Hacienda Cusin

What an absolutely heavenly hotel! We had been recommended to stay here so we booked 2 nights, but immediately fell in love with this amazing place and booked an extra night. The gardens are a delight to wander around and the public areas are so majestic. You get a real sense of being transported to an altogether different time in history, but with great service and facilities at the same time. The food they serve in the restaurant is probably the best (and healthiest) we have had in Ecuador. Much of the produce is from their extensive vegetable garden too. Whilst all the food is of a very high standard, we can definitely recommend the trout. It was simply the best we’ve ever tasted! We will surely return to this absolute paradise! Thank you to all the staff here for making our stay truly memorable ☺️

Where do I start? The grounds are so beautiful with so many nooks and crannies to explore and enjoy. Including in the grounds is the vegetable garden, which looks and tastes (breakfast and dinners) scrumptious. Speaking of food, the meals were very good! We definitely looked forward to the three-course dinners. Let's speak after dinner now! The turndown service makes your room feel so comfortable with the water water bottle under your sheets and a fire roaring. The coziness of the fire helps you drift off to a nice sleep after a hard day hiking calderas in the surrounding area or shopping the Otavalo market. During the day, after an adventure, we'd sit in a library or on a porch reading or playing cards. We also tried our hand at table tennis but skipped out on playing pool. Please also go explore the Monastery and find the llamas. Overall, we absolutely loved our three nights at Hacienda Cusin and look forward to coming back on our next trip to Ecuador.

The staff at Hacienda Cusin will make sure that your trip to the Andean highlands is magical. Before we arrived, we were in contact with Daniela, Melisa and Valeria who responded quickly to any questions or requests. Cusin has lots of options for day trips in the surrounding towns. They organized a dream trip to the hot springs of Chachimbiro with a great guide named Christian who took us to an hacienda owned by Camilo Andrade-a respected Ecuadoran artist- for lunch and a tour of his paintings, sculptures and architecture. They organized a beautiful horseback journey with a wonderful guide, Ulbaldo, who has worked with the horses there for 30 years.He took us through Eucalyptus groves and jaw-dropping mountain views. Every morning we were greeted with fresh cut flowers, tropical fruit, eggs any way and homemade pastries. Hector, Ramiro, Javier, Enrique and Pamela always made eating at Cusin a five star experience. You can choose Lunch and dinner on their fixed menu (that includes three courses) or eat from an extensive selection of other choices. We chose the fixed menu each day with vegetarian options because the three course meals are as beautiful as they are delicious. Most of the meals comes from their organic garden so I never got sick eating their fresh fruits or vegetables. There is plenty to do at Cusin with children and adults. We played ping pong, chess and fuss ball. The gardens are extraordinary and the gardeners love telling you about what they are growing. I set up a scavenger hunt in gardens of the monastery and the gardeners had so much fun setting it up with me, My teenage daughter and her cousins thoroughly enjoyed finding the secret door there. After a wonderful day of hiking and visiting rural villages, we would come back to our room where a fire had been started in the fireplace and hot water bottles had been put beneath the sheets. I even came in one evening when dozens of white roses decorated our Duenita Suite. We stayed at Cusin in 2003 and now wondered why we took so long to come back. We can’t wait to return. This place offers so much for the price you pay which is much lower than most 5 star hotels. Thank you Cusin for all you did to make our trip to Ecuador so magical and meaningful,