Hotel Santa Lucía

Location:
Antonio Borrero 8-44 y Sucre
Cuenca, Ecuador

Hotel

By Christopher Minster

Hotel Santa Lucía is a beautiful converted home in central Cuenca (the home once belonged to Don Manuel Vega Davila, first governor of Azuay province). The hotel is elegant and very attractive and the rooms are comfortable and modern. The hotel is owned by the Veintimilla family, who also own other successful hotels and restaurants. They know what they're doing and it shows: the hotel won a Cuenca award in 2002 for best building restoration.

The restaurant is very good -- the food style is Italian-Ecuadorean. Breakfast is included. The restaurant doubles as a cafe of sorts for breakfast and lunch and an elegant restaurant for dinner.

Their website is in English, Spanish and German and is quite good for making reservations and getting information.

This Hotel is: Expensive

Hotel Amenities, Services and Facilities All Credit Cards Accepted, Restaurant, Bar, Breakfast Included, Laundry Service, Internet Facilities - Free, 24-Hour Reception, Safe in Reception or Rooms, Lounge, Luggage Storage, Linens Included, 24-Hour Hot Water, Gift Shop, Wheelchair Accessible, Room Service, Wake-Up Call

Getting There:
The Santa Lucia is located two blocks east of the Cuenca central plaza, on Borrego between Sucre and Bolivar.

Room Prices:
Lower:$65
Higher:$100
Price Description:Breakfast is included, but not 10% service and 12% tax.

Contact Information:
Phone: (593) 7 828 000
Fax: (593) 7 842 443
E-mail: info(at)remove-this.santaluciahotel.com
URL: www.santaluciahotel.com/Index.asp

Traveler Reviews of Hotel Santa Lucía

A wondeful experience!!

Rating: 100%

The house takes you  back 150 years, the staff its pleasant and the food its grate!!!!!!!!

By V!VA User from Uk, Dec 13, 2007

Watch Out

Rating: 25%

I asked the hotel to book a tour to Ingapirca for me. Instead, they booked a tour to a nearby national park called El Cajas. I confirmed verbally with the hotel when I was paying for the tour that it was for Ingapirca but I didn't realize that I was on the wrong tour until it was too late. In general, the whole time I was there the service people at the desk seem very pre-occupied and too busy to help me even though there weren't a lot of other guests. It's not surprising that they screwed up my tour but the end result was that I didn't get to go to Ingapirca and was stuck on a hiking intensive day tour in an inhospitable environment with short pants and completely inappropriate shoes. I was freezing cold and wet and miserable.

By V!VA User from USA, May 16, 2007

Beautiful Hotel

Rating: 100%

Elegant colonial ambiance

By V!VA User, Nov 09, 2006

Best Restaurant in Cuenca

Rating: 100%

I have never stayed at Santa Lucia because we live in Cuenca. My husband and I dine at Santa Lucia for our anniversary and birthday celebrations because the food is simply outstanding. The cost is more than your average Ecuadorian meal, but then the food is prepared by an above average chef. The wine selection is good too. The atmosphere is old colonial with beautiful murals in a garden-like setting. I highly recommend this restaurant for anyone visiting Cuenca.

By V!VA User, Aug 29, 2006

One of the best in Cuenca

Rating: 100%

Beautiful restored home, close to the center of town, for a fraction of what you'd pay for a similar place in the US...what's not to like? Great service. Also a good place to get a cappuchino for all you caffeine-heads out there.

By Gideon Welles from Rochester, New York, Apr 10, 2006

I can wait to go back !!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 100%

Tha best Hotel not only in Cuenca ,I thing that in the all Ecuador ...the staff is really friendly and the atention is perfect ...the breakfast was really good and the location is extraordinary ....I will go back soon!!

By V!VA User from london, England, Feb 19, 2006