This backpacker-orientated hostel is located in the middle of the Mariscal District, just 2 blocks away from Plaza Foch, the centre of the Mariscal area with all restaurants and bars. The Blue House offers all facilities a backpacker is looking for and has great communal areas for hanging out, varying from a livingroom with couches and a fireplace, a tv-room and a garden with a BBQ.
The friendly owners - Ecuadorian couple Nicolás Cervantes and Rosy Pozo, started this hostel in August 2008. Both owners have been working in the tourism industry for many years in Quito and have expanded their experience in the hostel business by studying and working in hostels in Argentina. After 5 years in Buenos Aires, they decided to use their experience to set-up a quaint Ecuadorian hostel in their home town of Quito.
The hostel offers 5 clean rooms with comfortable beds, including dorms, single and double rooms (with and without private bathroom). Bed linen and towels are included. The prices (incl. tax) are: $8 for a dorm bed, $10 for a single room, $10/$12 per person for a double with/without private bathroom. There are 2 shared bathrooms with 24hr hot water and an extra toilet downstairs. The overnight price includes a self-service breakfast of cereal, milk, bread, butter, jam, fruits, coffee, tea and hot chocolate.
The lounge bar downstairs is open to guests only (24 hrs) and offers cheap drinks. Coffee, tea and often fruits are freely available all day. Big lockers which fit your whole backpack (bring your own lock!) are available in the dorms. Two bicycles are available for rent for $10 per day. Check-out is at noon. The staff attend to the doorbell 24hrs and both Spanish and English are spoken.
In addition to the above, the hostel also offers, a guest kitchen and dining room, a lounge bar (with mini-pool table), a garden with BBQ area and hammock.
For the rainy days, there's also a TV/DVD/Playstation room as well as free internet and WIFI. A guidebook library and book exchange (1 to 1) as well as a public phone.
A free luggage storage service is also available to hostel guests.
A washing machine is located in the hostel for self-service laundry ($1 per machine load)
Transfers from/to the airport or bus terminals can be arranged for $5 (free of charge if you stay 3 or more nights)
Quito
www.bluehousequito.com
098 123 502
Alternatively, from the airport you can take any bus that goes through the Avenida Amazonas, which costs $0,25, and get off at the junction with the Joaquin Pinto. After 3.5 blocks you'll find the Blue House on your right. From the main bus terminal you can take the Trole Bus for $0,25 and get off at the Colón station. From there it's a 10 min. Walk to Joaquin Pinto E8-24, continue along Colon (direction South), turn right at Reina Victoria, turn left on Joaquin Pinto, after 1.5 blocks, you will see the hostel on your right.
