Hotel & Suites El Quijote — Hotel in Cuenca

At the moment of the check-in, there was a problem with the reservation, that left my group of (20) classmates waiting for the main hall for around 45 minutes, until they could send us to our rooms. My double room had a window to the corridor, so I could hear what was happening at the outside.||||Breakfast, very poor, consisting of bad bread (for a city that's got awesome bread), some individual sachets of margarine and jam, scrambled eggs (no second option for eggs), juice and coffee. Dinner, even worst. My two nights there, it really consisted of instant soups + pop corn, and the second dish, some rice with some meat. It's a city with a very gorgeous culinary culture, you cannot serve instant soup for your guests!||||Besides that, the receptionist was a gentle young boy, with whom me and my friends spent some time talking about random things. The hotel is located in the heart of Cuenca, close...

This hotel is nicely situated in the old Centre of Cuenca with easy walking to cathedrals, museums and restaurants and markets. breakfasts are decent (the usual eggs, juice, coffee), rooms were quiet and clean although the first room we were offered smelled moldy and when i looked at the ceiling above the shower i could see where the smell came from. so we requested another room and they quickly accomodated and were always friendly and helpful. overall the hotel is okay...nothing special but nothing bad either....

I felt like I needed to read up on Don Quijote and Sancho Panza, there are statues and paintings of them all over the place. The hotel is very spacious, there is a nice room upstairs which is a bit of a social area, with paintings of Don Quijote on his horse again. The rooms have windows which open onto internal corridors, which is odd. Nice selection on TV, walls seemed a bit thin so I kept the volume low. Staff helped organise a trip to Ingapirca and provided early breakfast (5am) for when my tour group needed to...