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THE TRAVEL GUIDE EXPERTS' ECUADOR. CUENCA, ECUADOR: ATHENS OF THE ANDES. Cultural Capital of the Americas for the year 2002. Paragraphs extracted from the Traveler's Ecuador Companion The Globe Pequot Press. Photos by Dominic Hamilton. If you enjoy exploring back street markets, delving into old churches, museums and craft shops, sitting around in patio cafés and watching the world go by, then Cuenca is for you. Overlook the square's elegant houses. The domes are the finest features of the cathedral.