Cuenca's unique appeal About 5,000 expats now live in Cuenca, Ecuador’s third largest city, says Tania Sarmiento, director of the Tourism for Cuenca Municipal Foundation. That’s not a huge ...

A city of about 700,000 in the Andean highlands of central Ecuador, Cuenca is the leading destination for expatriate buyers in Ecuador, said David Morrill, editor of CuencaHighLife, an English ...

We retired abroad to Cuenca, Ecuador, once the US got too expensive. We still love the expat hot spot 14 years later. Story by insider@insider.com (Edd Staton,Cynthia Staton) • 8mo ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Stephen and Joanna Vargha, a married couple who moved from North Carolina to Cuenca, Ecuador, in 2020 after retiring early.

May 15, 2013 -- Nestled in the Andes Mountains is a kind of paradise that has lured thousands of Americans away from home. Cuenca, Ecuador, may be a place many people have never heard of.

My InsiderThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Stephen and Joanna Vargha, a married couple who moved from North Carolina to Cuenca, Ecuador, in 2020 after retiring early. Cuenca ...

We retired early 14 years ago and moved abroad because the US was too expensive. We set our sights on Cuenca, Ecuador, which has moderate weather and is super walkable. Our cost of living is much ...