Conscious of the community of which it is a part, the hotel is outfitted with sustainable features including solar panels to lower energy use for heating water and electronic room keys. Movement sensors have also been employed throughout the service areas of the building. The hotel separates its waste and participates in local recycling schemes. Since 2009, the hotel, in conjunction with our neighbor the Casa del Alabado museum, has paid for the daily cleaning of Plaza San Francisco and Calle Cuenca.
Since 2008, the hotel has also been involved in several neighborhood projects, such as the award-winning community initiative Heritage Guardians, which focuses on neighborhood integration, the value of heritage and traditions, and ‘routes’ for visitors to meet locals and experience their lives and ways. These routes are today part of the “life-seeing” experiences that the hotel offers its guests in order to explore and get to know our fascinating historic neighbourhood.
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Quito’s captivating attractions lie right on the hotel’s doorstep. It makes an unbeatable base for admiring breathtaking Baroque churches, visiting local artisans and craft schools, exploring markets and museums, or simply making surprise discoveries amid the chess-board grid of streets. One could wander for days and still stumble upon something unexpected and fascinating...