Off the Beaten Path in Cuenca

Free Off the Beaten Path in Cuenca with Roamee Pro

Roamee Pro, also known as Roamee, offers a free self-guided off-the-beaten-path walking tour route in Cuenca. The audio walking tour can include stops such as New Cathedral (Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepcion) — a massive blue-domed cathedral that took nearly a century to build (1885-1975), a hybrid of Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance styles overlooking Parque Calderon, Parque Calderon — Cuenca's main plaza flanked by the twin cathedrals and the flower market, shaded by towering araucaria trees brought from the Pacific coast, Calle Larga and the Tomebamba River — a scenic street running along the cliff edge above the Tomebamba River, lined with colonial buildings, bars, and the Broken Bridge ruins of Inca Pumapungo, plus hidden gems like Barranco del Rio Tomebamba — the riverbank walk below Calle Larga, where locals wash clothes and picnic along the cascading river.

Use this page as a starting point for a Cuenca walking tour, a free self-guided route, or the Roamee app for Cuenca. Roamee Pro keeps the route flexible so you can follow the stops, skip ahead, or explore nearby streets at your own pace.

• •New Cathedral (Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepcion) — a massive blue-domed cathedral that took nearly a century to build (1885-1975), a hybrid of Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance styles overlooking Parque Calderon
• •Parque Calderon — Cuenca's main plaza flanked by the twin cathedrals and the flower market, shaded by towering araucaria trees brought from the Pacific coast
• •Calle Larga and the Tomebamba River — a scenic street running along the cliff edge above the Tomebamba River, lined with colonial buildings, bars, and the Broken Bridge ruins of Inca Pumapungo
• •Pumapungo Museum and ruins — a museum built atop Inca Pumapungo ruins with archaeological exhibits, an ethnographic collection of shrunken heads, and a rescued-bird botanical garden
• •Panama hat workshops — workshops where artisans hand-weave toquilla straw hats (actually invented in Ecuador, not Panama), a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage craft taking months per hat

• •Barranco del Rio Tomebamba — the riverbank walk below Calle Larga, where locals wash clothes and picnic along the cascading river