Country Info
- Quito
- Capital
- US dollar (USD)
- Currency
- 13,183,978
- Population
- EC
- Country Code
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Top Hotels in Quito, Ecuador
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Swissotel Quito
155 reviews -
Hilton Colon Quito
138 reviews -
Hilton Colon Guayaquil
156 reviews
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JW Marriott Hotel Quito
265 reviews
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Hotel Oro Verde Guayaquil
149 reviews
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Hotel Quito
169 reviews
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Sheraton Quito
102 reviews
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Grand Hotel Guayaquil
69 reviews
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Holiday Inn Express Quito
55 reviews
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Unipark Hotel Guayaquil
52 reviews
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Radisson Royal Quito Hotel
168 reviews
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Mercure Grand Hotel Alameda Quito
136 reviews
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Sheraton Guayaquil Hotel
60 reviews
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BEST WESTERN PLUS Plaza Hotel Casino Quito
58 reviews -
Hotel Dann Carlton Quito
83 reviews
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Howard Johnson Hotel - Quito La Carolina
48 reviews
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Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel Manta Ecuador
31 reviews
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Akros Hotel Quito
24 reviews
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Hampton Inn by Hilton Guayaquil-Downtown
155 reviews
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Courtyard By Marriott Guayaquil
64 reviews
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Howard Johnson Guayaquil
38 reviews
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Hosteria Uzhupud Cuenca
22 reviews
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nu house boutique hotel Quito
153 reviews
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Hotel Ramada Guayaquil
28 reviews
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Hotel Sebastian Quito
63 reviews
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Hotel Palace Guayaquil
45 reviews
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Continental Hotel Guayaquil
39 reviews
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Hotel Rio Amazonas Internacional Quito
59 reviews
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Hotel Chalet Suisse Quito
8 reviews -
El Dorado Hotel Cuenca
38 reviews
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Oro Verde Hotel Manta
32 reviews
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Embassy Hotel Quito
24 reviews
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Howard Johnson Hotel Loja
18 reviews
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La Casa del Suizo Quito
50 reviews
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Hostal Alcala Quito
23 reviews
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Hotel San Andres Cuenca
1 review
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Oro Verde Machala Hotel
9 reviews -
Arasha Tropical Rainforest Resort & Spa Pedro Vicente Maldonado
36 reviews
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Hotel Crespo Cuenca
22 reviews
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Htl Rest Mer Cuenca
38 reviews
Quito, Ecuador
Travel Blogs from Quito, Ecuador, Ecuador
Great Start
This is a top pick! ... newly graduated Peace Corps Trainee: I have received information on a whole slew of them in the scandulous bus terminal of Quito) I initially kept walking for reasons I am not really sure of; perhaps because of the frusteration of the organization of ...
I strongly dislike MIA (and Quito is pretty cool)
This is a top pick! So here I am in Quito, Ecuador after an extremely long >24 hours of travel. I was scheduled for a 2.5 hour layover in Miami, but our 5:02 PM departure time came and went, without much of an explanation offered. Finally the news trickled through the ...
Thanksgiving
This is a top pick! Dinner was nice. Ate with an embassy family, Michael St. Clairīs family. Michael was the chef and they didnīt have any servants which is also out of the norm for an embassy family... They lived in an Austrian Mansion built maybe 50 years ago. ...
All for San Pedro
This is a top pick! Yesterday we, yes about 2000 people and myself, danced through the streets of Cayambe. I still don{t really understand exactly their religious reasoning behind it all (they say it is for San Pedro) but other reasons may consist of getting really drunk, ...
Isn't it hot and humid at the Equator?
This is a top pick! Arrive in Quito, Ecuador... a bit of information for those of you plannint to wander around S America some day...if you enter Ecuador, you need proof that youīre going to leave again...like a plane tkt out of there....which I didnīt have...in which case ...
Swearing-In Ceremony
This is a top pick! This morning the U.S. Ambassador swore-in us Peace Corps. Volunteers at her residence... It is quite the estate our government has overlooking Volcanoes, sitting on the edge of a 300 foot ...
im doing well
This is a top pick! ... the Festivities for St. Pedro yesterday which was at the park of Cayambe. Lots of very rich culture, food, dancing, and pride Ecuador has and I am sooo excited to keep on learning, immersing, and growing myself along with those who are involved with my ...
Living it up in Quito
This is a top pick! ... more and more we prefer being out of cities and wandering around the countryside, however all in all I really enjoyed our time in Quito, mainly because our apartment felt like a home and it was nice having the routine of Spanish lessons, albeit for a ...
It's the middle of the world as we know it...
This is a top pick! ... , myself excluded, was very tan unless otherwise noted). I told him a little about my trip, how I'm hoping to travel through Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. I mentioned how I knew it would be very difficult to reach the northeastern part of the Amazon in ...
Leaving on a jet plane, better get seat 23A...
This is a top pick! ... on the plane...sorry about that). This put me about 7 degrees of separation away from the Arpis. In Ecuador, this means I'm family. They live in Quito, about a 5 minute walk from the Airport (read: convenience). The house is like every house here: ...
extraction from the islands....
This is a top pick! ... are throngs of people in the streets....everyone is out...not only for the whole very serious religious theme going on for Semana Santa but also to socialize and to festivalize... Quito at its best as far as I'm concerned...must be time to move ...
A slice of Home
This is a top pick! Hi, So I got a phone call last night!!!!! : ) Yes my frined Sharon called and it was so nice to have a chat with someone from home. Even if she killed herself laughing at me being called "Hulia" by Olga. (Sometimes I even get "Hulita" as a nickname). ...
I'll make you famous!
This is a top pick! Dean: Just to let you all know, we have added an extra entry for Boston (USA). Itīs entry number 29 "I'll make you famous!". We will leave you to see what it is all ...
The Gorgeous Galapagos
This is a top pick! ... Islands is truly the most amazing place on earth! Its indescribably beautiful...... Let me start from the beginning..... I flew out of Quito about 2 weeks ago onto the main island, where I met a cool Israeli girl, Osnat, and we sorted out a place ...
Conspiracy Theory
This is a top pick! ... we spend only 2 hrs in class and the other 2 we go on a field trip with the school to the top of a mountain here in Quito. Today it is "cold" according to the locals. It is 17 degrees! It is raining and the clouds are hanging low over the city. I ...
Bladders weren't made to be tested
This is a top pick! ... pass up a toilet break when it’s offered to you. Never ever! In hindsight, we did have an awesome ride into Quito and I wouldn’t do anything different (except take that toilet break at the toll booth before the drive through Quito traffic). ...
Off to see a Penguin!!!!
This is a top pick! ... tomorrow from Quito - really cold here at 10,000 feet altitude(wearing my down jacket as I write this!) , to Guayaquil (middle of Ecuador)then on to the Galapagos Islands - obviously sea level. Yesterday we flew from Manta - sea level to ...
Questionnaire for Mollie
This is a top pick! ... in Spanish with native speakers/teachers and received training on presenting all of the PC material on all of the issues that PC Ecuador is promoting. However, PC Ecuador is known for being the most organized and together, largely because we have gone ...
Volcano Views and Bones in our Soup
This is a top pick! We made it to Ecuador! Monday was long, but no problems. We left Kzoo at 8:25 in the morning and after stops in Detroit and Houston, arrived in Quito at around 10:20 that night. We managed to pack light enough not to have to check anything (but had to ...
4 months in...
This is a top pick! ... make it a great place to be, and I have fallen in love with diving in the Caribbean Sea! We are now in South America, in Quito, which has changed since we were here last (about five years ago). It seems to have come on in leaps and bounds and is a very ...
Getting high in Quito
This is a top pick! ... but said yes so again we avoiding the tax desk and just went through. Nobody batted an eye-lid so I was on my way to Quito, Ecuador and our 23rd country of the trip. I spent most of the flight writing the blog and sat next to a man with the ...
A Near Death Experience and the Return of Esteban
This is a top pick! ... cost $16 US and came with a side of potatoes and avocadoes in a delicious cream sauce. Pretty expensive sure, but In Ecuador, guinea pig or ĻcuyĻ is considered a delicacy. And to be safe, I ate it at a classy restaurant to make sure ...
Ola
This is a top pick! ... is much cheaper here. .70 US an hour.In Panama city it was $2.50 an hour. We havenīt decided what to do here in Ecuador other than the Spanish classes and a trip to the Galapagos Islands. Anyone have any input? It sure was nice to be home over the ...
And so it begins...
This is a top pick! ... Garden today after they were full yesterday, a very cool little hostel in town with an incredible rooftop patio overlooking the old city. Ecuador is going to be very cheap and give the budget a nice soft start (just finished a massive two course meal with ...
around quito
This is a top pick! I spent my first full day in Quito walking around the Old Town part of the city and going to the Basilica here. We learned how to salsa (sort of) on the roof of the hostel last night. I walked around the city with Karen, who is from Atlanta and is ...
Back to the start ...
This is a top pick! ... my knees on the kerb to get away from a yappy dog. Not one of my finest moments. - inadvertently asking a waiter in Ecuador for a well-known sexual position when I meant to ask for seafood pasta. - knocking a small boy over with my rucksack then ...
Saying goodbye in Quito
This is a top pick! ... for one last time. On Monday morning, after Pete and Jen had finished their packing, we headed down to the Old Town of Quito for a bit of sightseeing... though we had spent quite a bit of time in Quito, it was always in transit to/from Galapagos or ...
Cool Quito and Beautiful Baņos
This is a top pick! ... as it is testing. But I had a week of freedom left so it was off to Baņos .. the premium holiday resort for Ecuador (apparently more popular for Ecuadorians than Galapagos). Baņos is in a stunning setting with huge hills on all sides and built on a ...
Quito - Our first stop in South America
This is a top pick! ... was really good, and it fulfilled a craving I have had since the US. We didn't feel like we had seen much of Quito in our last trip to Ecuador (mainly due to altitude sickness) so we went to the old town to have a look around. We got the bus over and ...
Hablamos Espagnol muy bien a hora!
This is a top pick! ... city. We went to the square behind us where there were loads of tvs and supporters watching it. Was a great match (Ecuador won 3-0 if you didnt know) and the atmosphere was fantastic as hundreds of people were watching and getting very emotional about ...