When you stay at Hotel el descanso del Guia in Puerto Ayora, you'll be by the ocean, just steps from Galápagos National Park and a 3-minute drive from Tortuga Bay Beach. .This family-friendly hotel is 1.2 mi (2 km) from Las Ninfas Lagoon and 1.3 mi (2 km) from Fishing Piers.
What's nearby
Tortuga Bay Beach - 3 min drive - 1.9 km
Las Ninfas Lagoon - 4 min drive - 2.0 km
Charles Darwin Research Station - 4 min drive - 2.2 km
Malecon - 5 min drive - 2.4 km
Playa de los Alemanes - 9 min drive - 2.8 km
Getting around
Isla Baltra (GPS-Seymour) - 75 min drive
Restaurants
Almar Lounge & Grill Bar - 4 min drive
El Muelle De Darwin - 4 min drive
TJ Restaurant - 4 min drive
Golden Prague Galapagos - 4 min drive
Il Giardino - 4 min drive
About this property
Hotel el descanso del Guia
Family-friendly hotel with free breakfast and a 24-hour fitness center
Hotel el descanso del Guia offers 12 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations have separate dining areas and include desks. Beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.
Bathrooms include showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. This Puerto Ayora hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.
An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a 24-hour fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 12 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Don't miss out on the many recreational opportunities, including an outdoor pool, a sauna, and a 24-hour fitness center. Additional features at this Mediterranean hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge).
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the coffee shop/cafe. The hotel also offers room service (during limited hours). Unwind at the end of the day with a drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 6:30 AM to 8 AM.
Featured amenities include express check-in, dry cleaning/laundry services, and luggage storage. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours).
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 8 AM.
Hotel el descanso del Guia has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Languages
English, Spanish
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking and public transport
No on-site parking available
24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
Airport shuttle on request
Food and drink
Free continental breakfast available daily 6:30 AM–8 AM
1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
1 poolside bar and 1 bar
Room service available
Things to do
24-hour fitness centre
Arcade/games room
Bike rentals
Children's pool
Outdoor pool
Playground
Sauna
Scuba diving
Family friendly
Arcade/games room
Babysitting (surcharge)
Children's pool
Laundry facilities
Outdoor pool
Playground
Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Separate dining area
Snack bar/deli
Conveniences
Banquet hall
Front-desk safe
Guest services
Concierge services
Daily housekeeping
Dry-cleaning service
Front desk (limited hours)
Laundry facilities
Luggage storage
Tour/ticket assistance
Outdoors
BBQ grill(s)
Garden
Picnic area
Pool sunloungers
Rooftop terrace
Accessibility
This property does not have any lifts
More
Designated smoking areas
Room amenities
Bedroom
Air conditioning
Bed sheets
Egyptian cotton sheets
Premium bedding
Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Bathroom
Free toiletries
Hairdryer
Shower
Towels
Entertainment
TV channels
Flat-screen TV
Food and drink
Dining room
Free bottled water
Minibar
More
Desk
Individually decorated
Individually furnished
Laptop-friendly workspace
Safe
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 11:30 AM; Check-in end time: 6 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Contactless check-in available
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out
Check-out before 9 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
Special check-in instructions
This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 8 AM - 6 PM
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 72 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
Access methods
Front desk (limited hours)
Pets
Pets not allowed
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 2 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 35 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are not available
Payment types
Important information
Fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:
Ecuador value-added tax (15%). Nonresident travelers who present a valid passport and tourist visa may be eligible for a tax refund. However, nonresident travelers may be exempt from value-added tax (15%) on package bookings.
We have included all charges provided to us by the property.
Optional extras
Airport shuttle fee: USD 40 per vehicle (one way)
Rollaway bed fee: USD 35 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash
We should mention
This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
Property is also known as
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Hotel el descanso del Guia Reviews
Reviews
8.6
Excellent
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After you cross the ocean the cheapest way to get to the hotel is, buy a bus ticket to take you to bus terminal, hotel is 5 minutes walk.
Location of hotel is on a hill with a terrace and great view of the island
Mr. Oscar Ramirez as a welcome host and his service, fantastic.
Rest of staff like breakfast cook and server/s great also.
Pool facilities and spa pool great
Overall for such a great low accommodation rate, I felt like I was in a five star hotel/resort
Finally, to waterfront a fifteen minutes walk or a cheap taxi ride.
At waterfront you have already live SEALS and IGUANAS waiting for you to take pictures.
For everyone please be careful, each person has to pay a very expensive entrance fee to Galapagos at airport of Quito or Guayaquil then another fee when you enter Baltra Island, which is horrible way expensive.
Enjoyed our time in Galapagos by staying at this place with a great breakfast and wonderful hospitality. Ronald was great helping us organize all our tours and taxi needs. It’s not quite walking distance to the main area but taxi is only $1.50-$2 and the hotel can help you get a taxi right away.
Property is clean and well maintained, l liked the kind staff service specially Angel, who was always friendly and ready to help.
I didn't like the noisy specially in the early morning because the breakfast set up and the cars passing by the hotel.
Our last afternoon at the hotel we couldn't use the hot tub since it was supposedly under maintenance or at least that's what the front desk agent told me in addition to other excuses, I wonder if that was just a bit of laziness, either way it was a bit disappointing.
I didn't receive any benefit as Expedia Gold member, at the end of my stay l requested a late check out, once again the same front desk agent asked me for proof that I was a Gold member and the benefit I have, I had to log into my Expedia account and show him so he would believe me.
Once more disappointed.
It needs to improve.
Excellent hotel! The staff is incredible. Such wonderful young people running the hotel. The rooms are huge and spotlessly clean. The free breakfast was made to order eggs with juice, toast and coffee. I haven’t a single complaint about my stay.
Excellent hotel! The staff could not be any friendlier and the hotel is beautiful and sparkling clean. Large rooms, great air conditioning and nice hot showers. The only complaint…the hotel does not respond to messages sent through Expedia and they also never answer the phone. I was not able to schedule my free transportation from the airport because I couldn’t ever get a hold of anyone. The hotel clearly needs to update their contact information.
Party started, very loud, and didn’t end until 730 am. Not much sleep. The room is very nice. Bedding and bed very nice. The room we booked was being serviced so they gave us a different room which was fine.
The description of this hotel is totally inaccurate. There is no restaurant of deli on site. Also, when we booked it stated they provided airport transportation. We requested it multiple times and got the run around. Also, it is on a busy road with trucks and motorcycles going by all night.
Staff is super friendly and attentive, rooms are nice with air conditioning, and yhe provided breakfast each day was nice. Even yhough its a but up grom the main tourist center its very essy to get there either a 15 minute walk or a 5 min taxi ride. The tacod have a set price so you dont have to worry about negotiating or being ripped off.
Just awesome!
Stayed for six nights, can’t think of one really negative thing to say about this place or the great people that work there! It is a little ways out of town, but you never have to wait more than a couple minutes for a taxi ($2) either to or from the hotel.
The room was nice. The staff was great. Oscar and Angel were very helpful. They recommend restaurants and a tour with a taxi driver that turned out to be very good. They helped us with our bags. They made a great effort to communicate with us in English even though they had some limitations. They deserve an increase in their wages. The property is a little distance from the main strip. The $1.50 taxi ride is very cheap but it can be a problem when you start to run out of small bills.