The day begins early in the morning, after breakfast the guide will pick us up to begin the journey to the north of the country.
We travel through the Pan-American, where the Andean landscape dominates, today’s visit will be in the “HACIENDA LA COMPAÑÍA DE JESÚS”, which belonged to the order of the Jesuits, who were established in Ecuador 300 years ago until that in 1767, and the king of Spain Carlos III expelled them from Spain and its colonies.
The tour includes the following visits:
Hacienda House.- This French Neoclassical style house was built in 1919 and still maintains its roofs, wallpaper and floors in perfect condition. It is adorned with the original furniture of the time and maintains a permanent display of roses produced in our plantation.
Chapel of the Treasury.- The chapel dates from the early seventeenth century and was built by the Jesuit fathers.
The sculptures found on the altar belong to the prestigious “Escuela Quiteña de Artes”.
El Troje / Rose Showroom.- El Troje, used by the Jesuits as a barn, has now become the only rose museum in Ecuador, where more than 5,000 stems of the most colorful varieties of the farm.
Rose plantation “Rosadex”.- The Ecuadorian Rose is highly valued worldwide for its variety and quality. Part of the tour of La Hacienda, includes a visit to the rose plantation where the entire process to produce export roses will be explained, with a visit to a greenhouse and post-harvest.
