Junto al hotel
Malacatos River
The hotel stands on the banks of the Malacatos river, in a quiet residential neighbourhood free of traffic noise, a 7-minute walk from the Supermaxi.
Location
Gladiolos 154-42 y Av. 18 de Noviembre, Loja, Ecuador
Getting here
Address: Gladiolos 154-42 y Av. 18 de Noviembre
Landmark: Urbanización Los Rosales, junto al Parque Lineal La Tebaida y el río Malacatos; a 7 minutos a pie del Supermaxi y el C.C. La Pradera
Loja, Loja, Ecuador
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Nature
A 2 minutos
La Tebaida Linear Park
The green space closest to the hotel: riverside paths along the Malacatos, sports courts, picnic areas and an orchid house.
Sector La Argelia, al sur de la ciudad
Reinaldo Espinosa Botanical Garden
Seven hectares of southern Ecuadorian flora, founded in 1949 by the National University of Loja.
En Vilcabamba, 45 km al sur de Loja
Mandango Hill
The hill watching over the Vilcabamba valley, known as the “sleeping Inca” for its profile.
Parque Nacional Podocarpus · 2 días de caminata
Compadre Lakes (Lagunas del Compadre)
A system of páramo lakes at the heart of Podocarpus National Park, recognised as a Ramsar site.
Parks and viewpoints
A 10 minutos
Pucará Hill Park
A hilltop park with the best panoramic view of Loja: ideal for watching the sunset and understanding the city’s geography.
A 12 minutos
Jipiro Recreational Park
More than ten hectares with replicas of world landmarks, a lake and a pool: the favourite park of Loja’s families.
Historic center
City Gate (Puerta de la Ciudad)
Loja’s most iconic monument: a castle over the Malacatos river that serves as a museum, art gallery and viewpoint.
Independence Square
San Sebastián square, where Loja gathered on 18 November 1820: colonial houses and a 32-metre clock tower.
Calle Lourdes
The city’s most picturesque street, with colourful houses and old street lamps: handicrafts and local coffee.
10 minutos
Cathedral and historic center
Loja Cathedral on the Central Park, heart of the historic centre; the Virgin of El Cisne stays here from August to November.
San Francisco Church and Square
One of Loja’s oldest churches, facing the square with the monument to Alonso de Mercadillo, the city’s founder.
Santo Domingo Church
A church from 1557 whose twin towers survived the 1867 earthquake, with murals by Friar Enrique Mideros.
Shopping
7 minutos a pie
Supermaxi and La Pradera shopping center
Supermarket and shopping centre a 7-minute walk from the hotel.
Day trips
45 km al sur de Loja
Vilcabamba
The mild valley beneath Cerro Mandango, known as the “Valley of Longevity”: a place where time seems to slow down.
Sector Cajanuma: a unos 8 km (15 minutos)
Podocarpus National Park
Cloud forest, páramo and lakes between Loja and Zamora: one of Ecuador’s richest places for birds, 15 minutes from the hotel.
A unos 60 km (poco más de 1 hora)
Zamora
The gateway to the southern Amazon, just over an hour from Loja: waterfalls, the Bombuscaro river and the Giant Clock of Zamora.
A poco más de 10 km
Villonaco Wind Farm
Eleven wind turbines at 2,720 metres on Villonaco hill, with views over the Loja and Catamayo valleys.
Vía al aeropuerto
Catamayo and the Boquerón River
The warm valley of the “city of eternal sun”: sugar cane, bathing spots and the Boquerón river.
Transportation
Culture
Music Museum
The museum of Ecuador’s “music capital”, in the old Bernardo Valdivieso school: scores, instruments and the memory of its composers.
Museum of Loja Culture
Art, archaeology and ethnography of the province in a republican-era building on the Central Park.
Museum of Religious Art of the Conceptionist Sisters
Religious art from the 16th to 18th centuries in the convent of the Conceptionist Sisters, half a block from the Central Park.
Benjamín Carrión National Theater
Loja’s great theatre, opened in 2016: concerts, theatre and dance.
A unos 49 km al noroccidente
Chuquiribamba
An Andean village of earthen houses at 2,700 metres, declared part of Ecuador’s Cultural Heritage in 2013.
Pottery of Cera and Taquil
In the villages of Cera and Cachipamba women still shape clay pots, jugs and plates by hand.
Saraguro: a unos 64 km al norte
San Lucas and the Saraguro people
Kichwa Saraguro culture, with its black and white woollen dress, its Sunday market and its Andean festivals.
Religious sites
A unos 75 km
Basilica of El Cisne
Southern Ecuador’s great Marian sanctuary, a Gothic-style basilica among the mountains.
Cantón Catamayo, en la ruta a El Cisne
San Pedro de la Bendita
The village of roscones and bizcochuelos where the story of “El Cardenal” began, first stop of the El Cisne pilgrimage.
Food and drink
A unos 31 km al sur
Malacatos
A valley with a spring-like climate, highland arabica coffee, sugar-cane mills and bizcochuelos.