Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo

Guayaquil


Home to Guayaquil's soccer champions Barcelona, the most accomplished team in Ecuadorian soccer history, with 14 titles under their belt. You can buy tickets for games here during football season. When the 57,000 capacity stadium is packed it has an atmosphere like nowhere else in the city.


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0.84 MILES

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2. Malecón El Salado

1.85 MILES

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3. Museo Presley Norton

2.05 MILES

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4. City Cemetery

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5. Parque del Centenario

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6. Cathedral & Seminario Park

2.91 MILES

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7. Library

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8. Church of San Francisco

3.01 MILES

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