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Casa Gangotena is the old-town splurge, and the drive is the price. It offers airport transfers, runs its own restaurant with a bar and rooftop terrace, and lists spa treatments.
That earns it 15 for the ride — no price is published — and the city band costs it on distance. Its own blog says about an hour to the airport.
Book it as a first night, not the night before an 08:00 flight. Sleep by the airport for that one.
Book it if
- You want a night on Plaza San Francisco before the islands
- Your line gives you a free day in Quito first
- A rooftop terrace beats a pool
Look elsewhere if
- Your Galápagos flight leaves early
- You want breakfast confirmed
- You need a pool or a gym
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the departure gate, using only what Casa Gangotena publishes and our own map estimates.
The hotel’s restaurant, with a bar and lounge and bar service on the rooftop terrace, per Casa Gangotena.
Casa Gangotena says it offers airport transfers, without a price. Its own blog puts the airport about an hour away and a taxi at about US$25. Leave early for the counters.
Breakfast isn’t mentioned on the hotel’s pages we read, so ask whether your rate includes it.
UIO is about 21 km away in a straight line, and the hotel’s blog says about 43 km and an hour by road. Book the transfer and leave with a buffer.
Parking isn’t mentioned on the pages we read. Ask if you’re driving.
Night-Before Score: 27 of 100
Every point comes from Casa Gangotena’s own site; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to your flight
By our map estimate Casa Gangotena is about 21.1 km from Quito Airport in a straight line, and about 21.1 km from UIO domestic departures. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
The hotel offers airport transfers but publishes no price. Its blog puts a taxi at about US$25 and the drive at about an hour.
Casa Gangotena says it offers airport transfers, without a price. Its own blog puts the airport about an hour away and a taxi at about US$25. Leave early for the counters.
From UIO without a hotel shuttle
Diario Expreso (June 2025) puts an airport taxi at US$25 to 30 and a private car at US$15 to 20; buses to the Río Coca and Quitumbe terminals cost US$2. The old Aeroservicios shuttle has stopped running, per the same report. The airport page has the taxi, the bus and the timing.
Parking isn’t mentioned on the pages we read. Ask if you’re driving.
Parking for your stay: Not mentioned.
Casa Gangotena says it offers airport transfers, without a price. Its own blog puts the airport about an hour away and a taxi at about US$25. Leave early for the counters.
Landing the morning you fly to the islands? The TCT counter and the bag check come before airline check-in, and Quasar suggests at least two hours if you buy the card at the airport; the airport page has the landing check.
Which terminal
UIO domestic departuresThe morning job here is a flight, not a gangway: the Galápagos Transit Control Card counter, the ABG bag check, then airline check-in, all at UIO before you fly. Casa Gangotena is about 21.1 km from the airport in a straight line, measured to Wikipedia’s airport coordinate, not the terminal door. The Quito departure guide has the order of the counters.
Source: galapagos.gob.ecDistance
~1 h by roadAbout 21.1 km from UIO domestic departures in a straight line between our map pins. That’s a ride, not a walk.
Airport bus
Not statedThere’s no hotel bus stop listed. The old Aeroservicios shuttle has stopped, per Diario Expreso, so plan on a taxi or a city bus.
Parking while you’re away
Long-stay parking
Long-stay parking unconfirmedParking isn’t mentioned on the pages we read. Ask if you’re driving.
In town
One weekly rate, unconfirmed for the tripJW Marriott prints a US$35 weekly self-parking rate, but it doesn’t say it covers a car left while you’re in the islands. Most people fly into Quito anyway, so this rarely matters — ask the hotel if you’re driving.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Food or bar on siteThe hotel’s restaurant, with a bar and lounge and bar service on the rooftop terrace, per Casa Gangotena.
Breakfast
Depends on the rateBreakfast isn’t mentioned on the hotel’s pages we read, so ask whether your rate includes it.
Address
Plaza San Francisco, old townBolívar Oe6-41 y Cuenca, on Plaza San Francisco, Quito (address from the hotel’s own blog)
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Casa Gangotena and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm breakfast inclusion, the transfer price, check-in and check-out times, parking, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Breakfast isn’t mentioned on the hotel’s pages we read, so ask whether your rate includes it.
Parking for your stay
Not mentioned
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Not stated on the pages we read.
Food and drink on site
- The restaurantEcuadorian-inspired
- Bar and loungePlus the rooftop terrace
Rooms
31 rooms on three floors, about 35 m² on average; two Luxury rooms on the first and second floors connect into a suite, per the hotel.
Accessibility
The hotel asks you to tell it about special requirements; its pages don’t detail accessible rooms.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaYes
- Family roomsYes
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Part of the Metropolitan Touring group, per its blog
- Lists Relais & Châteaux and a MICHELIN Key 2025 among its memberships and awards
- Its altitude page puts Quito at about 2,850 m
Before you book
Worth knowing
- About an hour to UIO, per the hotel’s blog.
- The transfer has no published price.
- Breakfast isn’t mentioned.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Breakfast inclusion
- The transfer price
- Check-in and check-out times
- Parking
Every hotel fact here comes from Casa Gangotena’s own site, read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins, measured to Wikipedia’s airport coordinate rather than the terminal door; most hotel pins are our estimates from the street address.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Casa Gangotena: the Quito gateway guide and our Galápagos cruise guide.
A rooftop evening over San Francisco, then an early transfer.
Tell us your flight date and we’ll check Casa Gangotena for the night before. No payment on the form.
Casa Gangotena FAQ
Does Casa Gangotena offer an airport transfer?
Yes, the hotel says it offers airport transfers. It doesn’t publish a price.
How long is the drive from Casa Gangotena to Quito airport?
About an hour, per the hotel’s own blog, which puts the airport about 43 km away by road.
How many rooms does Casa Gangotena have?
31, on three floors, per the hotel.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the flight date and we’ll line up Casa Gangotena, the ride to the airport and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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