Which one to choose in Quito
Basílica del Voto Nacional vs Church of La Compañía, Quito
Two churches in Quito. Basílica del Voto Nacional has 2 tickets and tours to book; Church of La Compañía, Quito has no online ticket listed. The table and the two notes below put them side by side; the full pages have what to see, the ticket and the timing for each.
Quito, Ecuador
Almost everyone who books something here is booking the climb rather than the church. The basilica sits at the northern edge of the historic centre of Quito, a steep few blocks uphill from the main square, and the standard walking tours of the old town either finish or start at its door. There are two tickets: one for the nave, which is inexpensive, and a combined one that adds the towers. Buy the second unless you have a real fear of heights, because the interior alone does not justify the trip.
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Quito, Ecuador
La Compania charges admission and is worth every cent, but it is also one of the few churches in Quito with a proper ticketing operation, timed queues in season and a strict ban on photography inside. Buy at the door on the corner of the two streets it occupies. Guides are available at the entrance and are genuinely useful here, because the iconography is dense and the building's history spans a century and a half.
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