Heritage House · 1
- Domingo Carranza Hats Monte Cristi / Ecuador / Online
Six generations of the Carranza family weave Montecristi Panama hats by hand in the village of Pile, Ecuador, each from a single toquilla palm and graded by fineness from a four-week Fine to a year-long Jewel. Hats are woven to order and sold directly through the online shop, with a companion line of hand-blocked fur-felt styles. store page → · open in the atlas →
Hidden Gem · 1
- Fábrica Mágica de Chocolate (Chocolate Magic Factory) Tomás Halflants y Juan Montalvo, Baños de Agua Santa
A bean-to-bar chocolate maker and café in central Baños working with 100% organic Amazonian cacao. Its more than 100 handcrafted products sit alongside interactive tasting workshops led with indigenous women farmers. store page → · open in the atlas →
Worth a Detour · 1
- Aymara Avenida Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Aymara is the Puerto Ayora gallery of Swiss-trained jeweler Beat Luginbühl, selling hand-worked sterling-silver and gold pieces, including a Galapagos sea-turtle line, alongside Wounaan-Embera weavings and other South American craft. store page → · open in the atlas →
The Register · 21
- Artesa Cuenca (Isabel La Católica y Av. de las Américas)
A Cuenca ceramics house at Isabel La Católica 1-102 and Avenida de las Américas producing hand-finished dinnerware in lines such as Organics, Monteturi, Vega and Fiesta, plus a children's Baby Artesa range. The workshop takes personalised custom table-setting commissions and ships nationally across Ecuador. store page → · open in the atlas → - Bauhaus Tienda de Arte Centro Histórico
A combined art-supply store, bookshop and café on Bolívar in Cuenca's historic centre, Bauhaus carries brushes, watercolours, oils and sculpture tools alongside titles on art, architecture and literature. It serves the city's art students and working painters, keeping a small café for browsing between the shelves. store page → · open in the atlas → - Casa Kiki Quito
A locally rooted concept multibrand destination in the city. A pop-up collective for Ecuadorian fashion, jewelry, ceramics and skincare. Established 2013. store page → · open in the atlas → - Eduardo Vega Turi
The gallery-workshop of Eduardo Vega, one of Latin America's best-known ceramic muralists, works from the Turi hillside above Cuenca producing hand-glazed tiles, tableware and relief murals. Recurring motifs include native birds, heritage houses and Andean plants, rendered in the vivid palette that carried his public murals. store page → · open in the atlas → - El Quetzal de Mindo Mindo / Ecuador
El Quetzal de Mindo is a bean-to-bar chocolate maker in Mindo, Ecuador, working with small organic cacao farms to produce award-winning, hand-wrapped bars. Alongside its farm-and-factory chocolate tours, the shop sells its chocolate in person and through an online store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Galería Latina Quito / Ecuador
Galería Latina has sold Andean folk art and handicrafts from its Quito shop since 1986, when its founders began collecting textiles and artisan work while traveling across Latin America. The store carries alpaca clothing, tapestries, silver jewellery and Panama hats sourced from artisans in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Mexico, and ships internationally from its storefront on Juan Leon Mera. store page → · open in the atlas → - Hilana Quito / Ecuador
Hilana is an Ecuadorian textile manufacturer that makes wool and cotton coats, blankets and slippers at its own factory in the Valle de los Chillos outside Quito. Customers can shop the full catalog of coats, cubrecamas and pantuflas directly through the company's online store or visit the factory showroom in person. store page → · open in the atlas → - Hoja Verde Quito / Ecuador
Hoja Verde processes Ecuador's Fino de Aroma cacao from Esmeraldas and Zamora into bean-to-bar chocolate at its own Cayambe plant, wrapped in compostable sugarcane packaging. The maker has collected more than 30 awards since 2013. store page → · open in the atlas → - Homero Ortega P. & Hijos El Centro (Gil Ramírez Dávalos 3-86)
Producers and exporters of paja toquilla hats working from Gil Ramírez Dávalos 3-86, with named blocks such as the Aliso, Estrella and Fresno and a palette of more than twenty dyed colours. The premises pair a working warehouse with a hat museum, and finished pieces ship worldwide. store page → · open in the atlas → - K. Dorfzaun Gil Ramírez Dávalos
Established in Cuenca in 1939, K. Dorfzaun makes hand-finished toquilla-straw hats with artisan weavers and sells them from its Gil Ramírez Dávalos storefront. The company emphasizes long-term work with weaving communities, social responsibility and environmental sustainability. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kallari Tena / Ecuador
Kallari is a cooperative of over 850 Kichwa families along the Napo River near Tena who grow, ferment, and process cacao into award-winning organic chocolate bars, sold through the co-op's online tienda and its Tena storefront. Beyond chocolate, Kallari runs a Chocolate Route tour through its plantations for visitors who want to see the process firsthand. store page → · open in the atlas → - La Mina Platería Quito / Ecuador
La Mina has sold silver and gold-plated jewelry from its own Quito storefronts since 1988, with additional locations inside Centro Comercial Espiral, Megamaxi 6 de Diciembre and a Cumbayá mall. Its online shop lets shoppers order rings, earrings and chains for delivery across Ecuador alongside the brick-and-mortar counters. store page → · open in the atlas → - Modesto Hats Monte Cristi / Ecuador
Modesto Mero and his family weave fine Montecristi Panama hats from toquilla straw at their shop on the corner of 9 de Julio and Olmedo in Montecristi, Ecuador. Classic, fedora, gambler and openwork styles are made to order and sold in store or shipped worldwide through the online catalogue. store page → · open in the atlas → - Olga Fisch Folklore Quito
Olga Fisch Folklore, founded in Quito in 1942, is a landmark shop for Ecuadorian craft and design. Its current range spans textiles, clothing, toquilla work, jewelry and table or home objects developed with artisan traditions from across Ecuador. store page → · open in the atlas → - Paccari Experience House La Floresta
Paccari’s Experience House in Quito’s La Floresta neighborhood is a flagship for the Ecuadorian bean-to-bar chocolate maker, combining retail with tastings and café-style experiences. The shop is strongest for single-origin and fine-aroma chocolate, gift boxes and guided comparison of cacao styles. store page → · open in the atlas → - Qiwa Cueros Cuenca
A family leather workshop with more than thirty years behind it, Qiwa Cueros hand-makes wallets, bags, jackets and accessories in Cuenca. It sells from a city shop and a counter at Mall del Río, and takes on custom leather commissions for corporate clients. store page → · open in the atlas → - Samay Latin Art Avenida Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Samay Latin Art, on Avenida Charles Darwin in Puerto Ayora, opened in 2001 as Galeria Aymara and relaunched as Samay (Quechua for spirit) in 2020. It sells tagua carvings by the Wounaan Tribe, Maximo Laura tapestries, ceramics and woven hats. store page → · open in the atlas → - Serrano Hat Cuenca (heritage hat house)
A Panama hat house trading under the Serrano name since 1905, presenting woven men's and women's straw collections through a bilingual Spanish-English catalogue. The 1905 founding date places it among the long-established Ecuadorian families of the toquilla-straw hat trade. store page → · open in the atlas → - Somos Boutique N34-421 Av. Eloy Alfaro y Av. Portugal, Bellavista, Quito
Inside SOMOS in Quito, SOMOS STORE is the restaurant’s retail point of contact for products from Ecuadorian artisans and entrepreneurs, highlighting locally made design and craft within the dining space. store page → · open in the atlas → - Sudaka Concept Store Quito
A locally rooted concept multibrand destination in the city. A boutique and co-working atelier platforming Ecuadorian fashion. Established 2022. store page → · open in the atlas → - Villa Fauna Quito
A locally rooted concept multibrand destination in the city. A collective shop and gallery for ceramics, clothing and prints. store page → · open in the atlas →