10 Best Hotels in Quito, Ecuador: Old Town to La Carolina (2026)

Casa Gangotena Boutique Hotel is the old Gangotena family mansion, dating back to the Spanish colonial era and rebuilt top to bottom into the only 5-star boutique hotel in Quito that belongs to Relais & Châteaux — with 1 Michelin Key and the Ecuador's Leading Boutique Hotel award on the shelf. It sits right on Plaza San Francisco, the oldest and prettiest square in Centro Historico, the heart of a district that UNESCO listed in 1978 as one of the first World Heritage old towns on Earth. All 31 rooms are dressed in local art, woven textiles and hardwood furniture with a colonial feel. The detail guests rave about most is the rooftop view of the gold-leaf La Compania church, with the Panecillo hill rising behind it. Service draws near-unanimous praise for being warm and remembering guests by name. Best for couples and luxury travelers who want UNESCO heritage on the doorstep.

JW Marriott Hotel Quito is the brand's flagship in Ecuador, built as a clear glass pyramid that stands out in the La Carolina financial district in central Quito. It sits right next to Parque La Carolina, a big city park, and about 2.8 miles from the UNESCO World Heritage Old Town. Walk into the lobby and you meet a bouquet of fresh Ecuadorian roses changed daily, then an open tropical garden in the core of the building with a heated outdoor pool that stays warm even when Quito nights turn cold. It's 5-star with 257 rooms, starting rooms a roomy 42 sqm, many looking out at the Pichincha volcano. The real draw is the service that countless reviews call the best in Latin America. Rates start around $214 a night, and at 2,850 metres of altitude the hotel keeps coca tea, oxygen and cold towels ready. Overall 9.0/10.

Hotel Plaza Grande is a 15-suite heritage boutique set in a 1930s building right above Plaza de la Independencia — the main square of Quito, ringed by the Cathedral, the Palacio de Carondelet (the presidential palace) and the Archbishop's Palace. The building was one of the city's first hotels before a luxury restoration in the 2000s that kept every original detail: wrought-iron stair rails, ceilings nearly 5 metres high, Baccarat crystal chandeliers and old oak floors. Its restaurant La Belle Époque does gourmet French-Ecuadorian food and ranks among the finest dinners in Old Town, with live opera on some evenings and a night horse-carriage tour that loops the historic centre. You can walk to the Cathedral and Palacio de Carondelet in about 1 minute, and it sits at #19 of 173 Quito hotels on Tripadvisor. Suites start around $385 a night and run bigger than a standard 5-star room. Overall 9.2/10 — best for couples and luxury travelers who love the past.

Illa Experience Hotel is a tiny boutique of just 10 suites set in an 1800s colonial mansion in San Marcos, one of the oldest districts of Quito — the Ecuadorian capital that has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1978. What sets it apart is a design concept that climbs era by era as you go up: the ground floor keeps an old Spanish colonial feel, the middle floor turns republican 19th-century, and the top floor goes contemporary — so a multi-night stay feels like time travel under one roof. The restaurant Nuema, run by chef Alejandro Chamorro, is among the best contemporary Ecuadorian kitchens in the country, working with native ingredients from the Andes and the Amazon on a tasting menu that guests call the dinner of the trip. Every afternoon there are free workshops too — weaving a real Panama hat and making ice cream in the lobby. Rooms start around $329 a night, and it scores 9.3/10 on both Agoda and Booking. Best for couples and travelers who want Ecuadorian culture up close.

Swissôtel Quito is a 5-star tower in the La Floresta district on the north side of Quito, sitting right next to the World Trade Center and Parque La Carolina, the city's largest park. It's about a 15-minute drive to Old Town, the UNESCO World Heritage core. The building runs to roughly 232 rooms and suites, and the upper floors look straight out at Pichincha and the Quito skyline. The detail reviewers keep coming back to is the spa, which packs in a sauna, a Turkish steam bath, an outdoor rooftop jacuzzi, and an outdoor tennis court that's genuinely rare for a downtown hotel. The Café Swiss restaurant serves what locals rate as one of the best breakfast buffets in town. Rooms start around $120 a night, which is strong value for a 5-star this complete, and the overall score lands at 8.6/10 — a fit for business travelers and leisure guests who want comfort at a sensible price.

Hilton Colon Quito is the tall flagship Hilton tower that has anchored the north end of La Mariscal since 1967 — a landmark every quiteño knows. Across the street sits Parque El Ejido, a big city park where Ecuadorian artists set up a craft market every Saturday and Sunday evening, and the real ace is that the metro El Ejido station sits right in front of the building. That puts you a few stops from Old Town to the south and the La Carolina business district to the north on the city's first metro line. Inside are 485 rooms, a spa, fitness center, casino, indoor and outdoor pools, and 6 places to eat — Japanese, Italian and a 24-hour café. High south-facing rooms throw in a full view of the Pichincha volcano. Guests agree on the location and the staff; the gripe is room decor that still carries an older-hotel feel. Overall 8.4/10, best for travelers who want a fully-loaded home base in Quito.

Hotel Patio Andaluz is a 4-star, 31-room boutique set inside a late-16th-century mansion — over 400 years old — on García Moreno street in the heart of Quito's Centro Histórico. The building is listed as a National Monument of Ecuador and sits within the old town that UNESCO named a World Heritage Site. Open the door and you walk into a two-storey stone courtyard wrapped in Andalusian-style arches that doubles as the lobby, the restaurant El Rincón de Cantuña serving Ecuadorian and international plates, and an afternoon lounging spot. Location is the strongest card here — 150 metres from Plaza Grande, the presidential square, the gold-leafed La Compañía church 5 minutes on foot, and San Francisco church 7 minutes. Rooms start around $100 a night, with an 8.8 on Agoda, 8.9 on Booking, for an overall 8.8/10 — a fit for couples and history lovers who want walk-everywhere old-town charm.

Hotel Quito by Sercotel is a 4-star, 102-room hotel perched on Av. González Suárez, the ridge road along Quito's eastern edge, right next to El Mirador de Guápulo, one of the city's favorite viewpoints. The original building opened in the 1960s as one of Quito's landmark works of modernism, and it's now run by Spain's Sercotel group, which modernized it while keeping the period Art Deco feel. The selling point is the view: valley-side rooms look out over the Guápulo Valley, and on clear days the glacier cone of Cayambe (5,790m) lines up behind the city. The outdoor pool is heated — genuinely rare in a city that stays cool all year — and the top-floor restaurant, Techo del Mundo, is known for sunsets over the rooftops. It's about 10 minutes by taxi from the Old Town and La Mariscal, so it suits travelers who want a quiet view over a busy center. Overall score 8.2/10.

Wyndham Garden Quito is a renovated 4-star midscale of about 110 rooms on Av. de la Republica, right against Parque La Carolina — the city's largest park — and a few minutes' walk from El Jardin and Quicentro Shopping in Quito's newer banking-and-office district (La Carolina/Inaquito). The building feels genuinely new inside: clean, understated rooms, fast Wi-Fi, an included breakfast buffet, an indoor pool, a gym and a meeting room. Guest scores run 8.6/10 on Booking and 8.5 on Agoda, and it ranks #4 of 153 Quito hotels on Tripadvisor at 4.5 stars. The real draw is staff warmth that punches above midscale, plus rates from about $70 a night — half what the JW Marriott and Swissotel a few blocks away charge. The trade-off: it sits 8–10 km from the Old Town, and the 2,850 m altitude can bring a rough first night. Overall 8.5/10, good for business, families and first-timers who want a safe, easy, sensibly priced base.

Selina Quito is one branch of the Panama-born hostel-hotel hybrid chain that has spread across Latin America over the past 5-6 years, aimed squarely at younger travelers. This location sits in the heart of La Mariscal, Quito's number-one nightlife district, about a 2-minute walk from Plaza Foch — the square ringed with restaurants, bars and small clubs. The pitch is choice under one roof: 4-8 bed dorms from around $21 a night and private king/queen rooms at roughly $51-80, plus a 24-hour co-working café, a shared kitchen for cooking your own meals, a smoking balcony, and lounge corners done in earth tones and Andean woven textiles. The crowd is mostly backpackers pausing before they push on to Galápagos, the Amazon or Cotopaxi. It pulls a combined 7.8/10 on Booking and Agoda, with reviewers praising the position, the convenience, and the traveler-community feel.