Faro Cerro Santa Ana — Attraction in Guayaquil

This was a great area to visit. There’s a couple of spots on google map with reviews to this area, but this one is the right one that leads you to the blue and white lighthouse and the small church. My partner and I went on a Saturday around sunset time and it felt very safe. It’s also free to just walk up and spots to sit and hang out. There were a lot of security guards the whole way and family, friends, and couples walking up the stairs. I think there were other stairs that could lead up to it as well, but to know that you’re following the right path, just make sure you see the numbers on the right side of the stairs. They are labeled very clearly starting from 1 and goes up to 444. As you go along you will find other stairs that don’t have numbers on them and some lead to restaurants and bars it looks like, but other stairs, we weren’t sure where they lead to. So stick to the numbers and you’ll be fine. This area seems to be pretty popular during the weekends, so if you want to maybe feel safer with more people, I would say do it during the weekend. But again at no point did we feel unsafe at all, but of course just always be cautious with your belongings wherever you go. Beautiful area to...

This is a nice place to go and see the city from above; colorful old quarter, art streets, little shops and local people. It is not that high - the steps are written in the stairs and if I remember correctly then a bit more than 430 steps. In general the main path is safe but from the other side - not that much. We tried to climb from the old quarter side and local people told us not to go further cause we might get robbed. After traveling many countries - always trust the locals. We went back down and took the “tourist” path....

El cerro Santa Ana es el lugar donde nació Guayaquil, allá por el siglo XVI en las décadas de 1540 a 1550, cuando el español Diego de Urbina reasentaba la ciudad en las faldas de lo que se denominaba Cerrito Verde o Cerrito de la Culata, que junto al Cerro del Carmen formaban una imagen parecida a una silla de montar por lo cual se llamó a la urbe como la “Ciudad de la silla gineta”. El nombre de Santa Ana, se debe a una antigua leyenda que dice que el soldado español Nino de Lecumberry, en una de sus faenas, estando en peligro de muerte, invocó a dicha santa para salvarse. Al lograrlo, en agradecimiento, colocó en la cima del cerro, una cruz con la leyenda de “Santa Ana”. Desde ahí, los pobladores empezaron a llamar así al lugar que antes era llamado por los aborígenes originarios como “Loninchao”.

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La colina de 60 metros de altura, es uno de los más importantes miradores de Guayaquil, pues permite efectuar un recorrido visual con un giro de 360 grados, en el que se aprecia por el norte: la intersección de los ríos Babahoyo y Daule que forman el Guayas; por el sur: el casco comercial de la ciudad; al este, la Isla Santay y Durán; y al oeste, el cerro del Carmen y el resto de la ciudad. En el mirador del cerro, hay binoculares especiales para uso del turista. El Cerro Santa Ana, además, es una zona turística, cuyo acceso se da por las escalinatas Diego Noboa, que tiene 444 escalones, en los que hay plazas, glorietas, museos, capilla, el faro, galerías de arte, tiendas de artesanía, cibercafés, bares y...