It is difficult to find a good map of Cuenca. Cuenca Real Estate probably has the best one. However, none of them tell you where specific places of interest to Gringo's are located. We have marked up a very simple map of the city with approximate locations of places you will undoubtedly go to when you are here. You can see by the map that the city is divided almost in half by the River Tomebamba. On the north side is the old city or Centro where much of the cities infrastructure exists, like churches, parks, stores, businesses, government buildings, lawyers, and restaurants and, of course much more. On the south side of the river are the newer suburbs where you will find the Futbol stadium, many restaurants and stores, the large mercado, two of the Supermaxis, and most of the 5 plus story apartment buildings. Circling the city are the Avenida de las Americas on the north and the Autopista on the south. To see a larger view of the map, double click on the map
Here are some of the actual addresses:
Zoe's restaurant (expat meetings) – Borerro y Sucre
Eucalyptus restaurant (expat meetings) – Gran Columbia y Benigno Malo
Supermaxi El Gal – Avenida Cordero y Jose Peralta
Supermaxi/Sukasa (upscale department store) – just above Gran Columbia y Avenida de las Americas
Supermaxi/Kywi (best hardware store) – Avenida Turuhuaico y Gil Ramirez Davalos
Del Rio Mall – Autopista in South west corner of city
Main Mercado El Arinal– Avenida de las Americas y Remigio Crispo
Cooperia (food coop) – Victor Manual Albornoz near Avenida de las Americas
Collisium (Tennis courts) – Avenida 12 de Abril y Unidad Nacional
Post Office – Gran Columbia y Borerro
Bank of Pichincha – 12 de Abril y Solano
Cam Gym (largest in city) – Nicolas Sojos y Gonzalo Cordero
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