Accommodation - Homestays

For students wanting to make the most of their Spanish study, we suggest a homestay for your accommodation here in Quito. Staying with an Ecuadorian host family gives you the chance to practice Spanish and learn more about daily life in Ecuador.

Yanapuma also offers hostal and hotel accommodation in single room and shared rooms to its students and volunteers, both short-term and long-term. Offerings range from basic to mid-range in price and quality. For longer term students, we also offer accommodations in an apartment.

About our Homestays:

Yanapuma provides homestays with carefully screened local families. You can have either 2 or 3 meals per day with your family, but be aware that sometimes returning to your homestay for lunch can interfere with plans, visits, or your ability to lunch with new friends on the spur of the moment.

Prices for our homestays are $16.00 per night with 2 meals (breakfast and dinner) included.

Here are descriptions of some of the families that we recommend

 

The Vasquez family consists of the father (architect), mother (graduate in tourism) and two children 22 and 24. Their first-floor house is located on the Avenida Gasca about 25 minutes walk from the school near several major transport lines. It has a garden that you can relax in. The whole family are very outgoing and love to talk to foreigners, and the children love to dance, do sports, cook and travel.

Dra. Rivera offers 3 rooms for students in her large house in a secure neighborhood with great views. Though located on the edge of the city of Quito, it is only a 20 minute walk from our office (Quito is a very long and narrow city, bounded on one side by high mountains and on the other by a steep valley, on the edge of which sits the Rivera house). She lives with her two daughters. There are many restaurants and bars nearby, and it is close to “Ocho y Medio,” an alternative film theater that shows many interesting films in both English, Spanish, and other languages.

The Familia Sosa consists of 3 sisters who live together, with another sister who lives in an adjoining apartment who has two children. So there is always plenty of conversation in this home stay. The house is a 20 minute walk from the school and has two guest rooms. There is also access to a terrace with a view of the north of the city.

Lorena Campana lives with two young children in an apartment that has 3 guest rooms, an internal patio and an external terrace. It is about a 20 minute walk to the school.

The Aguirre family has a son who is at university who visits at the weekends. The home has two bedrooms for students (a single and a double) with a shared bathroom. It is about a 20 minute walk to the school through a quiet sector of the city.

The Porras family consists of the mother, Pilar, and her oldest son who is working and younger daughter who is just finishing high-school. They live in a high rise apartment on the edge of the Mariscal district, just about 10 minutes walk from our Spanish school.