25 Pictures that Prove Quito is the Most Beautiful City in South America
![Biblioteca Municipal](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/20x11/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/biblioteca-municipal.webp)
At an altitude of 2,850 meters (9,350 feet) above sea level, Quito is the second highest Capital City in South America. But is it also the most beautiful of all cities on the continent? These 25 pictures can answer that.
![Plaza Independencia](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/7812859712_afe729121c_h.webp)
![Plaza de San Francisco](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1086348892_7a5321208a_b.webp)
![Virgin of the Panecillo](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0472.webp)
![Church Courtyard](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0821.webp)
![Compañía de Jesús](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/8504368972_79c4069398_o.webp)
![Compañía de Jesús Interior](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/8503265263_3196efb1ca_o.webp)
![Basilica](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0771.webp)
![Quito Centro](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/banco-central-museo.webp)
![Centro Cultural Metropolitano](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0981.webp)
![Basilico Nocturno](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/basilico-nocturno.webp)
![Plaza Grande Quito](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_07611.webp)
![Quito at Dawn](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/5118520645_38a31afed2_b.webp)
![La Ronda](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/14603147007_92719a4d93_k.webp)
![Quito Courtyard](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/14922056798_1bd5e8c082_k.webp)
![Quito Camino](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/walking-in-quito.webp)
![Observatorio Quito](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/3946700742_09be2b7a1b_o.webp)
![Simon Bolivar](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0985.webp)
![Guapulo Valley](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/guapulo-valley.webp)
![Guapulo](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/guapulo-valley-2.webp)
![Itchimbia](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2731370095_964788749e_b.webp)
![Mitad del Mundo](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/4870716066_84aa6e3661_b.webp)
![Cotopaxi Volcano](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cotopaxi-volcano.webp)
![Antisana Volcano, Quito](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/28261753124_2cf5fc649d_o.webp)
![Naciones Unidas, Quito](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/naciones-unidas-quitowei-xiao.webp)
![Quito](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/quitowei-xiao.webp)