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Mansión del Fundador

Also to be found in the old countryside is the renovated centuries-old Spanish Colonial mansion Mansión del Fundador.

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Picantería La Lucila Sachaca
Founded by the late Señora Lucila Salas de Ballon, is a short taxi ride outside of town. An old-style kitchen specializing in spicy food with cuy (guinea pigs) eating scraps in the yard. You get the impression the current owners believe 'Doña Lucila' is still keeping an eye on everything and everyone.
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Puente Fierro
An iron bridge designed by Eiffel for the railway. It has been converted to a pedestrian/bicycle bridge. (The railway now crosses the river over a different bridge a few km to the south.) A technological jewel in Vallecito (10 blocks from main square) and a must for people who love trains and bridges. From the bridge, at golden hour (16:00-17:00), you can get some of the best pictures of the volcanoes and the city.
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Molino de Sabandía
Sabandía Mill
A three-century-old water mill, set in the old district of Sabandia.
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San Camilo Market
The oldest market in the center of the city. It's three blocks away from the main square.