Translation of determine in Spanish

After dinner we walked back and saw some interesting sites and shops on the way. Everything was quite impressive, as always in a new country. We entered the hotel and took an elevator to our room.
Our first station was a temple from which one could see the sunset in the best way, as it was a on hill leaning westwards. It was a walk uphill of more than thirty minutes and quite steep.
The border control was in the middle of the Andes mountains, at an elevation of around 2000 meters above sea level. The forest around us was covered with snow and the scenery was breathtaking.