If you want to experience some relaxing time at an authentic Ecuadorean hacienda without paying very much, then Hacienda Guachala is a perfect choice. A friend and I stayed here for two nights mid-week in March 2011 before spending a weekend in Otavalo. Even if you don’t have time to stay for a night or two, I would highly recommend... More

My room and the grounds of this hacienda were stunning. It's like a parador in Spain - a historic property renovated into a small hotel. It was cool exploring the chapel, the courtyard and the outbuildings of the hacienda. Our room was spacious, with rustic furniture and an painting of the Virgin in a niche above the bedroom. It's not... More

Fantastic place. Yes it is old, and this is what it is all about: it is beautiful. The rooms are rustic but very atmospheric and the log fires in both our rooms made them very cosy. We stayed 5 nights and we would have loved to stay longer (Tim worked in Quito and easily commuted between Guachala and the city).... More

The hacienda is OLD! You feel the age not because the place is a tiny bit run down, but because it has this special atmosphere. It is almost like sleeping in a museum. And for me, a European without any previous experience with South America it was a place taken out from an adventure novel written a century ago! If... More

We stayed here while exploring the Cayumbe area between Quito and Otavalo in July 2007. Guachala is the oldest Spanish hacienda in Ecuador with an illustrious list of presidents and dignitaries as past owners and guests. Built around 1580 it is a grand old plantation style estate with ecclectic rooms and Andean decor. We enjoyed walking the grounds and discovered... More