Like a golden thread circling the Earth, the equator sprinkles a bit of tourist magic in 11 countries. View on euronews ...

Bang on the equator, Ecuador's days are the same length year-round - 12 hours of sunlight always giving way to night at just after six. The city takes on a different feel after dark.

Ecuador's tourist attraction The Middle of the World has admitted the equatorial line drawn on the ground is actually 240 metres north of the zero degrees latitude point.

After hearing my guide's thorough explanation about the work of French astronomers there in the 18th Century, I asked if this yellow line really did represent the equator. "No, it's actually 240m ...

Stone huts sit just below the line of permanent snow and ice on Ecuador three tallest volcanoes -- 20,701-foot Chimborazo, 19,347-foot Cotopaxi and 18,996-foot Cayambe-- allowing the peaks to rank ...

Before visiting Ecuador, the eponymous equator wasn’t the most eagerly-anticipated moment on my bucket list trip. There were giant tortoises to meet, cloud forests to climb and Indigenous ...

Before visiting Ecuador, the eponymous equator wasn’t the most eagerly-anticipated moment on my bucket list trip. There were giant tortoises to meet, cloud forests to climb and Indigenous markets to ...