Visit the local markets to find the arts and the color from the villages
Shop the Ecuadorian worldly famous toquilla straw hats also known as Panama hat, originally made in Montecristi in the Ecuadorian coast. You can also shop a variety of textiles, carvings, leather goods, silver jewelry, and other crafts in every town you visit and in every indigenous market such as Otavalo, Gualaceo, Saquisilí, among others.