Within Quito

- The transport is divided in urban, interparochial and interprovincial. ategorías that is related to the cover distance.

- Inside of the urban transport, special buses exist, in which all the passengers must go seated. The vehicles are of red color, the value of the passage (25 cents of dollar) is unique and it is cancelled in the vehicle.

- Another alternative of urban transport is the popular buses, of celestial color, that can transport passengers standing up. The passage costs 18 cents of dollar.

- A third urban transport service is trolebús and ecovía. One is special vehicles of greater size with established shutdowns in which the passage (25 cents) is cancelled outside the vehicle.

- We counted on new urban service called Metrobus Q, that offers a specific shutdown that allows to transfer in the middle of facilitating the arrival the World.


The schedules on watch of trolebús and ecovía are fixed: of Monday through Friday, from 06:00 hours in the morning to 00:00 hours. Saturdays and Sundays from 06:00 hours to 22:00 hours.

- The children, students with card and the people of the third age (65 years in ahead) pay 12 cents of dollar in the three types of transport.

The routes of the buses are noticeable in the front window in the inferior part and detail the main points of the route.

Service of taxis

- In Quito, it is possible at home to be taken taxis in the street or calling to the cooperatives from taxis for service the 24 hours of the day. The cost is determined by a taximeter. The route starts in 30 cents of dollar, and the cost of a minimum route is a dollar.

- If he is going to take a taxi, this fíjese that this one has the number of the cooperative in the door and is of yellow color, guarantees that the service is legal, and therefore the user has greater security.

In order to leave the city

- If he wishes to travel outside the city by earth, he can take a bus until practically any point from the country from the Terrestrial Terminal Cumandá, located to a flank of the Historical Center of Quito.

- In Quito several companies of rent of vehicles exist, the routes of the city as well as the routes of access and exit of Quito are in good state, offer services of emergency.
Signaling and patrolling.

AIRLINES

HANDLING OF MONEY AND EXPENSES

The great commercial establishments or the chains of services accept in general the greater credit cards: Mastercard, Sights, American Express or Diners Club. The credit card of greater use in Ecuador is Diners Club. Surcharges by the payment with use of credit cards do not exist, but sometimes, the traveller will find that the discounts or the supplies apply single to the purchases that are cancelled in cash.

As far as traveler's checks, one accepts Visa and American Express mainly. The official currency is the American dollar.