TelefériQo
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thumb|right|TelefériQo to Pichincha Volcano with Quito in the background thumb|Góndolas of the TelefériQo thumb|Top station of the TelefériQo with Pichincha Volcano in the background The TelefériQo (from teleférico and Quito), or TelefériQo Cruz Loma, is a gondola lift in Quito, Ecuador, running from the edge of the city centre up the east side of Pichincha Volcano to the lookout at Cruz Loma. It is one of the highest aerial lifts in the world, rising from to . The ascent takes about twenty minutes, traveling 2,237 linear metres.
Official website
Teleferico Quito - Una experiencia por todo lo alto
En el Teleferico Quito, a unos pocos minutos de la ciudad, puedes presenciar y vivir un verdadero lugar mágico e incomparable.
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- aerial lift
- Country
- Ecuador
- Official website
- www.teleferico.com.ec
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- Gondolas of the TeleferiQo in Quito, Ecuador.jpg
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- Overview
- Climate
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thumb|right|TelefériQo to Pichincha Volcano with Quito in the background thumb|Góndolas of the TelefériQo thumb|Top station of the TelefériQo with Pichincha Volcano in the background The TelefériQo (from teleférico and Quito), or TelefériQo Cruz Loma, is a gondola lift in Quito, Ecuador, running from the edge of the city centre up the east side of Pichincha Volcano to the lookout at Cruz Loma. It is one of the highest aerial lifts in the world, rising from to . The ascent takes about twenty minutes, traveling 2,237 linear metres.
==Overview== The TelefériQo opened in July 2005. It is both a tourist attraction, and a gateway for hiking to the summit of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “TelefériQo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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