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Alausí Town Landmarks Walk

Alausí Town Landmarks Walk

Alausí · Ecuador

9 stops3.7 km2 h 27 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Alausí to see its railway connection, welcoming public parks, historic church, civic clock, and recognizable landmarks. Along the way, you will pause at places that show the town’s character in both its central spaces and its surrounding streets. The route offers an easy introduction to Alausí, with varied stops for photographs and quiet observation.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 9. The rest are in the app.

  1. Alausí Railway Station

    Alausí Railway Station

    A railway station that preserves Alausí’s role in Ecuador’s great mountain crossing.

  2. Alausí Train Station

    Alausí Train Station

    A railway station tied to Alausí’s proudest story and the dangerous road to Devil’s Nose.

  3. Parque 13 de Noviembre

    Parque 13 de Noviembre

    A modest park with a name that opens onto Alausí’s railway, colonial, and civic story

  4. 3 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. 13 de Noviembre Park

    Parque 13 de Noviembre is a park in Alausí, Ecuador.

  6. San Pedro Church

    A stone eighteenth-century church tying Alausí’s name, patron saint, and civic history together

  7. Public Clock

    Public Clock

    El Reloj Público is an attraction in Alausí, Ecuador.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 3 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

3 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 9 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

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  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.