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Casa Blanca is as close as you can sleep to the boats. Columbus Travel puts it directly opposite the main pier, and Ecoventura tells guests to meet at the main dock in front of it.
It ties on 30 points with two neighbours, all on distance alone, because we couldn’t find the hotel’s own site. Travelocity describes a free breakfast from 06:30, but no restaurant and no pool.
Check-in stops at 18:00, per Travelocity — land late and you’ll need to call ahead.
Book it if
- You’re sailing with Ecoventura and want to wake up at the meeting point
- You want an early breakfast
- You need a room for four or five
Look elsewhere if
- You’re arriving after 18:00
- You want a pool or a restaurant in the building
- You need an elevator
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Casa Blanca publishes and our own map estimates.
No restaurant on site, per Travelocity. The malecón restaurants are steps away.
No ride is needed: Columbus Travel puts Casa Blanca directly opposite the main pier, and Ecoventura’s meeting point is the main dock in front of it. If your line meets your flight, its guides bring you there anyway.
Travelocity lists a free cooked-to-order breakfast, 06:30 to 10:00, and Columbus Travel an American breakfast — listings’ word, so it doesn’t score.
By our estimated pins the pier is about 50 m away — across the street. Check-out is 10:00, per Travelocity, so ask where your bags can wait until your line’s call time.
Travelocity lists no parking. You won’t need it.
Night-Before Score: 30 of 100
Every point comes from our map pins and, for the facts shown, its Columbus Travel and Travelocity listings, which earn 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 the ship
By our map estimate Casa Blanca is about 1.1 km from San Cristóbal Airport in a straight line, and about 50 m from the main pier. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
No airport shuttle, per Travelocity, which puts the airport 0.8 mi away. A taxi is about US$2 to 4 per car, per Galapatours.
No ride is needed: Columbus Travel puts Casa Blanca directly opposite the main pier, and Ecoventura’s meeting point is the main dock in front of it. If your line meets your flight, its guides bring you there anyway.
From SCY without a hotel shuttle
Taxis wait outside the terminal and charge about US$2 to 4 per car, per Galapatours, for a ride of under five minutes. Lines that meet your flight take you and your bags to the pier themselves. The airport page has the fares and the fees.
Travelocity lists no parking. You won’t need it.
Parking for your stay: No parking, per Travelocity.
No ride is needed: Columbus Travel puts Casa Blanca directly opposite the main pier, and Ecoventura’s meeting point is the main dock in front of it. If your line meets your flight, its guides bring you there anyway.
Flying in the morning you sail? Ecoventura’s Sunday flight lands at about 10:30 to 10:35 and its guides meet it, so a same-day arrival is something the lines plan for — but a delayed mainland flight has no backup that day; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
the main pierLines collect guests at the town’s main pier and take them out by Zodiac or panga to the ship at anchor; Ecoventura asks independent arrivals to be at the main dock in front of Hotel Casablanca. Casa Blanca is about 50 m from our pin for that pier in a straight line. The pin is our estimate, so treat the figure as rough; your line’s documents name the meeting point.
Source: ecoventura.comDistance
~50 m, straight lineAbout 50 m from our pin for the main pier, which we placed opposite this hotel because Ecoventura and Columbus Travel both put the main dock in front of it.
Airport bus
Not statedNo airport shuttle of the hotel’s own. Taxis wait outside the terminal, about US$2 to 4 per car, per Galapatours, and the ride is a few minutes.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedTravelocity lists no parking. You won’t need it.
In town
No cruise parkingThere’s nothing to park. You arrive by air from Guayaquil or Quito, and no source we read publishes cruise parking in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Not statedNo restaurant is listed on Travelocity; dinner is on the malecón outside.
Breakfast
Free, per listingsTravelocity lists a free cooked-to-order breakfast, 06:30 to 10:00, and Columbus Travel an American breakfast — listings’ word, so it doesn’t score.
Address
Charles Darwin, opposite the main pierAv. Charles Darwin, opposite the main pier, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (Columbus Travel)
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Casa Blanca and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm the hotel’s own website, breakfast inclusion from the hotel itself, the room count, luggage storage on sail day, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Travelocity lists a free cooked-to-order breakfast, 06:30 to 10:00, and Columbus Travel an American breakfast — listings’ word, so it doesn’t score.
Parking for your stay
No parking, per Travelocity
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Not allowed, per Travelocity.
Rooms
Seven rooms, per Columbus Travel; Travelocity lists five units, the largest sleeping five. The suite has a private terrace with the best view of the port, per Columbus Travel.
Accessibility
Travelocity lists no elevator and no accessibility features, so ask before you book.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsYes
- Pets allowedNo
Also worth knowing
- Ecoventura’s meeting point for independent arrivals is the main dock in front of this hotel
- No after-hours check-in, per Travelocity
- Room counts differ: seven on Columbus Travel, five on Travelocity
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Every fact here is from listings.
- Check-in 12:00 to 18:00, per Travelocity.
- Room counts conflict between listings.
What we couldn’t confirm
- The hotel’s own website
- Breakfast inclusion from the hotel itself
- The room count
- Luggage storage on sail day
Every hotel fact here comes from our map pins and, for the facts shown, its Columbus Travel and Travelocity listings, which earn 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. The pier pin is our estimate, and so are most hotel pins; only Miconia’s and Eco Friendly’s come from a listing’s map.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Casa Blanca: the San Cristóbal (Galápagos) cruise guide and our Galápagos cruise guide.
Across the street from the pier.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Casa Blanca for the night before. No payment on the form.
Casa Blanca FAQ
Is Hotel Casa Blanca near the San Cristóbal pier?
Yes. Columbus Travel puts it directly opposite the main pier on Charles Darwin Street, and Ecoventura’s meeting point is the main dock in front of it.
Is breakfast included at Casa Blanca San Cristóbal?
Travelocity lists a free cooked-to-order breakfast, 06:30 to 10:00. We couldn’t confirm it with the hotel.
What time is check-in at Casa Blanca?
12:00 to 18:00, with no after-hours check-in, per Travelocity.
Booking the cruise too?
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