Malecon 2000

Malecón 2000 is the call given to boardwalk overlooking the Guayas River inside the Ecuadorian port city of Guayaquil. An city renewal mission focusing on the vintage Simon Bolí boardwalk, it stands along the west shore of the river for an approximate period of 2.5 km. Several of the greatest historic monuments in the history of Guayaquil may be seen along its period, in addition to museums, gardens, fountains, shopping department shops, restaurants, bars, meals courts, the first IMAX theater in South America, as well as boarding docks wherein several embarkations offer each daylight and nighttime tours up and down the Guayas River.

During the colonial duration, Malecon changed into a slim path in roadway shape. During the 19th century humans started to collect around this location, progressively increasing its extension as years went with the aid of and it became a focal point of early social lifestyles inside the young metropolis. Over numerous many years, the boardwalk fell into disrepair with several areas of it finally falling into the river itself with the aid of the mid-to-late 1980s.