Address
Casa Gangotena
Bolívar, Cuenca, OE6-41, 170401 Quito, Ecuador
Lowest upcoming
$419
24 May 2026
Highest upcoming
$712
5 Mar 2027
Median nightly
$497
across 365 upcoming days
Cheapest week
24 to 30 May
9% below annual median
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Cheapest week ahead: 24–30 May 2026
at $455/night
(9% below median)
Review
Condé Nast Readers' Choice 2025 · 2024 · 2022 · 2021
Character and identity
Set in a restored 1926 mansion on the edge of Plaza San Francisco, this 31-room hotel occupies one of the most storied addresses in Quito's old town, the first city ever inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The three-story building leans into its period bones with an old-world register: formal but warm, intimate in scale. The signature move is the third-floor wraparound terrace, which opens onto the plaza and the seventeenth-century Jesuit cathedral of La Compañía. Expect haute cooking in the dining room and a small, low-lit bar for after-dark drinks.
Who's it for
Best for:
Culturally curious couples and solo travellers who want to walk straight out into colonial Quito's churches, plazas and museums, and who value a small, mansion-scale property with serious dining over resort sprawl. A natural pre- or post-Galápagos base for design-minded guests who appreciate heritage architecture.
Should look elsewhere:
Families needing kids' programming, pool days or large suites, and anyone after a contemporary, minimalist aesthetic. The historic-centre location means street noise and altitude rather than seclusion, and with only 31 rooms and a single restaurant, this isn't a hotel for guests who want extensive on-site facilities.
Bottom line
What you're really buying is the address: a heritage mansion pressed up against Plaza San Francisco, with a terrace view of La Compañía that few hotels in South America can match. Book it if old Quito is the point of the trip, and ask for a plaza-facing room with terrace access to justify the rate.
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Bolívar, Cuenca, OE6-41, 170401 Quito, Ecuador
Ecuador · 0.2212° S, 78.5154° W
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