsmen here have been creating handmade guitars for generations. We’ll visit a local workshop to observe the process of making these instruments considered a crafts for its unique designs and inlaid decorations.
Chordeleg
  • 1h
Chordeleg is famous for its silversmiths and jewellery shops that line the streets and main plaza. We will visit Favio Jara's workshop, his family founded this art in the town and now all the community makes a living out of it. We will have the chance to observe how he makes fabulous filigree items. Afterwards, you’ll have time to shop around and check out the local jewellery and crafts. Here you’ll also have a chance to watch artisans weaving 'Panama' hats and other items made of toquilla straw. We will also visit Fernando Loja's workshop to see is miniature ceramics that show aspects of the local culture
Gualaceo
  • 40m
Our tour continues to Gualaceo to admire the vivid, bright colours of its market and the interesting clothing worn by the local women. Here you will learn about (and taste!) delicious, just-picked fruits that are grown only in Ecuador. Meat lovers should not miss the tasty roasted pig, a very typical dish of this area, although leave some space for lunch. Then our final stop will be at Jose Jimenez's workshop where we’ll see the process of weaving shawls and ponchos on antique looms, using dyes extracted from plants. At the end of this full-day tour outside of Cuenca, you will be returned to your hotel.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESSigsig
    • Sigsig, Ecuador, Ecuador

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLECoronel Guillermo Tálbot 8-02
    • 8-02 Coronel Guillermo Tálbot
    • Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador

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