Casa CarpeDM

The breakfast terrace and the staff

Location - a bit far out from the main centre of restaurants

We Loved Everything About Casa CarpeDM. Fernanda is Very Friendly and offers Excellent advice on Everything in Quito. She Organises tours at great prices. We hired a driver for the day to do the cable cars, the village in the Crater and the Amazing “INTINAN”The Middle of the World. Then whole day was 1/2 the price of other Tourists companies. Lucia keeps the place Spotless clean. The Hot water was plentiful just takes a while to get started. We had our Laundry done which was back the next day. She organised an airport taxi which was waiting outside. The place is safe and secure. Definitely the place to stay in Quito.

The stalls on the street can be noisy but they don’t start till 9am and are packed away by 7pm. So not a problem at all.

In spite of some negative publicity about travel safety in Ecuador, we travelled to several parts of the country and never felt unsafe. The location in the old town centre allows you to walk to all of the old city attractions. There are restaurants nearby to suit a variety of tastes. Our room was spacious, and we had very comfortable beds. There was plenty of hot water and excellent wi-fi coverage. There are great views from the rooftop dining area. Casacarpdm being in the old town is a great cultural experience. But the best feature of all is the host. Fernanda. She goes out of her way to make sure your stay is enjoyable and stress free. She organised a number of day trips for us at very good prices, with a safe driver and good guides, suggested good eateries for us, and helped set up our sim card. Unfortunately, we had to seek emergency medical attention, Fernanda gave up a whole day to take us there and provided translations and support for us. She is an absolutely amazing host.

There was nothing at all.

Easy to access. Fernanda and the staff were fantastic.

Unfortunately CarpeDM was undergoing renovations so they are operating out of a different hotel. Hostel La Rosario. This wasn’t told to us in advance so it was very confusing. The place was very rundown, there was no communal area, and our private room had no fresh air and the bathroom was filled with black mold. We were hardly there, so it was fine (and Fernanda was wonderful) but the pics of CarpeDM looked like a fun, clean and vibrant hostel, and this was definitely not that. I wish Fernanda the best, but it should have been made clear that what we booked was not available at the time of our booking. I would love to stay at CarpeDM, but I would not stay at hostel la Rosario again.