Last weekend we went to Otavalo to visit its famous indigeno market. We were told to get there as early as possible and as the city is alomost a 2h busride away we got up at 6am and arrived at 8:45am. Absolutely worth it! The textil market on saturday is just huge and there are soo many things to see. Once you enter the market area you are surrounded by stalls offering products in every colour there is. Sweater, pants, hats, tapestries, socks, cups and many more. Many tourists just walk on the outside of the main market place, but once you get inside it becomes really quite and idyllic though the intensity of colours increases even more. Absolutely overwhelming. Of course we were not here just for looking and also bought some things. Not all
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