Guayaquil is Ecuador's largest city with a population of 2.9 million. It is also the country's business capital. Guayaquil is an estuary city located on the Guayas River, which flows into the Gulf of Guayaquil and into the Pacific Ocean. It is, literally, a city suspended over the sea on stilts. Guayaquil's new airport, Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport (GYE) is the newest of the international airports in Ecuador.

The Malecon 2000 (Guayaquil's River Walk with lots of shopping and nightlife options), the colonial neighborhood of Las Penas (pronounced Las Painyas), huge modern malls, great hotels, great restaurants, great museums and great art are all reasons why a visit to Guayaquil will be a memorable event.