"Zaruma" Ecuador Off The Beaten Path Tip by mickybleck

If You are on Your way to/from the Peruvian border, the old gold-mining town of Zaruma is a nice place to stop by. It used to be the capital of the province of El Oro and has the typical architecture of gold-mining towns that reminds of the "wild west". Visits to the old mine can be arranged at the town hall.
There are some little plantations in the area.
I liked the place most because I stayed at the house of a teacher I met on the bus and got some insight into to the life of the lokals.