Hotel del Parque

Rooms and suites are spacious and well-appointed with Ecuadorian–made furniture, botanical print art, and dark wood floors. Large marble bathrooms feature walk-in showers. Select suites offer a stand-alone soaking bathtub and butler service.

Casa Julián, a riverside restaurant open throughout the day, draws on traditional Ecuadorian cuisine in innovative, international dishes.

Sip a cup of herbal tea in the courtyard’s orchid garden, enjoy a book in the reading room, or indulge in a hot-stone massage in the bell tower.

Follow a nature trail into the park’s wildlife sanctuary to spy harpy eagles, spider monkeys, and caimans. Try your hand at roasting coffee beans on a coffee production tour. Learn the ins and outs of making artisanal chocolate. Explore the colorful buildings and cobbled streets in the quaint Las Peñas neighborhood.