Casa Gangotena Ecuador
Casa Gangotena
Bolivar OE6-41 y Cuenca, Quito,
Ecuador
www.casagangotena.com
HOTEL INFORMATION
Shareholders
Privately-owned
Date of Creation
Opening : October, 2011
Hotel General Manager
Ignacio Paz, General Manager
Has worked in the holding group which owns the hotel since 2010. He was part of the team responsible for the opening and running of this hotel, as well as Mashpi Lodge.
Hotel Positioning
5-star, historic converted mansion.
Development strategy
Position the hotel as the finest of its category in the city of Quito, giving guests an unparalleled experience of staying in a historic mansion, while being able to explore the wonders of the historic center right from the doorstep.
Casa Gangotena
History & Story
The historic home was built in the 1920s and reflects the Art Deco-Nouveau style of the era. The house was built on an important site, right in the heart of the historic center of Quito, across from one its most important churches, San Francisco. The mansion belonged to the Gangotena family, wealthy land-owners of the time, and various public figures stayed and lived there between the 19th and 20th centuries. The house was purchased by the present owners from the last Gangotena sisters who lived in it.
Date Renewal
The entire mansion was re-built from the inside in order to accommodate the 31 rooms and public areas. A whole basement was excavated. All the structure was reinforced. The architect of the renovation was Pedro Jaramillo, and the designer Diego Arteta, both Ecuadorian. A redesign of the restaurant and loggia was implemented in November 2015, with the design of Julio Vinueza
Main Strengths, Special Touch
Staying in Casa Gangotena is like staying in a private home, with highly-personalized attention for its guests and a keen sense of ecuadorian hospitality. Its historic feel enchants guests, coupled with all the contemporary comforts world travellers expect.
Location
Located in the heart of the World Heritage-listed Old Town of Quito, right on Plaza San Francisco, one of the city’s most emblematic. The Old Town is a living museum in many ways, home to dozens of churches, chapels and monasteries, to beautiful squares and narrow streets, and much life as locals shop and exchange news as they’ve done for centuries.
Key sites/activities in the area
Quito’s Old Town is regarded as the largest and best-preserved in the Americas. A stone’s throw from the hotel, you have the church of San Francisco, the city’s first, and its religious complex, as well as a dozen other chapels and monasteries, many still functioning, including La Compañía de Jesús, the Cathedral and Santa Clara. There are also a handful of great museums to explore, including Casa del Alabado, the City Museum and the Casa María Urutia. Casa Gangotena offers exclusive activities for its guests at the end of the day sucha as : Chocolate tasting, San Francisco at night, Traditional wellness, and more.
Fun Facts
Legend has it that the previous home of the Gangotenas was burnt down by the spurned lover of one of the family’s daughters. The present mansion was built in the 1920s.
There’s a legend surrounding the construction of the adjacent.
Children’s Corner
The hotel doesn’t have a kids corner.
HOTEL FEATURES
Accommodation
Number of suites: 3
• 1 Junior Suite
• 1 Balcony Junior Suite
• 1 Suite (2 interconnecting rooms set up as a Suite)
Number of Luxury rooms: 28
• 8 Plaza View Rooms: 6 rooms with king beds – 2 rooms with 2 full size beds
• 20 Luxury Rooms: 9 rooms with King beds – 11 rooms with 2 full size beds
Number of rooms (keys) in all: 31 Rooms
Restaurants & Bars
Restaurant Cedrón: Ecuadorian Cuisine
Extra Notable Features
Activity of the day: Every day guests can sign up at the front desk for the activity of the day
Monday: Chocolate Tasting
Tuesday: Ancestral Medicine (A demonstration of an Andean Limpia)
Wednesday: San Francisco from Above (Stories and Tales about San Francisco plaza from the hotel terrace)
Thursday: A walk around Casa Gangotena (The history of how the house use to be)
Friday: The 2 Plazas tour (Plaza Grande and Plaza San Francisco Tour)
Saturday: A walk around Casa Gangotena (The history of how the house use to be)
Sunday: Agua de frescos demonstration (How to prepare of our signature beverage) • • •
Hotel & Restaurants Awards
2015-2016
2016 Part of the Top 25 best hotels of the World by Trip Advisor
2016 Travel + Leisure Best city hotel in central and South America
2016 World Travel Awards : Ecuador’s Leading Boutique hotel
2015 Part of the Top 25 best hotels of the World by Trip Advisor
Cedrón Restaurant : 2015, 2014, 2013 & 2012
Awarded as one of the best “Colada Morada” and “Guaguas de pan” by Quito Tourism
Cedrón Restaurant : 2016, 2015, 2014 & 2013
Awarded as one of the best “Fanesca” (tradicional soup that is served during holly week) by Quito Tourism
Cedrón Restautant : 2014 & 2015
Two of our dishes won the prestigious award « Premio de la Rosa » by Fundacion Reina de Quito
2014-2013
2014 Part of the Top 25 Best hotels of the World by Trip Advisor
2013 Certificate of Excelence by Trip Advisor
Number of employees
83