Hostal de La Rabida
Hostal de La Rábida is a beautiful old-fashioned home restored into a hotel. The warm whitewashed walls and shady trees in the front courtyard gives travelers a taste of Quito from the moment they enter the hotel. La Radida offers guests a traditionally decorated room (there are only 11 rooms in the hotel), a bed set with fresh white linens, pastel curtains, a private bathroom, TV, and the added hospitality touch of complimentary bottled water, chocolates and flowers. The hostel encourages guests to explore mountain climbing, rafting and hiking in the coastal plains. The South American Explorer's Club, an informational hub and tourism center for all outdoor adventures, is only a four-minute drive or taxi ride from the hotel.
Hostal La Rábida
227 y Santa María
Quito, Ecuador
001 (593) 2222 1720
hostalrabida.com
JW Marriot Hotel Quito, Ecuador
Ecuador is the way into the Galapagos Islands and the Andean mountains. If you book a hotel room at the JW Marriot Hotel Quito, you will enter into the wild in lavish style. The Marriot maintain its signature elegance and style at its Quito location, offering guests spacious rooms with downtown Quito vistas, Internet connection and colorful modern furniture. Guests can enjoy sunning in the hotel's tropical gardens, swimming in the pool, using the gym or, after a day touring and hiking the mountains, a revitalizing massage in the hotel's spa.
The hotel's on-site restaurants offer innovative Ecuadorian, Peruvian and international cuisine. The hotel is highly rated, according to TripAdvisor and Frommers travel reviews. The hotel is also near the neighborhood La Mariscal, the old city. Apart from the necessary trip to the Galapagos Island, guests at the hotel can tour the nearby subtropical jungle, Mindo. Filled with exotic birds and orchids, the jungle is crossed by a the Mindo river where tourists can go tubing and rafting.
JW Marriot Hotel Quito, Ecuador
Av. Orellana 1172 y Ave. Amazonas
Quito, Ecuador
(593) 2 2972000 or toll free 593 800 010723
marriott.com
La Casa Sol - Quito Hostel
For a more down-to-earth feel of local Quito, La Casa Sol is a sweet bed-and-breakfast hotel and cafe run by an Otavalan indigenous couple. Each guest room is decorated in the traditional South America styles, with handmade rugs and wicker chairs and cozy wooden frame beds. The rooms are located in the main house of the hotel surrounding the garden courtyard. All rooms come with private bathrooms, hot water and phones with international dialing. The La Casa Sol suite is more fully equipped with a TV, living room, dining room, kitchenette, refrigerator and private bathroom. While the hotel's intimate, close-to-home atmosphere comforts guests, it also inspires them to see all that Ecuador has to offer tourists. La Casa Sol has an extensive touring program for adventurous guests. In partnership with the Andean Touring Co. International tour operator, La Casa Sol offers exclusive daily tours around Quito and to the Galapagos Islands. The group can also make customized outdoor trips for travelers with a special agenda in mind. All tours include transportation and bilingual guides, and the touring group can customize any outdoor trip the guest desires.
La Casa Sol--Quito Hostel
Jose Calama 127 y Av. 6 de Diciembre (La Mariscal)
(593) 2223 0798
lacasasol.com
