Tag: EC – Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca

Forget Florida—U.S. Retirees Are Hitting the Rainforest in Ecuador; John Scott Lewinski; Mansion Global

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The city of Cuenca has seen a steady trickle of expats in recent years…

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This Ecuadorean city in the Andes has perfect weather – and you can retire there for as little as $1,500 a month; Silvia Ascarelli; Market Watch

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“If the place you live in doesn’t delight and amaze you every day, you’re doing it wrong. And that’s how I feel about Cuenca,” says Saralee Squires.

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Plan Your Visit to Cuenca, Ecuador, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; Suzanne Fluhr; Midlife Boulevard

Ecuador – Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca

Before you plan your visit to Cuenca, Ecuador, a UNESCO World Heritage site, be warned that quite a few people who set out to “visit” Cuenca end up moving there. According to US News and World Report, by 2015, 12,000 expats made Cuenca their home, the majority from the United States.

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Cuenca, Ecuador attracting visitors who don’t want to leave; Elissa Richard; Compass

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A colonial jewel of Ecuador, spilling over with cobblestoned streets, well-preserved churches and attractive leafy plazas—all tucked into a verdant Andean valley traversed by four winding rivers—Cuenca wins out as the country’s most idyllic urban locale. From the Inca to the Spanish to the most recent wave of foreign settlers—this time, in the form of thousands of American retirees—it’s little wonder that outsiders have long descended on Cuenca in droves.

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