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San Carlos is the family-room pick in the village, on its listing’s word. Hotels.com lists quadruple rooms, an outdoor pool, free continental breakfast and a shuttle at about US$5 a head.
We couldn’t find the hotel’s own site, so it scores 22 on distance and nothing else.
Four of you? Compare the per-person shuttle with a taxi before you book it.
Book it if
- You’re four and want one room
- You land early and want a noon check-in
- One pet is coming
Look elsewhere if
- You need an elevator
- You want facts from the hotel itself
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the departure gate, using only what San Carlos publishes and our own map estimates.
Hotels.com lists an outdoor pool, a gym and a bar, unconfirmed by the hotel.
Hotels.com lists an airport shuttle at about US$5 per person each way, booked ahead, and puts UIO about 14 minutes away. It’s a listing, so it doesn’t score.
Hotels.com lists a free continental breakfast from 7:00 to 9:30 — a listing’s word, so it doesn’t score.
About 6 km from UIO by our estimated pin; Hotels.com says about 14 minutes by car. Book the shuttle when you check in.
Hotels.com lists free parking for your stay; nothing says a car can stay while you’re in the islands.
Night-Before Score: 22 of 100
Every point comes from our map pins and, for the facts shown, its Hotels.com listing, which earns no points (we couldn’t find the hotel’s own site); the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to your flight
By our map estimate San Carlos is about 6.7 km from Quito Airport in a straight line, and about 6.7 km from UIO domestic departures. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
Hotels.com lists an airport shuttle at about US$5 per person one way, requested in advance.
Hotels.com lists an airport shuttle at about US$5 per person each way, booked ahead, and puts UIO about 14 minutes away. It’s a listing, so it doesn’t score.
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.
Hotels.com lists free parking for your stay; nothing says a car can stay while you’re in the islands.
Parking for your stay: Free on site, per Hotels.com.
Hotels.com lists an airport shuttle at about US$5 per person each way, booked ahead, and puts UIO about 14 minutes away. It’s a listing, so it doesn’t score.
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. San Carlos is about 6.7 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
~6.7 km, straight lineAbout 6.7 km from UIO domestic 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 airport bus. Diario Expreso lists US$2 buses to the Río Coca and Quitumbe terminals.
Parking while you’re away
Long-stay parking
Long-stay parking unconfirmedHotels.com lists free parking for your stay; nothing says a car can stay while you’re in the islands.
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
Not statedHotels.com lists a restaurant, a bar and a coffee shop — none of it scores, because it’s a listing.
Breakfast
Free, per a listingHotels.com lists a free continental breakfast from 7:00 to 9:30 — a listing’s word, so it doesn’t score.
Address
Tababela villageJusto Cuello s/n y Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Tababela (Hotels.com)
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from San Carlos and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm the hotel’s own website, breakfast, from the hotel itself, the pool, from the hotel itself, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Hotels.com lists a free continental breakfast from 7:00 to 9:30 — a listing’s word, so it doesn’t score.
Parking for your stay
Free on site, per Hotels.com
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Dogs and cats stay free, one pet in total, per Hotels.com.
Food and drink on site
- Restaurant
- Bar and lounge
Rooms
17 rooms, singles to quadruples, per Hotels.com.
Accessibility
Hotels.com lists braille signage and a grab bar but no elevator.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsYes
- Pets allowedYes
Also worth knowing
- Quadruple rooms, per the listing
- Noon check-in, per the listing
- No elevator
- Booking.com slug seen: hosteria-san-carlos-tababela
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Every fact here is from Hotels.com.
- The shuttle is per person.
- No elevator.
What we couldn’t confirm
- The hotel’s own website
- Breakfast, from the hotel itself
- The pool, from the hotel itself
Every hotel fact here comes from our map pins and, for the facts shown, its Hotels.com listing, which earns no points (we couldn’t find the hotel’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 San Carlos: the Quito gateway guide and our Galápagos cruise guide.
A quad room in Tababela and a short ride to UIO.
Tell us your flight date and we’ll check San Carlos for the night before. No payment on the form.
San Carlos FAQ
Does Hostería San Carlos Tababela have an airport shuttle?
Hotels.com lists one at about US$5 per person each way, booked ahead.
Does Hostería San Carlos have family rooms?
Hotels.com lists triple and quadruple rooms.
Booking the cruise too?
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