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Hotel del Parque is the night that feels like part of the trip. A 19th-century building inside the Parque Histórico, 44 rooms, per Ecoventura and Virtuoso, and a spa in the old bell tower, per the hotel.
It scores low here, and that’s the method, not the hotel. The restaurant, the breakfast and the airport transfer all come from Ecoventura’s package or Virtuoso’s listing, not the hotel’s own page — so they earn nothing.
Book it through a package that includes the transfer. Lindblad and Ecoventura both name it.
Book it if
- You want one memorable night before the islands
- You’re booking a line package that includes it
Look elsewhere if
- You want the shortest ride to GYE
- You want breakfast confirmed by the hotel itself
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the departure gate, using only what Hotel del Parque publishes and our own map estimates.
The spa sits in the old chapel’s bell tower, per the hotel. Ecoventura points to Casa Julián, steps away, for dinner.
No shuttle is listed on the hotel’s page. Ecoventura’s pre-cruise package includes private airport transfers and calls the drive about 20 minutes; outside a package, book a car.
Ecoventura’s package includes breakfast in the courtyard, and Virtuoso includes it for its guests. The hotel’s own page doesn’t say every rate does, so ask.
About 2.2 km from the terminal in a straight line by our map — but across the Daule River, and Ecoventura puts the drive at about 20 minutes. Leave with that in mind.
Virtuoso lists complimentary parking for your stay. Nothing covers a car while you’re in the islands.
Night-Before Score: 24 of 100
Every point comes from Hotel del Parque’s page on the Oro Verde Hotels site, plus Ecoventura and Virtuoso for the unscored facts; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to your flight
By our map estimate Hotel del Parque is about 2.2 km from Guayaquil Airport in a straight line, and about 2.2 km from GYE departures. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
Ecoventura’s pre-cruise package includes a private airport transfer with an English-speaking guide. The hotel’s own page doesn’t mention one.
No shuttle is listed on the hotel’s page. Ecoventura’s pre-cruise package includes private airport transfers and calls the drive about 20 minutes; outside a package, book a car.
From GYE without a hotel shuttle
The airport doesn’t publish taxi fares, per one unofficial guide. Another puts the official airport taxi at about US$5 to 8 to downtown and a ride-hail app at about US$3 to 6 to the Malecón, and the Metrovía stop out front at US$0.30. The airport page has what is and isn’t published.
Virtuoso lists complimentary parking for your stay. Nothing covers a car while you’re in the islands.
Parking for your stay: Complimentary parking, per Virtuoso.
No shuttle is listed on the hotel’s page. Ecoventura’s pre-cruise package includes private airport transfers and calls the drive about 20 minutes; outside a package, book a car.
Landing the morning you fly to the islands? Ecoventura requires a night in Guayaquil or Quito before its Sunday flight, and the lines want you at the airport two hours or more ahead; the airport page has the landing check.
Which terminal
GYE departuresMeasured to the GYE departures area, where you validate the Transit Control Card and check in for the Galápagos flight, Hotel del Parque is about 2.2 km away in a straight line. There’s no gangway in Guayaquil — your ship waits on Baltra or San Cristóbal. The Guayaquil guide has the check-in steps.
Source: ecoventura.comDistance
~2.2 km, across the riverAbout 2.2 km from GYE departures in a straight line between our map pins. That’s a ride, not a walk.
Airport bus
Not statedThe hotel doesn’t mention the Metrovía. An unofficial airport guide puts the Aeropuerto stop in front of the terminal, by a footbridge, at US$0.30 with a rechargeable card.
Parking while you’re away
Long-stay parking
Long-stay parking unconfirmedVirtuoso lists complimentary parking for your stay. Nothing covers a car while you’re in the islands.
In town
Hotel rates onlyNobody publishes long-stay parking for a Galápagos departure, because the cruise starts on an island. Sheraton prints a nightly rate for checked-out guests, and the airport charges US$1.40 an hour, per Expreso — most travelers fly in and leave nothing to park.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Not statedVirtuoso describes a signature restaurant on the Daule River and patio dining; the hotel’s own page shows only a gastronomy photo, so it doesn’t score. The Reading Room has free coffee and pastries around the clock, per the hotel.
Breakfast
Breakfast in packagesEcoventura’s package includes breakfast in the courtyard, and Virtuoso includes it for its guests. The hotel’s own page doesn’t say every rate does, so ask.
Address
Parque Histórico, SamborondónParque Histórico Guayaquil, Km 1.2 vía a Samborondón, Av. Los Arcos y Malta, Samborondón (Virtuoso listing)
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Hotel del Parque and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm breakfast on a regular rate, an airport shuttle from the hotel itself, check-in and check-out times, its current brand affiliation, from the hotel itself, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Ecoventura’s package includes breakfast in the courtyard, and Virtuoso includes it for its guests. The hotel’s own page doesn’t say every rate does, so ask.
Parking for your stay
Complimentary parking, per Virtuoso
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Not stated on the pages we read.
Food and drink on site
- Restaurant on the DaulePer Virtuoso
- Reading RoomCoffee, juice and pastries, 24 hours, per the hotel
Rooms
44 rooms and suites, per Ecoventura and Virtuoso: Deluxe, Signature and Junior Suites with garden or historic-building views.
Accessibility
Hotel del Parque’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.
On site
- GymYes
- Sauna or spaYes
- Family roomsNot stated
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Relais & Châteaux, per Ecoventura
- Ecoventura’s 2025 two-night package with a Hacienda La Danesa day ran from US$865 per person, double
- Lindblad’s brochure names it for the Guayaquil stay on Galápagos Escape
- Booking.com slug seen: del-parque-guayaquil
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Across the river from the airport; about 20 minutes by car, per Ecoventura.
- Breakfast and transfers come in packages.
- Distance sources disagree.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Breakfast on a regular rate
- An airport shuttle from the hotel itself
- Check-in and check-out times
- Its current brand affiliation, from the hotel itself
Every hotel fact here comes from Hotel del Parque’s page on the Oro Verde Hotels site, plus Ecoventura and Virtuoso for the unscored facts, read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins, measured to our estimated pin for the GYE terminal; most hotel pins are our estimates from street addresses.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Hotel del Parque: the Guayaquil gateway guide and our Galápagos cruise guide.
A bell-tower spa, then across the river to GYE.
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Hotel del Parque FAQ
How far is Hotel del Parque from Guayaquil airport?
About 2.2 km in a straight line by our map, across the Daule River. Ecoventura says about a 20-minute drive.
Which Galápagos lines use Hotel del Parque?
Ecoventura sells a two-night pre-cruise package there, and Lindblad’s brochure names it for the Guayaquil stay on Galápagos Escape.
Is breakfast included at Hotel del Parque?
In Ecoventura’s package and for Virtuoso guests, yes. The hotel’s own page doesn’t say, so ask.
Booking the cruise too?
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