FICHA TÉCNICA
THANATOURISM
El Tejar Cemetery PRODUCT:
El Tejar Cemetery is the first cemetery planned in the European style that was built in the territories of present-day Ecuador in the 19th century.
GENERAL INFORMATION: Gonzalo de la Vega and Baños, behind the Retreat of El Tejar (Historic Center)
Monday to Sunday from 06:00 to 13:30 Free admission 593 99 563 6235
The cemetery has approximately 30 parking spaces.
DESCRIPTION:
Located on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano and with a privileged view of the city of Quito at its feet, it is part of the retreat that the priests of the Mercedarian order built in the sector since 1774, in which the convent replaced a simple hermitage that it existed from the time of the Spanish conquest.
SERVICES:
It offers: wake room, Eucharist, sales and leasing of niches and graves on land. In All Saints´ Day (November) there are dramatized guided tours, fees depends on the cultural group that organizes the tour.
TARGET MARKET:
Tourists with an interest in historical and cultural topics; family and friends. Multi-generational.