Capital of the province of Chimborazo, Riobamba is with nearly 200 km in the south of Quito and to 300 m in the north of Cuenca, at an altitude of 2700 Mr. According to annals' of the history, the city was founded by Diego de Almagro in 1534. However, in 1797, a powerful seism entirely shaved the city, which was rebuilt thereafter to approximately 25 km in the east of its original site: Cajabamba. Riobamba profits from an interesting geographical position, because it is surrounded of splendid tops with, inter alia, the most volcano of Ecuador, the Chimborazo volcano, which culminates to 6310 Mr. Of other tops, not less interesting, are joined together in the national park Sangay, who gathers the Sangay volcano and the Altar volcano, which will fill waitings of the amateurs of alpinism.

In addition, a walk through the streets of Riobamba brings back the travellers earlier a hundred years and leaves with the spirit the memory living of a rich city of its colonial past and with the undeniable charm. The travellers also go to Riobamba with an aim of taking the train which will take them along until Chanchan.