Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. Far too many people seem to think that Quito, Ecuador's high Andean capital, is just a pit ...

Quito is the capital of Ecuador, the country's most populous city, and at an elevation of 2,850 metres (9,350 ft) above sea level, it is the second highest official capital city in the world, after La ...

"I love how the sun paints the city," says Julio Rivas Garcia as he gazes over Quito's historic heart from the roof of the Church of La Merced. Where we’re standing, at 9,200 feet and only 15 miles ...

Quito, Ecuador's Plaza de la Independencia and Presidential Palace, as seen from the rooftop of the city's Metropolitan Cathedral. Flung far off the mainland of South America, the remote Galápagos ...

Quito was founded in the 16th century on the ruins of an ancient Inca city, located 2,850 metres above sea level, and is the city with the most extensive, best preserved and least altered historic ...

Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, sits high in the Andean mountains at an altitude of 9,350 feet. With over 2.6 million people and probably twice as many buildings, the bustling city of colorful ...

Pope Francis' July 5-12 visit to Latin America will not take him to his native Argentina, but it will put him closely in touch with his Jesuit roots and with one of the main characteristics of his ...

I spent eight days traveling with Pope Francis in early July as he visited Latin America. Look back at highlights from the trip, including my posts on meeting the pope midair, press restrictions in ...