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StephanAvery Says: The center of Zaruma consists of a large main square and an adjacent church. The views are outstanding, and at the west end of the main square a local tourist office provides a number of lodging options. We arrived after two days visiting family in Machala with fresh bread,...
jacquisuiza Says: If you walk the town you can see a lot of shops looking really old fashioned, like this one with this colourful presentation.
jacquisuiza Says: Outside of Zaruma there are a lot of small mills where people try to get some more gold out of the big stones the big mine companies are not interested in any more. It is a very hard work and they do not earn a lot. And they still work with mercury!
jacquisuiza Says: You can make a guided tour to the old gold mine El Sexmo some minutes by car from town. When we were there we could only watch a movie about the history of the mine. It was very interesting. But the mine itself was onder construction, so we couldn’t enter.
jacquisuiza Says: A lot of nice wooden buildings painted in different coulours.
jacquisuiza Says: Nothing special. We had to wait until the owner had prepared two rooms for us. Breakfast wasn’t that great.Here you can meet the guide for the tours to the gold mines.
jacquisuiza Says: When you arrive by bus from Loja in Portovelo there are Taxis that can drive you to Zaruma. July 2006 it was $ 3 for four of us.
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A lot of nice wooden buildings painted in different coulours.
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