The modern infrastructure of Hotel The Giralda is located in
an area full with traditions and legends, rich in culture,
surrounded by traditional places and popular festivities.

Staying you put up in the Hotel La Giralda, you will be able to
visit places like:
The traditional Neighborhood the Alpargate, the Green Cross,
the Temple of the
Sun, all them without necessity of hiring transport and you
will appreciate the Imbabureña culture.
Or at the same time share with your family moments of relaxing
and rest in the Park of the Family.
And in Julio's months to enjoy the traditional dances of San
Juan.

LEGEND

Imbabura, is the masculine protective hill, of sacred character,
of the region of Imbabura. He is The taita. Its name it is Taita
(Father) Manuel Imbabura. He is a big and old man, with a big
hat that covers its white head. The snowy volcano - Cotacachi
is in front of him.
His name comes of the verb cutana: "to mill, to crush, to
crumble, to pulverize; “milling stone ", and of cachi: " salt ";
since in the Cotacahi there is great quantity of salt. The
Cotacachi is the feminine protective hill, of sacred character,
of the region. It is The mother Her name is (mama) María
Isabel Cotacachi, a woman already entrance in age.

They say that when Taita Imbabura was young, it began to
leave the Imbabura (o the hill, because this hill is its habitation)
and he walked at nights, alone, thinking that the other people
will know him, to see and to criticize the why the

Taita Imbabura has to leave the hill. As the youths that they
begin to leave their homes and to travel around the neighborhood
and other places, told him wandering. He walked, and walked at
nights... and suddenly he met with mother María Isabel Cotacachi.
They walked together, but that he could not be declare Manuel
Imbabura, he could not declare his affair to María Cotacachi.
When suddenly He declared saying that the loved Her that
He wanted Her, and Mother Cotacachi responded:

"I also since many years that I met you I have been in
love. And since now, then, we will be lovers." And it lapsed the
time. Once it lapsed the time, they obtained a son. A son that
is to the right of the Cotacachi, that was called Yanaurcu and
that it is together to the Cotacachi hill Then of this affair among
Manuel Imbabura, a big man with big hat, white head and old.
equally Mother Cotacachi procreated, a son that is the hill of
Yanaurcu.