Country Info
- Quito
- Capital
- US dollar (USD)
- Currency
- 13,183,978
- Population
- EC
- Country Code
Banos Slideshow
Top Hotels in Banos
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Hostal Chimenea Banos
61 reviews -
Rodas Hosteria Termal Banos
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Hotel Banos
2 reviews -
Hotel Puerta Del Sol Banos
4 reviews -
Flor de Oriente Banos
2 reviews -
Gala Hotel Banos
1 review
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Hacienda Manteles Banos
32 reviews
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Hostal el Eden Banos
4 reviews
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Cabanas Bascun Banos
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Hotel el Belen Banos
7 reviews
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Hotel Sangay Banos
34 reviews
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La Petite Auberge Banos
17 reviews
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La Posada del Arte Banos
109 reviews
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Volcano Hotel Banos
28 reviews
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Hostal el Pedron Banos
5 reviews
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Hotel Casa Blanca Banos
3 reviews
Banos
Travel Blogs from Banos, Ecuador
Tungurahua....towering over town...
This is a top pick! ... strung and just busting out with thoughts about Banos, they engage us with stories of their experiences. They're moving to Ecuador because all hell is breaking loose in Canada - no actually according to them it's breaking loose in the USA and since ...
out of Quito and into the deep end
This is a top pick! ... counted 6 helicopters, 3 jets, a 1940's car, a division of goosestepping soldiers and some horses. I wouldn't put money on Ecuador in a scrap with Peru. In my first month here, it's been interesting to meet so many people from different countries ...
A town called toilet and I find out I'm not a fish
This is a top pick! ... , so good. I can happily report that I’ve had no accidents. Now I find out that we’re heading to a town called Banos and I’m expecting the worst. That’s until Nic tells me that Banos is also used for bath. Apparently, the town ...
Alternative Transportation
This is a top pick! ... was - maybe we expected too much. But you have to give them credit for doing what they are doing in the middle of remote Ecuador... The day after we arrived at The Black Sheep Inn, we decided to let someone/something else do the work for us, and went ...
Steaming down the hill in a toffee bath
This is a top pick! Banos, a chill out town with good food, outdoor activity´s and hot baths, just what us road monkeys need. We spent our time productively. Watching the volcano Tungurahua, hoping glowing lava would cascade down the slopes as the air fills with smoke ...
Cool Quito and Beautiful Baños
This is a top pick! ... as it is testing. But I had a week of freedom left so it was off to Baños .. the premium holiday resort for Ecuador (apparently more popular for Ecuadorians than Galapagos). Baños is in a stunning setting with huge hills on all sides and built on a ...
Avacados
This is a top pick! Hello everyone, Well we have arrived in Baños today. The bus ride was alright except we expressly asked if it was a direct and express bus from Quito to Baños. We were assured it was. Well it stopped everywhere. I mean EVERYWHERE! To add insult to ...
Riding or "ow! my aching behind"
This is a top pick! So I took the girls on a 2hour horse back ride up the mountain today. Morgan wasn't feeling well so he stayed home with Andrew. Brett and Darcy had a great time. Darcy was a little reluctant at first but had the time of her life. We went as far as we ...
The Bathrooms
This is a top pick! I am in a town called Baños, which translates to "Bathrooms" in Spanish. However, the town is really named after the several hot spring baths near here that are powered by the local volcano Tungurahua. Tungurahua has dramatically affected the town. In ...
La Cumbre o La Muerte in Cotopaxi
This is a top pick! We arrived in Latacunga at night. We headed to our hotel, Residencial Santiago, only to find that Latacunga is a ghost town at night. No, not a ghost town. I've been to ghost towns. Tombstone, AZ was a ghost town. Tombstone was much more inviting ...
Superwoman
This is a top pick! Who can burn faster than anyone else? I can!! Man this equatorial sun is strong! I stood out in the sun for like 5 minutes and was burning. The kids figure I'll be the first to burn up in a volcano too! We had a nice day wandering the streets of ...
Bikes in Baños, Sun in Canoa, Back home with Brady
This is a top pick! ... and spectacular scenery, Baños is up there with Cuenca and the beach-town of Canoa as my favorite places here in Ecuador... (Message to Volunteers: I know I really need to travel the Coast more right.) Saturday morning after only 4 hours of sleep from ...
More volcanoes and views
This is a top pick! ... to the main square and into the church which had great paintings inside particularly of people crossing the valley, presumably to escape the volcano. Banos is more about relaxing so we sit outside on the main square with a juice and watch the world go by. ...
Banos
This is a top pick! Steve Irwin´s death has received considerable coverage here in Ecuador... what a significant loss to Australia´s tourism industry and Australia in general. I can just imagine the sadness being witnessed there. On arrival in Banos, as soon as we walked ...
I left my lungs in Pichincha and bathed in Baños
This is a top pick! ... were doing some program to volunteer and learn spanish in Guayaquil. We discussed some travel options for our stay in Ecuador. Generally a worthless conversation I suppose, and even more worthless and as a travel log note. Sorry. Baños is supposed ...
Banos and Rainy Day Reflections
This is a top pick! ... thirties. There're lots of Australians and Canadians too. There are almost no Americans. Everyone speaks English, except the French. Ecuador is a pretty primitive land. One hundred kilometres of travel might take two hours or it might take two days - ...
Banos and Cuenca
This is a top pick! ... a USB connection is tougher than anticipated but will happen. Thanks for all the emails, please keep them coming and I will try to reply soon! We are off to Peru tomorrow and so it will be a sad goodbye to Ecuador. But I think I will be ...
Chicken buses and herbal hippies.
This is a top pick! After a year backpacking around Latin America, I guess I have to dedicate a blog entry to the unavoidable chicken buses and herbal hippies (maybe herbal is an incorrect description of this group of people, but hopefully you'll get the point). Long ...
An Amazing day!
This is a top pick! ... move onto Latacunga today for an early start tomorrow. Wait a bit for a bus and get one with bikes strapped on roof back to Banos. Go and do our regular volcano check and it is still billowing loads of smoke. Apparently it is usually just for a bit in ...
Volcan Cotopaxi 5875m, are we mad or what?
This is a top pick! ... , moving on swiftly from "Riobamba", and it`s "Devils Nose" train ride of your life!!! We decided to move up northwards to "Banos" a Spa town where we arranged a trek up "Volcan Cotopaxi" not an easy climb of 5875m!!!! We took a gamble and went half ...
Sara on Steve's Series of Unfortunate Events
This is a top pick! ... he left the showers and took the shampoo with him. Whoops. Here I am, giving gringos a bad name all across Ecuador. Riobama train ride Our experience on Sunday plays out like an episode of the Amazing Race, and we're ...
In some serious hot water!
This is a top pick! ... We managed to flag down a bus heading to Baṅos which was already almost filled to capacity bus since most buses in Ecuador always have place for one more and stop for anyone along the road we were in luck. Only problem was we had to stand ...
Volcano Encounter
This is a top pick! ... lively town which was full of Gringos attracted by thrill of a fuming volcano. Volcanoes were never far from our itinerary in Ecuador. We had already bathed in thermal springs and taken a boat ride across a bubbling water filled crater. On the way to ...
Otavalo, Quito, Baños, Riobamba, Guayaquil
This is a top pick! Efficient Immigration (not!) We walk over the border from Colombia to Ecuador. Ecuadorian immigration has a really organised system whereby you have to queue up once to get a blank immigration form, and then queue up again in the same line, with the ...
Flying Broccoli
This is a top pick! So, after our extreme journey to Baños, Bob started some extreme sports of his own, namely projectile vomitting ! We were so glad that we paid the extra to have our own bathroom ! The small things in life are sometimes the most pleasurable ! Bob made ...
Banos my beautiful Banos.........!
This is a top pick! ... .... quad bikes, a party bus up to the volcano for hot tequila and a 4 hour horse ride circling around the mountains surrounding Banos.... just to top it all off, the best Argentinian steak I´ve ever tasted- a great appetiser for Agentina! Watch out ...
Wet, even when not bathing
This is a top pick! ... spectacular whirlpool. Then it was time to eat and then we needed a bit of a siesta (although they don't have siesta's in Ecuador). Mano left the next morning and Silvia and I decided to risk the bad weather and ride towards Puyo on mountain bikes. As ...
Back in Bizarreños
This is a top pick! ... ranking policeman who was very formal, talk about inefficiency. Anyway, in the end I got 30 more days to play in Ecuador. Things I Learned * There is a high concentration of pan pipes in Baños, mainly found in restaurants * Being a girl helps when ...
Early Awakenings In Banos.
This is a top pick! ... when asking for the toilet. Toilets generally have a sign saying this. Now we are staying in a most beautiful town in Ecuador and it is called Banos! I am presuming the Banos word is more like our "Bathroom" and as Banos the town has hot springs this is ...
Bike Rides,Elections, Waterfalls and Dysentary
This is a top pick! ... Tungurahua Volcanoe. In 1999, Tungurahua was put on orange alert, indicating the likelihood of an imminent eruption and sending Banos inhabitants fleeing, with only about half of them returning later. No large-scale eruption materialized, but levels of ...