City in Carchi, Ecuador
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An affordable, but nice hotel in the center of town. Cable TV, private bathrooms with hot water. Priced for backpackers.
By bus
The central bus station "Terminal Terrestre Tulcán" has frequent buses to [and from] Quito and other major cities.
Unfortunately the taxis have fixed the price to and from the border into town at $3/trip, even though this is more than it should be (or would be if they had meters).
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Tulcán · Regional · TUA
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