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DoubleTree is the Malecón hotel you get to the airport on your own. The hotel says it has no airport shuttle, so the morning ride is a taxi or an app.
The evening is good on paper: an outdoor pool, a gym, a spa and river-front rooms. Breakfast isn’t mentioned at all.
Book your taxi the night before. Then enjoy the river.
Book it if
- You want a river-front room by the Malecón
- You don’t mind booking your own airport ride
Look elsewhere if
- You want a hotel shuttle to GYE
- You want breakfast confirmed
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the departure gate, using only what DoubleTree Guayaquil publishes and our own map estimates.
An on-site restaurant, per the hotel, unnamed on the page we read.
No airport shuttle, per the hotel, which puts the airport 6.2 km away. Book an airport taxi or a ride-hail app for the morning.
Breakfast isn’t mentioned on the Hilton page we read, so ask whether your rate includes it.
About 3.6 km from the terminal by our map; the hotel says 6.2 km by road. No shuttle, so line up a taxi the night before.
Complimentary self-parking for your stay, per the hotel; a surcharge applies for non-guests. Nothing covers the days you’re in the islands.
Night-Before Score: 30 of 100
Every point comes from DoubleTree’s own Hilton page; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to your flight
By our map estimate DoubleTree Guayaquil is about 3.6 km from Guayaquil Airport in a straight line, and about 3.6 km from GYE departures. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
The hotel says there’s no airport shuttle. An unofficial guide puts the official airport taxi at about US$5 to 8 to downtown.
No airport shuttle, per the hotel, which puts the airport 6.2 km away. Book an airport taxi or a ride-hail app for the morning.
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.
Complimentary self-parking for your stay, per the hotel; a surcharge applies for non-guests. Nothing covers the days you’re in the islands.
Parking for your stay: Complimentary self-parking, per the hotel.
No airport shuttle, per the hotel, which puts the airport 6.2 km away. Book an airport taxi or a ride-hail app for the morning.
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, DoubleTree Guayaquil is about 3.6 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
~3.6 km, straight lineAbout 3.6 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 unconfirmedComplimentary self-parking for your stay, per the hotel; a surcharge applies for non-guests. Nothing covers the days 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
Food or bar on siteAn on-site restaurant, per the hotel, unnamed on the page we read.
Breakfast
Breakfast not statedBreakfast isn’t mentioned on the Hilton page we read, so ask whether your rate includes it.
Address
Malecón Simón Bolívar, downtownSimón Bolívar Palacios, Guayaquil (no street number on the Hilton page); the hotel puts the Mercado Artesanal 50 m away
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from DoubleTree Guayaquil and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm whether breakfast is included, restaurant name and hours, street address, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Breakfast isn’t mentioned on the Hilton page we read, so ask whether your rate includes it.
Parking for your stay
Complimentary self-parking, per the hotel
Pool
An outdoor pool, per the hotel.
Pets
Allowed: US$50 non-refundable, per the hotel.
Food and drink on site
- RestaurantUnnamed on the Hilton page
Rooms
Rooms include river-front king rooms, per the hotel’s photo captions. No room count is published.
Accessibility
DoubleTree Guayaquil’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 allowedYes
Also worth knowing
- River-front rooms, per the photo captions
- The page doesn’t confirm opening status; it shows no closure notice
- No airport shuttle
Before you book
Worth knowing
- No airport shuttle, per the hotel.
- Breakfast isn’t mentioned.
- No street number published.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Whether breakfast is included
- Restaurant name and hours
- Street address
Every hotel fact here comes from DoubleTree’s own Hilton page, 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 DoubleTree Guayaquil: the Guayaquil gateway guide and our Galápagos cruise guide.
River views tonight, a taxi to GYE in the morning.
Tell us your flight date and we’ll check DoubleTree Guayaquil for the night before. No payment on the form.
DoubleTree Guayaquil FAQ
Does DoubleTree Guayaquil have an airport shuttle?
No, per the hotel. It puts the airport 6.2 km away.
Does DoubleTree by Hilton Guayaquil have a pool?
Yes, an outdoor pool, per the hotel.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the flight date and we’ll line up DoubleTree Guayaquil, the ride to the airport and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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