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Baños: Blessed Water City
Baños: Blessed Water City
Baos
La Chimenea Hotel 21rooms / 50 posts Address: O.E Reyes y Montalvo. Phone: (03)2743-258 Achupalla Hotel 22 rooms / 50 posts Address: 16 de diciembre y Ambato. Phone: (03)2740-389
Llanovientos Hostel 14 rooms / 50 posts Address: Martinez & Bao. Phone: (03)2740-682 Casa Blanca Hostel 33 Rooms Address: Oriente y maldonado Phone: (03)2740-092
Hotel
Pappardelle Restaurant Italian Ristorante Address: Rocafuerte y 16 de diciembre. Phone: (03)2741-724 Rico Pan Bakery Very rich bread Address: Ambato y Maldonado. Phone: (03)2740-387
Orquidea Coffee Bar Breakfast, Sandwiches, tortillas. Address: Ambato y Halflants. Phone: (03)2743-197 Taisha Coffee Bar Address: Rocafuerte y Maldonado. Phone: (03)2740-387
Le Petit Restaurant France Specialties Address: 16 dediciembre y montalvo Phone: (03)2740-936 Samari Restaurant Gastronomic restaurant with specialties. Address: Av. Amazonas. Phone: (03)2741-851
Mercedes Restaurant Health Food, all made at home. Address: Marinez y sebastian bao. Phone: (03)2741-745 Swiss Bistro Restaurant Swiss restaurant with European specialties Address: Martinez y Eloy Alfaro Phone: (03)4004-019
In Baos you will find more than 60 waterfalls. The most populars are: Ins Mara , Pailn del Diablo, Manto de la Novia, Cabellera de la Virgen, San Jorge, San Pedro, Chamana, Machay, Agoyn, El Fantasma, El Placer, San Francisco, Cashaurco, El Corazn, etc.. The most of this falls you can discover alone without guide, only taking a regional bus, a taxi, a chivabus, a bike or hiking.
Rafting
Baos offers class III and class IV rafting rides on the Patate or on the Pastaza river. With or without experience you are invited to this exhausting trips where you can observe also the volcano Tungurahua right in front of you.
Hot Springs
Baos de Agua Santa has been always famous for his thermal springs, which had been also used by the king of the Inkas Huayna Capac and his numerous wives in order to gain new energy through the mineral volcano springs. You can relax in several hot spring baths in and around Baos.
Biking
The 5-hours mountain-bike tour from Baos to Puyo, one of the gates to the jungle, is a special highlight not only for nature and sports fans. The most famous part are the first 20 km of the road to Puyo, also known as the "route of the falls". Till Rio Verde you can marvel at the amazing waterfalls, which sometimes you have to pass under, sometimes they are nestled within the landscape of the Pastaza and sometimes are hidden in the ravine of the river. In order to see the most famous and giant waterfall "Pailn del Diablo" you have to walk a few minutes down. If someone thinks he remembers the scenery from a film, he is right. Parts of the Hollywood Thriller "Proof of Life" with Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe have been filmed at this waterfall.