Photo of Hosteria San Mateo Cotopaxi
The Entry Local Animals Somethings for the Children The Garden

Hosteria San Mateo Cotopaxi

Via Latacunga Km, 75, P.O.Box 17-03-407 Cotopaxi, Quito, Ecuador

Travel Blogs Nearby

Quito, Cotopaxi and Atacames

A travel blog entry by corriepoland

35

... but the climb itself started off fine. As hours passed climbing at a steady rate uphill (many spots very steep and we had to all be roped together), the combination of a chest cold and altitude was making it very difficult for me to breath. We plugged on until about 5:30a, literally climbing vertical walls...Unfortunately, our guide told us when we were just under 5000 meters, that we had to go back because we wouldn't have enough time to get ...

Heavy Metal Ecuador Style.

A travel blog entry by heatheravan

This is a top pick!
10

... of the Church against the milling crowd of Goths and Bikies. We alighted and stayed, taking in the scene awhile, listening to the (very bad and very loud) music and marveling at the surprises that are always in store when you travel. The further incongruousness was not lost on us, that, here we were, two, not so young Australians, looking "turtle like" with our backpacks on, and swaying along to a badly executed old Santana cover.

The ...

Day 14 – The beauty of Quito

A travel blog entry by saseau

23

... of La Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús (The Church of the Society of Jesus) started in 1605 and was finished in 1765. We have never been sadder that we weren’t allowed to take photos. The church is 4,500 square meters large and is entirely gilded in 23K gold.

The bell tower was one of the tallest structures from the colonial period, but fell as effect of the earthquakes of 1859 & 1868. Over the past twenty-years, the ...

Day 13 - 3.10685596 mile club!!

A travel blog entry by saseau

19

... 75-85 years old.

The museum was nice, but not what we were here to see. We downed some coca tea and jumped back in the jeep and headed uphill.

At around 4,500 meters, we left the safety of our jeep (or our perceived safety) and into the biting wind. It was there that we started our slow ascent and there that the sleet started.

Great effort was required to slowly trudge up the switchbacks, as the high altitude is thin. ...

From the Andes to the beach

A travel blog entry by cjandtheswede

5

... no crocs at the moment though!). A very steep hike up to the town of Chugchilan set on the edge of the gorge ended the day. The next day a local Quechua festival was to take place with all the local villages participating and as much cuy (guinea pig) as you could eat. Unfortunately we had to head off early in the morning and would have to miss all the festivities!

Day 3 saw us hike ...

Search Cotopaxi Hotels

City:
Check-in:

mm/dd/yyyy
Check-out:

mm/dd/yyyy
Adults:
Price level:
Previous
The Entry
Next