Grand Hotel Lobo del Mar

Location:
12 de febrero just off Avenida Charles Darwin toward the bay
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador

Hotel

V!VA User‘s Description

The Grand Hotel Lobo del Mar may be “grand” in terms of size, due to its recent four-story addition, but it is nowhere near grand in terms of service, despite the variety of activities it coordinates. The hotel has a day-boat, the Galapagos Shark, and a cruise-boat, the Lobo del Mar III, and it also has partnerships with a variety of day-tour operators. This means that you may wind up having to stay in the already paid-for Lobo del Mar, and it is a toss-up whether you will be placed in the swanky, newer, more expensive section of the hotel or the lifeless, older, more economical section. If you are lucky, you will have one of the newer rooms, complete with lush comforts, television, and air-conditioning. Less-fortunate tourists will get a room in the older, darker section, which comes with a fan and private hot bath. Leaving chance aside and communicating objections to reception staff over the location (and subsequent worth) of your room will result in the standard apology, graceless smile, and no change.

This Hotel is: Budget

Hotel Amenities, Services and Facilities Breakfast Included, 24-Hour Hot Water

Room Prices:
Lower:$70
Higher:$108
Price Description:Ecuadorian visitors pay about 20% less for rooms at the Lobo del Mar. Rooms have hot water and cable TV.

Price includes breakfast. Not all rooms have telephone.

Contact Information:
Phone: 593-05-252-6188
URL: www.lobodemar.com.ec

Traveler Reviews of Grand Hotel Lobo del Mar

Excellent hotel

Rating: 100%

the atmosphere, the staff, the meals, incredible

By V!VA User from London, Feb 05, 2008

better not

Rating: 25%

Service was bad, we had to wait for breakfast about 30 minutes every day so we had to eat in a hurry. One day no hot shower and they were not able to fix it. No towels in the bathroom. Bathroom always flodded after showering, since showr curtin was not big enough.

By Janina from Germany, Sep 01, 2007