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Sonesta scores on distance and nothing else. By our pins it’s about 1.1 km from the terminal, in the Mall del Sol cluster with the Sheraton.
Frommer’s describes a pool, a sauna, View By Sonesta and an airport shuttle. That listing is undated, and we couldn’t read a Sonesta page for the hotel, so none of it earns points.
Call the hotel before you book. Confirm the name, the shuttle and the breakfast.
Book it if
- You want to be near the airport and will confirm the details yourself
Look elsewhere if
- You want facts from the hotel itself
- You want breakfast confirmed
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the departure gate, using only what Sonesta Guayaquil publishes and our own map estimates.
Frommer’s lists View By Sonesta, a pool, a gym, a sauna and a steam bath — unconfirmed by the hotel, so check they’re open.
Frommer’s lists both a free airport shuttle and a shuttle with a surcharge, and puts the airport about one mile away. Ask the hotel which applies.
Frommer’s describes a daily breakfast buffet without saying it’s in the rate.
About 1.1 km from the terminal by our map. Ask the front desk about the shuttle, or take a short taxi.
Parking isn’t mentioned on the listing. Ask if you’re driving.
Night-Before Score: 30 of 100
Every point comes from our map pins and, for the facts shown, its undated Frommer’s listing, which earns no points (we couldn’t read a Sonesta page for it); the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to your flight
By our map estimate Sonesta Guayaquil is about 1.1 km from Guayaquil Airport in a straight line, and about 1.1 km from GYE departures. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
Frommer’s lists a free airport shuttle and also a surcharge shuttle. We couldn’t confirm either with the hotel.
Frommer’s lists both a free airport shuttle and a shuttle with a surcharge, and puts the airport about one mile away. Ask the hotel which applies.
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.
Parking isn’t mentioned on the listing. Ask if you’re driving.
Parking for your stay: Not stated.
Frommer’s lists both a free airport shuttle and a shuttle with a surcharge, and puts the airport about one mile away. Ask the hotel which applies.
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, Sonesta Guayaquil is about 1.1 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
~1.1 km, straight lineAbout 1.1 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 unconfirmedParking isn’t mentioned on the listing. Ask if you’re driving.
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 statedFrommer’s names View By Sonesta for local and international food — a listing, so it doesn’t score.
Breakfast
Breakfast unconfirmedFrommer’s describes a daily breakfast buffet without saying it’s in the rate.
Address
Av. Joaquín Orrantia, by Mall del SolAv. Joaquín Orrantia y L. Benítez, Guayaquil (Frommer’s)
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Sonesta Guayaquil and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm the hotel’s own website, whether it still operates under the sonesta name, breakfast, the shuttle and the pool, from the hotel itself, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Frommer’s describes a daily breakfast buffet without saying it’s in the rate.
Parking for your stay
Not stated
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Not stated on the pages we read.
Food and drink on site
- View By SonestaPer Frommer’s
Rooms
No room count on the listing we read.
Accessibility
Its listing doesn’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsNot stated
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Every fact here is from an undated Frommer’s listing
- Outdoor pool, gym, sauna and steam bath, per the listing
- Confirm the hotel still trades under this name before you book
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Every fact here is from an undated listing.
- Shuttle may be free or charged.
- Our pin is an estimate.
What we couldn’t confirm
- The hotel’s own website
- Whether it still operates under the Sonesta name
- Breakfast, the shuttle and the pool, from the hotel itself
Every hotel fact here comes from our map pins and, for the facts shown, its undated Frommer’s listing, which earns no points (we couldn’t read a Sonesta page for it), 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 Sonesta Guayaquil: the Guayaquil gateway guide and our Galápagos cruise guide.
Close to GYE — confirm the rest with a call.
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Sonesta Guayaquil FAQ
How far is Sonesta Guayaquil from the airport?
About one mile, per Frommer’s; about 1.1 km in a straight line by our map.
Does Sonesta Guayaquil have an airport shuttle?
Frommer’s lists a free shuttle and a surcharge shuttle. Confirm with the hotel.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the flight date and we’ll line up Sonesta Guayaquil, the ride to the airport and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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