Cuenca
With a colonial aesthetic and modern accoutrements, this midrange spot makes a comfortable base for exploring Cuenca. Rooms surround an attractive…
Must-see hotels in Southern Highlands
Cuenca
With a shared kitchen and comfy wood-floored rooms, this family-run hostal is a decent, centrally-located choice. Light sleepers: bring earplugs. They…
Southern Highlands
Situated 8.5km uphill on a dirt road from the Cajanuma control, and adjacent to the park office, the refugio has seven basic cabañas with mattresses and a…
Loja
The Metropolitano is a decent budget option: comfortable rooms with hardwood floors, decent beds and cable TV. It’s dark, though, so try to score a window.
Vilcabamba
Las Margaritas' high white walls conceal clean rooms in a tidy German-style home, with a breakfast room overlooking the pool, all wrapped in a lush garden.
Southern Highlands
Accessed via the Bombuscaro control in the lowland sector of the park, these basic cabañas come without mattresses; you can camp for free.
Southern Highlands
Has clean, well-lit rooms, many of which look over Plaza Independencia. All have cable TV and electrically-heated showers.
Loja
Check out your reflection on the floor of this squeaky-clean place. Rooms are big with hot showers and cable TV.
Southern Highlands
A friendly and decent, if lacking in atmosphere, choice for bedding down, three blocks west of the bus station.
