Cadeate
🍞 Cadeate
A small beach comuna known for bread baked in clay ovens.
Cadeate is a small coastal comuna of Manglaralto parish on the Ruta del Spondylus, between San Antonio and Libertador Bolívar, south of Manglaralto.
| At a glance | |
|---|---|
| Parish | Manglaralto, Santa Elena canton |
| Beach | About 0.8 km |
| Known for | Bread baked in traditional clay ovens |
| Water | Junta Regional de Manglaralto |
| Bus | Coop. CITUP (window 8) or any Ruta del Spondylus bus from Terminal Sumpa |
Clay-oven bread
Cadeate's bakers still use wood-fired clay ovens. Ask in the village where to buy it.
The beach
A short, quiet beach with its own small estuary — a calm alternative to Montañita, 10 minutes north.
Did you know…?
💧 …most villages on the north coast pump their own groundwater through community water boards?
See also
Sources: PDOT cantón Santa Elena 2023–2027 (p. 220); PDOT Provincia de Santa Elena 2015–2019 (p. 216).
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