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Cuenca
Hotels
SANTA
LUCIA Located
in Downtown Commercial Area.
10 min. from airport.
Price start at: US$ 85
AMERICAN BREAKFAST INCLUDED
Prices per room, per night, 12% tax & 10% service charge not
included.
The house where the Santa Lucia hotel is located was built by the
first governor of Azuay province (where Cuenca is located), Don
Manuel Vega Davila, in 1859. Azuay province is located in the Andes
of southern Ecuador. The house remained in the Vega family for over
a hundred years, being a peaceful witness of important episodes
of the history of southern Ecuador.
The restoration of the house began in 1999 and lasted more than
two and a half years. Santa Lucia hotel has rescued and preserved
this piece of Cuenca heritage, keeping this house as an example
of the architectural style of the last part of the XIX Century Ecuador.
At the same time our hotel offers its guests all the modern comforts.
In 2002 the city of Cuenca awarded our hotel the prize: "Fray
José María Vargas" for the best restoration of
a historical building.With 3 generations of experience in hotels
and restaurants, the Vintimilla family of Cuenca is a noted resource
in tourism of southern Ecuador.
The Santa Lucia hotel belongs to the same family group which owns
the Villarosa restaurant (also in Cuenca) which is considered as
one of the country's best continental restaurants by the main international
travel guides and locals alike.
The Hosteria Uzhupud is a beautiful country inn located on the charming
town of Paute, 45 minutes from Cuenca, and is also operated by the
Vintimilla family. A short side trip from Cuenca along the winding
river Paute rewards you with the Andes splendor of southern Ecuador,
cullminating in the villages of Gualaceo and Chordeleg, home of
flower and orchid farms.
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SANTA
LUCIA 
