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

This popular tourist destination in Ecuador draws roughly half a million visitors per year, but its primary selling point is actually based on a mistake.

Mountaineering: The Ecuador vol- canoes look a lot like the volcanoes of Oregon and Washington, but the line of permanent snow is much higher (usually 15,000 feet to 16,000 feet) than in the Cascades.

The real point where the equator passes through Ecuador was later found to be about 240 meters north of the line at Mitad del Mundo, but don't let that deter you from visiting this complex ...

Despite the monument in Ecuador’s Middle of the World City, that is not the actual site of the equator, which modern GPS has pinpointed about 790 feet down the road. (And that spot is in dispute ...

Globus has launched a new 11-day tour, Ecuador: Natural Wonders & Ancient Cultures. The journey runs from Quito to Guayaquil ...

BBC Mundo's Matias Zibell goes in search of the equator in Ecuador, but the task proves much more difficult than he expected.

10. Ecuador means equator. República del Ecuador, literally means Republic of Equator. ... A large monument marks the equator line, measured by a French expedition in 1936.

The equator is the imaginary line that horizontally encircles the middle of Earth, stretching approximately 24,900 miles (40,000 kilometers) long.