Mansion del Rio

Guayaquil’s only boutique hotel, the Mansion del Rio is a refurbished early 20th-century villa of just eleven rooms still preserving the feel of a private residence.

Original features and antique furnishings adorn the inside of the hotel with classically styled rooms that that look over the Guayas River.  A roof terrace also makes the most of these views and the hotel’s position (especially if your room isn’t on the river side).  Set into the hillside of the city’s Las Penas neighbourhood, you are moments from the Malecon and a ten minute drive from the airport.

Maria, the owner, is very hands on and always ready to relay the interesting history of the house to recommending good places to eat in town. A hotel that is also monument to Guayaquil’s past and heritage, Mansion del Rio is a pleasing alternative to the city’s good business hotels.