Looking for a guide of bus stations in Ecuador? Here is a helpful list of inter-provincial bus stations in Ecuador. Buses are the cheapest and popular form of transportation between destinations. The bus system in Ecuador is not as complicated as it seems. Although keep in mind that there are many different bus companies that go to the same place. Their services may vary in comfort and facilities, you can not this in the ticket price. For example, expensive means is more comfortable and with toilets and air conditioning. A bus station, known as bus terminal - "terminal de buses" or "terminal terrestre" in Spanish. Main cities as Guayaquil, Quito, Cuenca, and Puerto Ayora have a big bus terminal. In fact, some of them look like shopping centers. Usually prices dependent on the distance between places. As a reference, an inter-provincial bus ticket can be as low as $7 to $20.
Tip: Public transportation, to get around in a city, is usually slow and crowded, but it is also very cheap. You can get around for $0.25 or $0.35. For tourists, local buses won't be the safest methods of transportation.
