Accommodation

For students wanting to make the most of their Spanish study, we suggest a homestay for your accommodation here in Quito. Staying with a family gives you the chance to practice Spanish and to interact with a local family, learning 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.

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 $14.50 per night with 2 meals (breakfast and dinner) included.

Brief descriptions of some of our homestay families follow:

Susana Guttierez lives with her daughter, a teacher, in the old part of Quito. The home is a 12 minute ride to the office on the Ecovia, a mass transport system that runs almost door to door. This accommodation is on the third floor of an older house, quaint, with nice views of parts of the old town, There are two rooms, one single and one double (for a couple). Vegetarians are welcome. Includes laundry service.

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.

Hotels and Hostals:

Rincon Escandinavo Hotel

This is a comfortable, clean hotel located on a quiet street on the very edge of the main tourist area of Quito. The hotel has its own restaurant. It is only 3 minutes walk to restaurants, bars, nightclubs and shops, and only 5 minutes walk to our Spanish school. All rooms are en-suite and have TVs, and there is room service available.

Prices for Rincon Escandinavo are as follows (per person):

	Single	Double
Private Room/Private Bath	$23.00	$18.00

Hotel San Francisco de Quito

Located in Quito's Colonial downtown, considered the largest and best preserved architectural space in the Americas, this hotel is situated in a carefully restored 17th century colonial house. All rooms are recently renovated, and offer private bathroom, TV, telephone and permanent hot water. A common room in the hotel has cable TV, free wireless internet, and comfortable couches. The hotel also offers a cafeteria, jacuzzi, sauna, steam bath, laundry service, fax, safety boxes and luggage storage. Suites with kitchen are available.

Prices for Hotel San Francisco de Quito are as follows (per person):

	Single	Double
Private Room and Bath	$24.00	$19.00
Suite with Kitchen	$28.00	$22.00

Hostal Otavalo Huasi

The Otavalo Huasi Hostal is situated in the heart of the main tourist area of Quito, and is run by Ruben and Alberto who both speak a little English. It is a ten minute walk from the Spanish school. Accommodations are simple and new, and there are en suite single rooms and shared rooms with shared bathroom facilities. There is a kitchen for guests. Room prices for those staying four days or more include a simple breakfast of tea/coffee, bread and butter/jam, fruit salad and juice. It is run by indigenous Otovalans and is decorated and furnished with traditional designs, murals and crafts.

Prices for Otavalo Huasi are as follows (per person):

	Single	Double
Private Room and Bath	$11.00	$10.00
Private Room, Shared Bath	$8.50	$7.50