EXPEDITIONS 2011 - Metropolitan Touring

<P>14 CASONA DE SAN MIGUEL – BOUTIQUE HOTEL Its a new day in the busy, beating heart of the Ecuadorian capital. The Equatorial sun bathes the expanse of the Plaza San Francisco, the capitals most emblematic square, in early, golden light. The white walls of the imposing Franciscan church and convent glow. Cobblestones glint beneath the footsteps as people head to work. Ecuadors capital is coming to life. The spires shine brighter. The great doors of the church ease open to welcome the faithful to Mass, shuf? ing into its gold-leafed embrace. Highland women hurry by, great bundles of fragrant herbs strapped to their backs. The light gradually ? oods every corner of the vast square, chasing the chill of the morning air. Quitos historic heart is a living treasure – the largest, best-restored in the Americas – which today shines brighter still with the opening of the Casona de San Miguel boutique hotel. The new 31-suite hotel occupies a grand house on the corner of Plaza San Francisco, whose history stretches back to the time of the Incas, and it was one of the ? rst plots allotted in the Colonial period. 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